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Kentanta: How to take care of a beautiful woman from Brazil at home

Kentanta: How to take care of a beautiful woman from Brazil at home
The variegated plants are very popular among gardeners. Do not interfere with the lack of bright colors and the kitten. She is quite capricious and demanding to be nursed at home, therefore for the sake of her content a certain attempt is required, but to see it is very curious. It is better to train a new one beforehand for her least capricious"relatives", for example, kalatee and marante.
It seems like a kitten Ctenanthe, sometimes referred to as"cantante"- a family of evergreens of perennial plants belonging to the family of Marantaceae. Most of its small representatives are allowed to meet in Brazil, from where they sometimes"migrate"to Central America (Mexico, Costa Rica). According to different data, there are 15 before 20"natural"kentant.
In the nature of the kitten because of the large leaves looks very beautiful, and in the home collection the plant will not be lost

The name of the genus in Greek means"combed flower"(ctenos). The leaves are placed unevenly for the stem, and the plant"in profile"is capable of specifically for the top or fan. In the nature of the kitten grows in front of 2-2.5 m in height, the length of the leaf reaches 30-35 cm. They are placed for longish petioles and have the shape of an asymmetric ellipse with a pointed tip. Home conditions are much more modest - 70-80 cm in height and leaves 12-15 cm long.
The sheet plates are painted in bright green or lime paint. They are covered with a pattern of yellow, salad, whitish, silvery spots and stripes asymmetrically divergent through the central vein. There are also a future one with plain sheets, which also look very pretty. Sometimes snow-white or pinkish streaks are prominent. The leaves are thin enough, for the opening to be translucent.
At home, the kitten is grown because of the motley foliage of the colored foliage

To see the izza from the ctenata is very interesting. The plant is almost always in motion. Towards evening the leaves rise, gathering in a bundle, in the afternoon they descend again. In the course of the day they also change the location, the angle of the turn. This is justified by temperature differences in the room, air humidity level, air flow direction and other factors. Speak configurations with the naked eye is unlikely to work, but everything is allowed to hear a distinctive sound and a light sound.
The shoots of the kitten are not long, therefore it seems that the rosettes of the leaves for longish petioles lie to the ground. They grow not moderately, but"bundles."
The trunk of the kitten is very small, and the petioles of the leaves are long; if abundant, it seems that they grow steadily through the roots
Lovers of indoor plants appreciate the kitten because of the large leaves of the coloring of the coloring. Her flowering is definitely not the prettiest in the world. You can not pronounce it all freely. Small greenish-white, purple or yellow flowers are collected in spicate inflorescences, tightly pressed to the petioles.
The flowers of the kenantes, in accordance with the comparison with the leaves, are very unsightly
Some gardeners advise the flower buds to be torn off, so that the plant is lost for their strength. However, if you do this, you can damage the plant. Instead of young leaves, it is stubborn enough to make new flower stalks, which is unnatural for its sake.
The crooner is often confused with her closest"relatives"- the arrowroot, stromant, and in most cases - with kalatei. Relative attribution of plants to a particular genus is not always possible to agree even with professional botanists, not only amateur flower growers. Ktenanta is found in specialized stores against sometimes. In order to make sure which plant you got, you have to wait for flowering, but in domestic conditions this phenomenon is actually exclusive. In kalatei, the inflorescence resembles a braid. Another only reliable method is to deceive the DNA test. The leaves of the ctenata are asymmetrical, they are sharpened less sharply, but it is difficult to discuss this with the nonspecialist.
"Find the 10 differences"between the kalatei and the ctentant can not always be even professors of botany who can quickly express about amateur growers.

The future, suitable for feeding at home criteria
From the small"natural"kentant to domestic conditions were able to adapt not all the way. In the main, this is hampered by the demand for humidity. In most cases,"in captivity"is allowed to meet future future: Kmentant Oppenheim (oppenheimiana), she is also a"giant bamboo". The height is 85-90 cm. The length of the leaf is 15-18 cm. The feel is velvety, the turn is bright red. Decoration - silvery-salad and cream broad swabs. There is a selective modification of Tricolor (vys 40-50 cm, pinkish and yellow spots for the leaves). In accordance with the comparison with"relatives"is better tolerates low humidity. Kiltant Burle-Marx (burle-marxii). Low plant (20-40 cm). In nature, it forms a continuous carpet of leaves 10 cm long and 5-6 cm wide. They are greenish-gray, almost rectangular with wide darker stripes along the lateral veins. The turnover is dark purple. The Obscura hybrid is a bright green leaf with indistinctly blurred spots more tejoblno color and a wide border, Amagris - silvery-gray leaves with salad veins. Kantant Lubbers (lubbersiana).
style="text-align: justify;"Ahead of 75 cm. The leaves are saturated bright green color, who does not fade even in the shade and be completely out of natural light. Decoration - thin pale yellow strokes, similar to feathers. More popular modifications are Golden Mosaic (slanting line and spots of butter color for leaves) and Variegata (cream, yellow and lime stripes along the veins).
Kitten's compressed (compressa). It is distinguished by very large leaves (length in front of 30 cm, width - 10-12 cm).
The ketanta is bristly (setosa). It grows up to 1 m in height. The leaves are dark green with a gray dew. The turnover is bright purple. Be available pretty spacious pot and copious irrigation is growing very lively .

