Chrysalidocarpus: description, the intricacies of home care

Chrysalidocarpus is a perennial evergreen palm. It occurs in Madagascar, Oceania, Comoros, New Zealand, and Tropical Asia. From Greek it is translated as "golden fruit". It is called Areca or reed palm, decorates halls, offices, large rooms.

Description of Chrysalidocarpus

Chrysalidocarpus belongs to the Palm family, Areca subfamily. Palm trees from this genus are multi-stemmed and single-stemmed. The first are twisted together or arranged in parallel. The second have one smooth trunk. They grow up to 9 m tall, but the specimens grown indoors do not reach 2 m, develop slowly, by 15-30 cm per year, and rarely delight with flowers.

Stems with a smooth or pubescent surface create a lush crown. Some have bloated shoots, with lateral offspring. The leaves are pinnate or fan-shaped, richly green in color, with smooth or pointed edges, located at the top of shoots growing on thin cuttings 50-60 cm long. On the branch there are 40-60 pairs of narrow lobes.

It begins to bloom and bear fruit in 2-3 years with appropriate care. During flowering (May-June), panicle inflorescences with yellow flowers appear in the axils of the leaves. It is characterized by monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. Chrysalidocarpus seeds are poisonous.

Types of Chrysalidocarpus

There are more than 160 species of chrysalidocarpus. Madagascar and Yellowish are grown on the premises, the rest on the street, in gardens.

• Madagascar - Dipsis, it has a single straight smooth trunk with a ring structure, expanded at the base. Covered with white bark. It grows up to 9 m on the street, at home up to 3 m. Cirrus leaves, up to 45 cm long are arranged in bunches.
• Yellowish or Lutescens - has a bushy structure, is a dense, dense bush of yellow color, departs from the roots in young shoots. Cirrus leaves, up to 60 pairs on an arched two-meter petiole. Reaches a height of 10 m in nature. It grows well in a room up to 3 m.
• Trekhtychinkovy - upright leaves growing from the earth in the form of a bunch. The room reaches a three-meter height. On the street up to 20 m. Leaf plates are narrow, elongated. During flowering exudes a pleasant aroma of lemon.
• Katehu (Betel palm) - differs in a big trunk with long straight leaves located symmetrically and creating a dense crown. In nature, up to 20 m long. In rooms above 3 m. A palm tree is planted in the southern regions to decorate the garden. Blooms and rarely bears fruit.

Caring for chrysalidocarpus at home

Growing chrysalidocarpus at home presents some difficulties: you need to create the right lighting, watering, maintain humidity.

During watering, you can not pour water on the stems. Young plants are less resistant, with such care they can die.

Chrysalidocarpus care after purchase

After buying chrysalidocarpus, you need to get used to the new climate. The flower should not be transplanted immediately, you need to observe it for several days, pour it with warm water.

For planting, choose a tall pot so that the roots develop freely.

Ground and Landing

A transplant is needed when the root system almost breaks the dishes. Do transshipment - take out an earthen lump, shake off residues from the pot, pour out drainage, fill in a new mixture, put it in the same container. Large palm trees do not pass, only change the upper soil. Transplant time is April.

The soil is chosen fertile, light. It should be neutral or slightly acidic, not alkaline. Buy a ready-made mixture for palm trees. Some gardeners prepare the substrate themselves: in two parts of deciduous-humus and clay-soddy soil, one in each of humus, peat, coarse river sand, a bit of charcoal. For the young seedlings, a different composition is selected: 4 parts of sod land, peat and humus in 2 parts, one sand.

Chrysalidocarpus Care Tips

The color of the pot should be light, for less heating in the summer. Material - plastic, wood. No need to deepen the flower when transplanting.

For drainage use pebbles, pumice, crushed stone, large perlite. You should not create stagnation of water in the pan, take purified water, melt, rain water for irrigation and spraying.

The soil must be regularly loosened and removed dried shoots, old, yellowed leaves. You can trim only dead leaves, not partially yellowed. The trunk does not damage.

Ventilate the room, but avoid drafts. Differences in temperature and lighting can withstand only adult specimens. Rotate the flower 180 degrees every ten days.

Breeding

Propagate the palm seeds and cuttings.

Seeds

Stepwise actions of reproduction:

• Soak the seed for two days in warm water or for 10 minutes in a solution of sulfuric acid to accelerate germination (2-3 drops per 200 g of water).
• Planted in peat, one in each dish.
• Make a mini-greenhouse (cover with a film).
• The temperature creates + 25 ... +30 ° C degrees, humidity 70%.
• After the emergence of seedlings (two months later), they are seated.

Cuttings

For breeding in spring:

• Young shoots are cut with a sharp knife.
• Remove all leaves.
• A section on a plant is sprinkled with ash, dried.
• Cuttings are treated with a rooting agent (heteroauxin) and planted in sand.
• Temperature + 27 ... +30 ° С.

The roots grow back after three months.

Mr. Dachnik advises: possible difficulties in caring for chrysalidocarpus and their solution

If the plant grows poorly, it gets sick - it needs top dressing, a certain watering regime, and proper lighting.

Set the drain so that the water immediately after irrigation flows into the pan.

To find out that the time for watering has come, pierce the ground with a sushi stick. When it is slightly wet - you can water it, the soil sticks - it's not time yet.

Diseases and Pests

The plant can attack fungal diseases, pests.

Benefits and uses of chrysalidocarpus

According to signs, chrysolidocarpus gives positive energy, removes negative emotions. Cleans the air from harmful substances: benzene, formaldehyde; increases air humidity, enriches with ozone, oxygen.

Despite the toxicity of the plant, it is used as an anthelmintic, with diarrhea. In the Philippines, a palm tree is grown to make chewing gum.