Liviston - home care, photo species

Palm tree photo

Livistona - perennial palm tree, part of the Arekov family, has up to 30 species. The birthplace of the palm of Liviston: China, Taiwan, Japan.

A decorative-deciduous tree with a bare lignified stem, from 50 cm to 2 m high. Has large-scale glossy green fan-shaped leaves of a rounded configuration with lobate dissection. They are mounted on brown spiked petioles.

It is grown at home, but practically does not bloom. The degree of growth intensity is medium. Life expectancy is more than 10 years.

Be sure to look at the similar palm trees of Washington and Fortune trachicarpus.

	The degree of growth intensity is medium.
	Indoor livistona does not bloom.
	The palm is easy to grow.
	Perennial.

Beneficial features

Livistona Rotundifolia (Livistona). A photo

Liviston is able to clean the environment from harmful substances, and the leaves are dust collectors. Also, the plant moisturizes the air in the room.

Signs and superstitions

According to popular beliefs, the presence of livistons in the house acts on others as doping - it charges with vitality and energy, prompts decisive actions to achieve the goals set. The plant serves as a charm against negative external factors.

It is not recommended to place the palm in the bedrooms, as it can cause an excited state, up to aggression.

Features of growing at home. Briefly

Temperature mode	In the warm season - 21-25 ° C, in the fall - gradually reduced, in winter - for subtropical species not lower than 5, not higher than 10 ° C and for tropical ones - 17-20 ° C.
Air humidity	High. All varieties need systematic spraying in the summer season.
Lighting	Intensively scattered. Dark-leafed representatives grow well in shading.
Watering	In the spring-autumn period, they moisten as the surface soil layer dries, in winter they are reduced to a minimum, if only there would be no dry crust from above.
Priming	Loose, enriched and moisture permeable.
Fertilizer and fertilizer	From spring to autumn, complex mineral formulations are applied once every 7 days, once a month is enough in winter.
Transfer	In early spring. Young specimens - every year, adults - every 3 years (according to the degree of filling of the pot with a root lump).
Breeding	Seed, cuttings and division of the rhizome.
Growing Features	Cultivated as a decorative and deciduous representative. It falls into rest from the end of autumn until spring. Liviston at home does not bloom. In the summer they take out to fresh air. Regular spraying and wiping of leaf blades is required.

Livistona care at home. In detail

Caring for a livistona at room conditions is not particularly difficult. The palm tree is unpretentious and well developed even with minimal care. Home liviston, like wild-growing, prefers a lot of light and warmth, does not tolerate drafts.

Bloom

The palm tree does not bloom at home.

Therefore, it is grown mainly because of the decorative qualities of foliage - cirrus, large-scale size, rich green color.

Temperature mode

Palm tree, due to its tropical origin, is predisposed to high temperature conditions. In the summer, it is enough to maintain the environment within 22-25 ° C, in winter it is lowered to 15-16 ° C.

A sharp short-term jump to 10 ° C will not become detrimental.

Spraying

Home livistone needs high humidity, so you need to spray regularly on hot days. Additionally, you can wipe the leaf plates with a damp cloth, as the plant actively collects dust.

In winter, spraying is necessary, but much less frequently. An exception if the palm tree is near heating appliances. To maintain a stable required humidity, a humidifier is installed in the room.

Lighting

Liviston's home is most comfortable on the south side, where there is enough sunlight. It is advisable to create a slight shade from the midday heat. The formation of the crown will be uniform if you systematically deploy the pot with the plant around its own axis so that the light flux equally falls on all sides. In the summer, it is better to rearrange the palm tree in the garden or on the balcony, but where there is no through blowing by the winds.

Watering

Watered regularly in the summer, but without creating swamps.. The palm, although moisture-loving, but being in damp leads to rotting of the root system. The main thing is that the soil is constantly slightly moistened. In winter, watering intensity is reduced, but so that the palm does not suffer from drought.

For irrigation take warm and previously settled water. After 2 hours, the water accumulated in the pan must be drained.

Pot

The capacity for livistona is selected spacious and deep, since the roots tend to grow very much. Too large pots are also not recommended to be taken, otherwise the plant will put all its strength into the development of the rhizome and slow down in growth. The bottom must have drainage holes.

Priming

The soil mixture can be bought ready-made (for palm trees) in a gardening shop or mixed independently: garden turf soil, raw peat (humus) and coarse river sand. All components are taken in a ratio of 3: 1: 1.