Photo: Future ctenanthe grown at home criteria
ctenanthe bristly is distinguished by its growth rate, however, only in good conditions.
Kentanta squeezed out by the size of the leaves.
Kentant Lubbers Variegata are leaves of almost rectangular shape
Kentant Lubbers Golden Mosaic differs through the"parent"spots of a lighter color The Burrell-Marx Obscura pupil is really distinguishable according to the wide border going along the edge of the sheet
From the underside, the leaves of Burle-Marx's cute are dark purple, almost purple.
Oppenheim's Kenten Tricolor is the only favorite breeding hybrid ...
Kenten Oppenheim meets at home in most cases

Like done plant best local climate
The local climate of the kitten is quite demanding. In nature, it grows for marshy soils near the cover of the"canopy", who form interwoven branches of trees. The main difficulties are associated with the creation of high humidity. Standard 40-50%, which are supported in modern apartments, it is categorically not satisfied. List: rational conditions for feeding cattle h3>

Reason TipsA window sill that opens for the north, east or south (in the last 2 cases - with an unequivocal priteneniem). Kentanta is very bad about cool drafts. Place it like it is allowed further through the windows, which opens for the sake of ventilation. For an open atmosphere, singing a pot is not recommended, a glazed loggia, a covered veranda is suitable. Explanation A penumbra for the sake of species with monophonic leaves and a bewildered aristocracy for the sake of the motley. Brilliant aristocracy of the cantant suffers with difficulty, not to mention the direct sunlight. Maybe there should be all artificial lighting, if the lamps work at least 16 hours a day. The small slowness of a light day at any time is 12-14 hours. Temperature In the interval of active vegetation - 23-25? In winter - for 5-7? C less."Morozov"below 12-14? With the plant will not survive. Very poorly reacts to any differences, not counting the natural daytime. Pay respect and for the temperature of the soil (normally - 20-22? C), the supercooling of the roots leads to the rapid death of the plant. Humidity The higher, the better. The best indicator is 80% or higher. In the course of the day you need to spray a couple of times from the atomizer surrounding atmosphere or wipe the leaves with a damp sponge. In the pot tray, a desire to pour a wet pebble or clay, to solve moss-sphagnum or coconut fiber. They also cover the soil in a strong heat. Close to the kitten, place a wide container with water. For the night for a plant, it is allowed to throw a polyethylene part or put a pot into a special florarium, a mini-greenhouse.
Any modification of the ctenata makes bait requirements for light. It is proud to find the"golden mean". To be lack of light, the leaves fade and fade, to be surplus - become translucent,
If the kitten is provided with a fairly long light-day, it is quite comfortable to feel at the back of the room.

The effect of transplantation and preparation for her
For the sake of the kenants at the age of 5 years, transplant is a yearly action. Adult specimens are moved to an all-time pot less often - every 2-3 years. At the same time, they change the top 2-3 cm of land once a year. The best time for the procedure is the end of spring or the appearance of age. Land for sale is on sale sometimes, however it can be changed without the help of others by the prepared consistency,
The transplant itself looks unreasonable:

Pour claydite or pebbles into an unprecedented pot (a 2- 3 cm). Above - about the same amount of fresh soil.
Extract the kenant from the old container. This is easier to perform, if the plant is watered for about half an hour. Try to save the piece of land undamaged.
Trim the dried leaves. Unreasonably do the same with dead and/or rotten roots. Sprinkle the"wounds"with chalk chalk, activated charcoal, cinnamon.
Place the piece of land in an unprecedented pot, pour the substrate on the sides. When finished, gently shake the container, in order to fill out all voids.
Do not water the plant for 3-5 days. Primarily, carefully save it through direct sunlight. This will help to minimize the transferred stress.
Transplant the kitten by dividing the bush, trying not to destroy the ground piece

Video: transplanting plants from the family of Maranthovs

In order to accelerate the action of the appearance of roots, put them in a home mini-greenhouse or cover with plastic bags, glass jars. Usually it takes 5-6 weeks, if you provide a temperature of 22-25? C and a brilliant confused aristocracy. Do not forget to change water once in 2-3 days.
If the rootlets are 2-3 cm long, the cuttings go for the same reason, like with plants acquired in as a result of the division of the bush.
The kenantes give the roots of the stalk to the ground for no reason, like part of a divided plant

Video:

