Zamioculcas zamiifolia
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Zamioculcas , rarely used common names are lucky pen, cardboard palm or misleading " Zamie " is the only kind of monotypic genus Zamioculcas , the family of the arum family belongs (Araceae). It is considered an easy-care houseplant .
description
Zamioculcas zamiifolia is a perennial herbaceous plant . Shoots emerge from a horizontally growing tuberous rhizome that form only a single, imparipinnate leaf with five to eight pairs of leaflets. The stems of these leaflets are strongly thickened at the base. When a leaf dies, individual pairs of leaflets first turn brown, and the sap is extracted from the stem to such an extent that a predetermined breaking point is formed 10 to 15 centimeters above the rhizome, at which the leaf then breaks off or loosens. The thick stem stump remains for several years.
Occurrence
The original distribution area extends from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal .
Use as an ornamental plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia is very easy to care for because it gets by with little light, but also likes to be in bright rooms. Depending on its natural location, it is used to longer dry periods and therefore only needs to be watered moderately.
The plant particularly impresses with its thick, dark green, shiny leaves. Its strong green makes it particularly suitable for open, bright rooms. The lighter the location, the faster the growth and the lighter the leaves become. If it is placed in the shade, it grows a little more slowly, but the leaves develop a very strong, dark green.
Occasionally bright, bulb-like inflorescences develop , as they are typical for Araceae.
It can be propagated , among other things, by leaf cuttings , whereby you simply stick individual pinnate leaves (not entire cantilevers) directly into the ground or put them in a glass with water. After a while, tubers form, from which roots sprout in turn. If all leaflets are removed from a petiole, this can also be cut off and used for reproduction in the same way. This takes a long time (about a year), but the first shoot is already comparatively large.
There is now a variegated variety, the Zamioculcas zamiifolia 'Variegata'. However, due to the lower proportion of chlorophyll, this is slower and comparatively rare. Compared to the normal form, the rarer variegated lucky spring is much more expensive and more of interest to collectors.
Zamioculcas zamiifolia is poisonous to humans and pets.
Taxonomy
The first publication took place under the name ( Basionym ) Caladium zamiaefolium by Conrad Loddiges . The new combination to Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Lodd.) Engl. Was published in 1905 by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler . Other synonyms for Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Lodd.) Engl. Are: Zamioculcas loddigesii Schott , Zamioculcas lanceolata Peter .
Web links
- Multiplication of the Zamioculcas zamiifolia
- Datasheet Zamioculcas zamiifolia at zimmerpflanzelexikon.info.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Zamioculcas. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ↑ L'Ami des Jardins (ed.): Climate plants in the house: Healthy living with detoxifying house plants . Bassermann Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-641-67900-2 , p. 20 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b David Deardorff, Kathryn Wadsworth: What's Wrong With My Houseplant ?: Save Your Indoor Plants With 100% Organic Solutions . Timber Press, Portland, OR 2016, ISBN 978-1-60469-736-0 , pp. 120 ( limited preview in Google Book search).