Kalanchoe Rosalina - A small plant with bright double flowers and rounded glossy leaves.
Pastel flowersmay be pink or yellow, white and light orange. Rare colors are not excluded.
It is a leaf succulent that accumulates moisture in the leaves. Caring for a plant is not difficult.
Plant description
Rosaline's ancestor - Kalanchoe Blossfelda (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana), originally from the island of Madagascar. In the early 1980s, on the basis of it, breeders developed a variety with double petals, called Kalandiva.
Get a range of flowers from pink and light orange to crimson, purple
Appearance Kalanchoe Rosalina very close to the variety Kalandiva, but Rosalina is smaller. The leaves are broad, rounded or oval, with a wavy edge, glossy.
The color of the leaves is bright green, on the reverse side it can be lighter. Flowers with double petals, gamma - from pink and light orange to purple.
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Care
Home care behind Kalanchoe Rosalina carried out as in the Kalanchoe Blossfeld and Kalandiva, as they are close relatives.
Temperature conditions
The temperature should not be less than +15 and not higher than + 25C, the period of active growth. Rest period - near the bottom: 14-15 C.
Watering
Kalanchoe Rosalina, like all succulents, tolerates a lack of moisture, but suffers from its excess.
This plant watered very carefully and moderately, by all means monitor the temperature of the water: it should be slightly warm.
Cold water is the most common cause of root rot.
The rest period of Kalanchoe is slightly shorter than that of other succulents, but for at least 2 months the plant rests before the next growing and flowering season.
Lack of moisture It appears about the same as the lack of lighting leaves, especially the lower ones can become sagging and turn yellow
In families where several people are involved in caring for flowers, it is more likely that wetlands will be overwetted.
The soil
To an inexperienced florist it may seem that soil preparation - difficult task. In the store you can buy soil for cacti, it is quite suitable for Kalanchoe.
Light mode
The mode depends on the length of daylight hours and the weather in your area. Artificial lighting will benefit if: rains or fogs are frequent; short daylight hours; the window faces north.
For additional lighting use special lamps. Ordinary incandescent bulbs will not be useful, as they shine in the wrong spectrum and emit a lot of heat.
Air humidity
In the summer, in strong heat, Kalanchoe can be sprayed on condition that it does not bloom.
Kalanchoe undemanding to the humidity of the air, but it is good if sometimes you clean the leaves from dust.
This is especially important in the summer, as the windows are open and dust comes from the street.
Spraying carried out from a distance of at least 25-30 cm, drops should not fall on the leaves. In the air around the flower should form a cloud of wet fog, this is quite enough.
Water for spraying is better to take the same as for irrigation: settled or filtered, warm or at room temperature.
Fertilizers
Fertilize in the warm season, starting in April. The frequency of dressings depends on the age and condition of the plant.
Usually two or three additional feedings per year are enough. For this, liquid mineral fertilizers are most often used.
If the plant has just been transplanted into fresh soil, additional feeding is not required for another 1-2 months (or more).
Transfer
Overwhelmingly flowers They are sold in the same compact pots in which they were transported.
At home the plant needs to be transplanted in a more spacious pot. but it is better not to do it on the day of purchase. Give the plant a rest and acclimatize for a day or two.
Well, if you chose in advance and made room for Kalanchoefrom which you will not move it. Succulents are very sensitive to the angle of incidence of sunlight. It is not recommended to turn it, at least not often.
It is good if there is any sign on the pot, a decorative element indicating. which side the flower was turned.
Breeding
Propagated by stem and leaf cuttings. They are rooted in wet sand or water.
Flowering kalanchoe
It blooms during a shorter daylight period, that is, from autumn to early spring. In the autumn there is a bookmark buds.
However, there are technologies of influence on the flowering period. In the first place, they are associated with changes in the length of daylight, with temperature, and with the feeding regime.
Pruning after flowering
It is often recommended to cut flower stalks after flowering, but if you do not do it, nothing bad will happen.
The appearance of such a flower may seem to someone slightly sloppy, and to someone - natural and beautiful. Cutting tools must be sharp, it is advisable to disinfect them.
Pinching shoots is necessary in order for the plant to maintain a compact neat appearance.
If it is too stretched to a height, perhaps it will affect flowering - such plants bloom reluctantly. The easiest way is to tear off the stems of the shoots, neatly, leaving the length of the stem with 3 pairs of leaves. The last pinch in a season is no later than October-November.
Diseases and pests
Kalanchoe may suffer from: scale insects, mealybugs, spider mites, aphids.
In general, these plants are resistant to diseases and pests.
If you follow the simple rules of care, Kalanchoe Rosalina will delight you with flowers every season and give only positive emotions.
