Poisenttia Flowers

Every year before Christmas arrives, the seller always sells ornamental plants ornamental plants typical of Christmas, such as evergreen plants, palms and poinsettia. One type of plant that is being loved Christmas is the poinsettia. The figure of the Mexican plants are interesting. Young leaves are light colored, either red, white or pink, seen in contrast with the green leaf.

Each region has its own designation. Some call kastuba and flower poisoning. Some areas in Java Island knew him as a svelte interest. In Sumatra called red tree. In West Java are often called croton Bengal and in Bali called kedapa. These tropical plants including woody shrubs tree that can grow to 3 feet tall. His figure is beautiful with bright colors of leaves. Can be displayed in pots or planted in the yard.

All parts of plant contain milk sap if broken. The nature of stem branched, single leaves, stemmed and spreading, oval shape with the bottom fluffy. We often think of red petals, white or yellow at the tip of the leaf is a flower, but it is the young leaves that have a different color with leaf buds in general.

The young leaves gradually along with the age of leaf greenness of growing older. Flower is actually a compound with a yellow flower that is located clustered at the end of the rod. Initially, only the flowering poinsettia red with a small leaf size. Now many are crossed to produce hybrids with poinsettia flowers of different colors, like pink, green, or yellow.

Poinsettia including interest that is very easily developed. Could stem cuttings or by grafting. For stem cuttings, select a rod that is not too old, cut and basting obatperangsang roots. Planted in garden soil media and manure with a ratio of 1:1. Plants can be grown in the lowlands as well as high, but the plains with an altitude of 600 m above sea ether is an ideal area for the poinsettia. Select an area open and exposed to direct sunlight because poinsettias are very happy with sunlight. In order to appear prima poinsettias in pots, do regular maintenance such as fertilizing, watering, replacement of the media and certainly enough sunlight. Fertilizer young plants with a member of fertilizer with high nitrogen element. After the plants begin to flower out, put fertilizer with high phosphorus content of the element. So that the color of pale leaves and flowers are not brightly lit, place the poinsettia outdoors once every 3 days for the sun.