Hoya Pubikaliks, or Wax ivy - an exotic plant that adapts well to room conditions. For timely flowering, the main thing is to create ideal climatic conditions.
What does it look like to which family
Hoya Pubikaliks belongs to the Kutrovy family - it is a perennial plant growing in the form of a vine. The flower has long and dense oval-shaped leaves, which are painted in bright green color with medium-sized gray spots on the surface. In the length of the plate can reach - 15-20 cm, and in width - only 4-6 cm.
Pubicalix has a high decorative effect.
Briefly about the history of the appearance
Although Pubicalix is found in the wild on the coasts of Australia, the habit of growing it indoors has come from Asian countries, especially from India.
Homeland of the plant
The habitat of the bush is tropical Australian and East Asian forests.
Features of home care
It’s easy to take care of the hoya, the main thing is to create optimal climatic conditions of detention.
Temperature
The flower does not tolerate heat, so it is not recommended to increase the temperature of the content above +25 degrees. At rest, it is lowered to +18 degrees.
Lighting
The daylight should be long, but it is advisable not to allow bright lighting. The pot is best placed not on the south, but on the western and northern windows.
It is better to place the plant on the western and northern windows
Watering
Tropical shrubs require abundant and frequent watering. In summer, hoya is watered every 2-3 days, during dry periods, the procedure is carried out daily. With the arrival of winter, 1 watering per week is enough.
Spraying
Spraying must be carried out necessarily, they are able to lower the temperature and moisten dry air.
Note! Spraying in the shower also helps clean the dirt off the leaf plates and prevent pests.
Humidity
To keep the flower healthy and decorative, you need to maintain high humidity in the room - at least 80%.
Priming
Ready-made substrates for succulents and cacti are well suited. At home, the soil mixture is prepared from light turfy earth, humus, crushed wood bark, perlite and charcoal. Before planting, the bottom of the pot must be covered with drainage material.
Top dressing
It is most effective to use ready-made complex mineral fertilizers as top dressing. It is important that they have a lot of potassium, nitrogen and phosphorus. It is best to feed the plant in liquid form once a month.
When and how it blooms
Hoya Pubicalix blooms for a short time, but surprises with the unusual shape and appearance of its buds. Inflorescences have a spherical shape, on each of them up to 30 small buds are located. Most often, pink, scarlet and grayish flowers are found. The surface of the buds has small villi that make the flower velvet to the touch.
Blooming Hoya Pubicalix Black Dragon
The flowers are in the shape of a perfect five-pointed star. The lower row of petals is almost twice the size of the upper.
Flowering period
On average, the view of the Hubia Pubicalix blooms from 1.5 to 2 weeks. Some varieties can bloom for a month, but this is rare in room conditions.
Pruning
Unlike other types of hoya, Publicis normally tolerates pruning, but it is not particularly necessary. Only dried or damaged stems and leaves should be removed.
Important! Places of cuts must be treated with special disinfecting drugs.
How to breed
Hoya is bred in different ways, but the seed method is practically not used in home floriculture.
Propagation by cuttings
It is most effective to propagate the hoya with cuttings. In length, they should be at least 5 cm and have several leaflets and kidneys. The pieces are dipped in water and covered with foil to protect from the sun. After 14 days, the cuttings will give roots, and the foil can be removed.
Seed cultivation
The seeds are well dried first. They should be buried in the substrate by no more than 2 cm. To create greenhouse conditions, it is recommended to cover the box with a film.
Note! Hoya has a high percentage of seed germination - almost 85%.
Growing a flower from seeds
Leaf division
It is not an easy way, requiring certain skills and experience. Leaves are cut from an adult healthy flower. After they are soaked in a nutrient strengthening and disinfecting solution. Then deepen into the substrate and moisturize it.
Transfer
The procedure is carried out only when necessary. Most often, it is carried out in the first years of the flower’s life, when the root system grows, and the old capacity becomes too tight. Another reason for a transplant may be a disease of fungal infections.
Possible growing problems
Problems with Pubicalyx Hoya are not uncommon, especially in the fall.
Pests
Scale insects, which breed especially quickly in dry air, cause great harm to the hoya. They eat fleshy leaves and lay their larvae on them, the plant withers, turns pale and dies.
Another pest is the mealybug, which leaves white mucus on the leaves. These whitish insects are visible on the foliage and are completely removed by washing the flower with a soapy solution.
Powdery mildew appears due to worm pests
Other problems
Due to stagnation of moisture and the absence of soil loosening, the Huba Pubikaliks is prone to root rot and gray mold.
Too dry air causes drying of the leaf plates, and yellowing or blanching may indicate a lack of certain mineral elements in the soil.
Kinds
The most famous and decorative types of plants are:
- Hoya Pubikaliks Silver Pink (Pink Silver) - has motley foliage of brown-scarlet color and lush soft pink inflorescences;
- Splash - a Swedish variety with umbrella inflorescences and pink flowers;
- Hoya Pubicalyx Red Button - the most famous variety, with terry red buds;
- Black Dragon - a variety with dark gray extreme petals and scarlet in the middle;
- Chimera - a bush with lush spherical inflorescences, the petals of which are painted in grayish-lilac shades;
- Royal Hawaii Perple - shrub with dark green glossy foliage and black-red flowers;
- Beauty - a very beautiful flower with fluffy cream petals.
Wax ivy can overshadow the beauty of many indoor plants.
Not all flower growers know about the publica hoya flower, how it picks up buds and blooms. But such varieties as Silver Pink and Red Button can overshadow many indoor flowers with their beauty and exoticism.
