Callisia Plants

Callisia Plants Callisia

What is the plant

Callisia comes from the Latin words for beautiful lily. Though Callisia looks like a lily or a bromeliad and grows like a spider plants, it is actually in the wandering jew family and is just as easy to grow and care for these plants.

In cooler climates, Callisia basket plant is more commonly grown as a houseplant in hanging baskets. You can purchase it in greenhouses, sometimes under the names chain plant or just basket plant. Callisia does very well as a houseplant because it does not require much light to grow. However, the more light it gets, the more purple the foliage will be. Too much light, though, can scorch it.

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Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

min 9b

Difficulty

Easy

Water
In spring and summer, water every 3 days with standing water, the soil should be constantly moderately moist, water stagnation should not be allowed, water should be drained from the pan. In the autumn, watering once a week. In winter, watered no more than 1 time in 10 days, the soil between watering should dry up.
Sunlight
It prefers bright diffused light, while at the same time, the plant should be protected from direct sunlight. In poor lighting, the stems may stretch.
Fertilizer
In spring and summer 1 time in 2-4 weeks with liquid fertilizer, diluted twice. At too intensive top dressing the plant quickly grows, but the bottom part of stems thus is exposed.

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Soil
Soil homemade take: 1 part compost soil, 1 part coarse sand or perlite, 1 part earth, 2 parts peat (pH 6-8). Good drainage is required. You can use a substrate based on peat.
Pruning
The plant’s apical cuttings can be spread, which leave 3-4 leaves, roots in a mixture of sand and peat, at a temperature of 71,6-75,2 ° F under ambient light; cuttings take root in 2 weeks.
Temperature
Requires moderately warm rooms, with a minimum winter temperature of 60°F/16°C.

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Container
Use a container with good drainage holes. No special container required.
Popularity
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