From my own experience I can say that the kentantas are more tolerant of dry air, in comparison with the kalatees, and it is even more important that the plant is large: the smaller the faster the drying. The determining index for the sake of the Maranthovs' content is the humidity of air of more than 50%, in dry apartments with humidity of 20-30% in winter even the air humidifier does not help out.
Liloue
http://frauflora.ru/viewtopic.php?t=9474
I think that the leaves of the kitten are drying due to a violation of the watering regime of the plant (previously dried, later - flooded , and watering the cantants is forced to exist uniformly). Well, then some of the plants are being transported from the balcony to the room. Natella
http://www.flowers-house. com/showthread.php? t=1762
Ktenanta is beautiful, but capricious, I've been fighting with her for a year, I do not want to get used to it all the way! Then at it leaves on the sides dry, then in the tube fold, then all this and this. I do not know how much to put it anymore, it was growing well in the summer, as winter sets in, the vagaries start without reason. JuliaChelny
https ://forum.bestflowers.com/t/ktenante-ctenanthe.25986/page-16

I have a stromant, kalatea and a kitten for winter being shoved in a huge cellophane piece, glued together with scotch from huge bags through clothes, and there winter. Not the news that is because of the color, of course, but then the spring is left all three with beauty. In the package and watering it is easier to adjust (the soil dries less), and drafts are allowed not to be afraid of separately. Savlana
https://forum.bestflowers.ru/t/ktenante-ctenanthe.25986/page-16
I love the Marantholes because of their decorative and unpretentious relative (in different species). Well, in general, I have more decorative plants than blossoming plants. I have been sitting with the kitten for several years and are growing very fast. She came from South America and wanted the same climate for us: warm (at least 15 ° C) and wet. However, which to eat, in other words. I do not spray it, water the exact one, and it does not like waterlogging, I do not actually feed it. They say, which then transplant or planting like a minimum, the moon can not be fed. The leaves are placed for a longish nakedstem, can deviate from the edge, hence I cut off such leaves, but if you do not have enough of them at the moment, tie them gradually with a thread. Only one flaw is flawed - it collects a speck of dust for the leaves. For the underside of the sheet, there may seem to be droplets like a sweet syrup. This is not to be feared, however, there was probably overflow or other prerequisites. The explanation loves the moderate, in the winter stood for the northern window, because I have opaque tulle and eastern in the main side, and inside the winter plants can be suppressed. For the sun is burning. The soil I saw, which is better not sandy, but peat (tried both that and that). In the peaty fresher grows. I'm sharing the division of the bush. However, it is permissible, say, to answer at the base of a rosette of leaves a short hill, a little below the place where the leaves are fastened. It is placed in the water before the formation of roots or at once into the ground. It's simpler, of course, to pull out a small one, even if it's not enough roots - it will take root. And its unquestionable importance for my sake in the book, which is a very interior plant, the highest, if you want to place a pot for the floor - it will turn out very nicely. Love her. Blatant creep!
Mari25
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The cantant or kentant (somehow the latter is closer to me) is quite an undemanding plant, perfectly unique, unusual, with the coloring of its own leaves. The abundance of the coloring of the leaves of the ctenata is enormous. Leaves can exist with silver veins, with yellow veins, with a purple border, also with a purple edge. Because I have never reached the age of blooming through the kenantes, but the appearance of the plant and amused the eye for no reason. It will be fruitful by dividing the bush. To be transplanted into a larger sized pot, simply pinch a single bush through the total mass, or divide the plant without exception for an excess of small bushes (depending on how many new plants you want to get). A single bush already has 2 before 4 leaves and normally developed roots. Put it in a pot of earth at once. Do not forget to water immediately! It's better to take the earth for him more fat. Clay or sandy loam from the yard does not fit. It is better to bribe in a store or dig for a summer residence. Watering - everyday, but can not be extinguished. Caloritic direct rays of the sun of the cantant do not tolerate. Place the pot with the flower for the window sill of the north window. If the plant liked your upbringing because of it, it begins to bush. And it does it quite vividly. Fast enough full pot with the land will be filled with new shoots, and you will own a beautiful bush. Roots in the pot, too, will be enough, and the plant will begin to"choke"itself. Consequently, it is often necessary to transplant it into a larger pot, or to separate the proportion of new bushes by giving to friends. Specifically, I did without reason.
SardanapalovaBomba
http://otzyvy.pro/reviews/otzyvy-ktenante-102273.html

For the first time I saw this flower a couple of years ago at the mother's side. Here he was a small, unsightly plant, nothing special. Has passed near age, the plant has expanded, there were more leaves, became the highest. You go into the room and the first one, who is in sight, is the kitten. Took a small procession planted, began to wait. And in the spring it raced, the flower grew like a yeast, with every week it grew higher, more magnificent. The temperature for the sake of maintenance should exist 20-25? C, in winter not lower than 16? C. The plant does not like drafts. Kentanta shade-tolerant, everything for dark windows leaves the plants lose their colorful colors, loves abundant watering. Annushka100
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The kitten is not a variation for those who can not pay enough attention to green pets. This plant asks for painstaking care and all the advice. But the gardeners, who will be able to"make friends"with an unusual exotic flower, its colorful motley grass quite constantly raise the spirit not only by its appearance, but also by a pretext for the sake of legitimate pride.
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