Dracaena deremskaya is able to effectively fit into any interior. It is often used in the design of office and hotel rooms, and unpretentious care makes this flower very popular in home floriculture.
What does Dracaena dracaena look like to which family
Dracaena deremensky (Dracaena dermensensis) is a perennial evergreen plant that belongs to the Agave family. This shrub has a trunk without side branches, on which leaves are densely located. The plant resembles a clot of foliage growing on the ground. However, as it grows, its trunk can stretch out, and the crown becomes like a palm tree. The leaves have a xiphoid shape, painted in light green and longitudinal veins of a light shade.
Dracaena is widely used in the design of various interiors
Common varieties
Among the varieties of dracaena, artificially bred hybrids are especially popular. They are highly resistant to disease and frost. These varieties include: Janet Craig, White Stripe (White Strip), Warneski and Lemon Lime.
Healing properties
Dracaena deremensis has the following healing properties:
- improves health and relieves headaches, purifies indoor air;
- relieves stress and nervous conditions;
- boosts immunity.
Briefly about the history of the appearance
Shrub in the natural environment grows in Africa and East Asia, where it has long been cultivated as a garden plant. In the middle and northern latitudes, dracaena is grown in houses and apartments.
Features of caring for the dracaena of the Derema house
The care of Derema dracaena at home is simple, which makes the flower in demand in home floriculture.
Temperature
Caring for dracaena correctly means maintaining a constant temperature. In summer, it should be in the range from 21-24 ℃ above zero, with the advent of autumn it is gradually lowered to 16-19 ℃.
Lighting
Lighting should be scattered, so it is better to put the pot in partial shade or on the western and eastern windows of the premises.
Important! In the summer sunny period, you can not allow the flower to be under the sun for a long time, otherwise burns will appear on the sheets.
Shrub watered frequently and plentifully
Watering
Watering the plant is recommended at a frequency of 2 times a week. If excess moisture accumulates in the pan, it must be drained. Water for irrigation should have a room temperature and not contain harmful impurities.
Spraying
The shrub requires daily spraying, once a week it is placed in the shower to clean all inaccessible places from dirt.
Humidity
Dry air provokes drying of dracaena foliage, therefore, year-round humidity in the room should be at least 40%.
Priming
The soil for cultivation must be constantly loose and moist. It is worth maintaining a pH level within 5.5-6.
Note! Do not forget about nutrients. Fertilizers should be applied periodically to the soil.
Top dressing
You need to take care of the bush regularly, to feed it. Feeding is preferably carried out every 2 weeks. They use ordinary superphosphate or nitrate for this. It is also possible to use special complex mineral preparations: Fasco, Agricola or Stimulus.
Features of winter care, rest period
During the dormant period, almost all care activities are reduced. Watering is carried out only when absolutely necessary, and feeding is stopped altogether. Occasionally, you need to spray the plant, because in winter, due to heating, the air in the room becomes dry.
Dracaena bloom is rare
When and how it blooms
In indoor conditions, blooms no more than once every 8-11 years.
Types of flowers
The flowers are small in size - from 1 to 3 centimeters in diameter. Petals are painted white. During flowering, an unpleasant odor emanates from the buds.
Flower shapes
Small buds are located on the inflorescences in the form of a brush. On a long peduncle, 10 to 20 flowers are located.
Flowering period
The plant practically does not bloom, which is why the period of blossoming of its buds can fall for any period of time of the growing season.
Pruning
Trimming is required only when the trunk of the bush becomes noticeably elongated. In this case, plant sections are removed at the level of cuttings formation.
How Dracaena Derema reproduces
Dracaena can be propagated in various ways.
Seed germination
A difficult method of reproduction, which is practically not used at home. Soak the seeds in saline and plant them to a depth of 1 centimeter in a nutrient substrate. To create greenhouse conditions, the box is covered with a film.
Rooting cuttings
To propagate the dracaena, the cuttings are cut from the stem. The trim length should be between 7 and 11 centimeters. You can place it vertically in the substrate or lay it horizontally, slightly deepening at one end into the ground. After that, the soil is moistened and covered with a film.
Important! Every 4 days, the stem cuttings are sprayed from the spray gun.
Air lay
Extreme stems are bent to the ground and buried in the ground, leaving the apex above the ground. For stability, they are fixed with a bracket and carefully watered. After a month, the cuttings will take root and they can be cut off from the main bush.
Transfer
It is recommended to transplant dracaena every 3 years, and every year it is necessary to change the top layer of the earth in a pot. You need to do this in the spring in a more spacious pot and nutrient substrate. For good drainage, a layer of expanded clay or fine brick chips is covered at the bottom of the tank, and the substrate is mixed together with river sand.
Drying leaf blades of the bush
Possible problems in growing and disease
Dracaena deremskaya is a species that is not highly resistant to disease, moreover, it is often affected by pests.
Discards buds and leaves
Leaves wilt and begin to fall due to lack of moisture and nutrients in the ground. It is worth regularly feeding and watering the plant.
Leaves turn pale
The bush begins to fade when it lacks fertilizer and sunlight. Particularly affected by the lack of iron, which is solved by spraying the bush with a solution of iron sulfate.
The tips dry on the leaves
The edges of the sheet plates will dry out due to prolonged exposure to the bright sun. On hot sunny days, it is worth cleaning the pot with dracaena from the window into the interior of the room.
Lower leaves fall off
So the plant behaves after hypothermia or irrigation with cold water. Do not allow a sharp drop in temperature, since the plant is thermophilic.
Pests
Of particular problems to the bush are the following pests:
- scab - leaves begin to blacken and fade;
- thrips - white dots appear on the front side of the leaves, and on the back are the insects themselves in the form of black dots;
- spider mite - braids plates and stems with a thin cobweb, sucks juices out of them.
Other problems
If dry spots appear on the leaves, then the plant received a sunburn. Do not water it during the day in sunny weather, and leave it in direct sunlight.
Blooming dracaena is a good sign
Signs and superstitions
Dracaena is a symbol of love and prosperity in the family. It is believed that it helps to achieve goals, as it will raise morale and mood. If flowers rarely appear in a rarely flowering bush, then soon the owner will be lucky in material terms.
Dracaena derema has a spectacular, elegant appearance, which makes it popular in indoor floriculture. With proper care, it can bloom, which will bring material wealth to the house (according to the omen).
