Spathiphyllum

Spathiphyllum has another, folk, name – "Women's Happiness" or "Female Flower". Therefore, in your collection, this room plant is a good sign for the ladies.

Lightning

Very important condition for good growth and flowering – proper lighting. Spathiphyllum grows well in a bright place, but from direct sunlight in the summer period it must be protected, so as not to burn the leaves. in the autumn-winter period, it is advisable to additionally freeze the plant.

Temperature

Let's start with the fact that this plant is tropical by origin. Therefore, for a comfortable existence, this flower is warm: 18-23 degrees and high humidity. in winter, the temperature should not be below 15 degrees, and take care of spathiphyllum from drafts!

Watering

Spray "Women's Happiness" more often, but only with soft water so that there are no divorce on beautiful smooth dark-green leaves.

So that the flower "female happiness" is abundant and long bloomed, he needs not only to create conditions for high humidity and place in heat, but also to water correctly. Watering should be abundant, should not be allowed to stop the earth. If there is not enough moisture spathiphyllum, it lowers the leaves, "turns", then the leaves begin to shut and fall.

However, it should not be overcooked by spathiphyllum. the result of this may be root rotting. Flower "Women's Happiness" can perish. And the first sign of the "bay" is the blackening of the leaves.

Transfer

How to transplant spathiphyllum? the transplant is performed in spring as growth. But it must be remembered that the spathifylum will bloom poorly if the pot choose too spacious.

Put the Drainage to the bottom of the pot. the land for spathiphyllum needs easy and nutritious. You can purchase a versatile soil mixture in a flower shop or to make it yourself from a turf, peat, leaf land, humid and sand in a 2: 1: 1: 1 ratio.

Spathiphyllum after the transplantation does not need to fertilize and it should be watered with extreme caution until new leaves begin to form.

Reproduction

The flower "female happiness" by dividing the bush or rooting of the top cuttings. This procedure is also better to spend in spring or summer.