Fertilizer and fertilizer

The most active growth in palm trees is observed from April to November, which is associated with a high consumption of nutrient resources. At this time, fertilizing with balanced mineral and vitamin formulations will be required. Special fertilizers for palm representatives are suitable. They are brought in three times a month. Excess can cause plant disease.

Livistona transplant

After buying a palm tree, a transplant is required, but not immediately. They wait 2-3 weeks until the plant adapts to new conditions.

Then it will not be so affected by relocation to another place of residence. Main landing events:

1. Prepare a substrate and a pot.
2. At the bottom lay a drainage layer with a thickness of at least 3 cm. Suitable for drainage: expanded clay, broken clay shards, small stones. Fertile land is covered with soil.
3. To facilitate extraction from the old pot, it is abundantly watered and left to soak for several hours.
4. They capture the root ball along with the earth and transplant to a new place.
5. The free space is covered with a substrate, leaving the root neck ajar.

A home palm tree needs a transplant every 2-3 years, when the roots become cramped and they bulge out. It is enough to resettle the old representatives once every five years, and the rest of the time to replace part of the surface layer of the earth. Extra root processes are cut to make the palm comfortably fit in a new container.

Do I need to cut the palm of Liviston?

In the case of unjustified drying of the leaf component, it is necessary for the palm to cut off the apical part of the plates, but not the leaves completely. Otherwise, a chain reaction starts, and neighboring sheets begin to dry quickly. The entire sheet is removed if it is not viable.

The resting period of the Livistona palm begins in late October and lasts until early spring. If you need a vacation, it is recommended to install an automatic watering system for this period. Thus, the plant will not need moisture for the next 3-4 weeks, since the volume of the device’s reservoir is quite roomy.

Growing livistones from seeds

Of all the methods of reproduction, livistons are considered the simplest and most productive seed. The procedure is carried out in the time interval from February to March.

Sequencing:

1. The seed material is pre-soaked in water for 2 days.
2. One seed is planted in a pot to a depth of at least 1 cm.
3. The soil must first be warmed up.
4. Cover the seedlings with film or glass to create a greenhouse effect. Placed in a sunny place and waiting for the first shoots.

Leaving means - regular moistening by superficial spraying from a spray gun or through the pallet and airing. With the advent of strong shoots, shelter is removed.

Diseases and Pests

The false palm of Liviston is susceptible to a number of diseases, which are manifested by the following symptoms:

• leaves livistons turn yellow - a consequence of insufficient watering;
• brown leaf tips- excessively dry air in the living space;
• wither leaves - lack of moisture and too dry soil;
• leaves wither and darken - low temperature;
• slowly growing - lack of fertilizers;
• lower leaves darken and die - This is a normal phenomenon inherent in old plants.

Of the parasites of particular danger are:

• scale shield;
• spider mite;
• mealybug;
• whitefly butterfly.

Types of homemade livistons with photos and names

Livistona chinensis, latania (Livistona chinensis)

Hailing from a palm tree from South China. She has a thick trunk with a circumference of up to half a meter, more than 10 m tall. At the base it is tuberous, the surface is fibrous from above with scarred residual foliage. Leaf plates are large, drooping fan-shaped, cut to half of the total length into bulky lobes 60-70 cm in size, which are pointed at the tips.

The leaves are attached to long stalks 8-10 cm thick, which are covered with small spikes to the middle, pressed into the sheet fabric. Inflorescences are axillary type. The plant prefers a moderately humid and warm climate. It grows quite intensively, therefore, at the age of three it stands out with high decorative indicators. The development of young leaves occurs while maintaining the integrity of the tops.

Livistona south (Livistona australis, Corypha australis)

Wild palm grows in the subtropical humid forests of eastern Australia, spreading all the way to the southern tip of Melbourne. The trunk is columnar more than 20 m tall, with a diameter of 35 and more centimeters. In the lower part is significantly expanded and strewn with annular growths. The crown consists of fan-shaped large segmented two-meter leaves of a saturated emerald color.

Petioles are narrow and strong, almost two meters long, entirely covered with brown spines. Branched axillary inflorescences. The best growth of this species of liviston is observed in partial shade. Ideal for home cultivation.

Livistona Rotundifolia Rotundifolia (Livistona rotundifolia)

The distribution area of ​​this variety of palm trees is the sandy regions of Java and the Molluk Islands. The height of the plant is about 15 m, the trunk diameter is 15-18 cm. The leaf plates are dissected, rounded, about 1.5 m across. The surface is shiny with a dark green color.

Foliage is attached to elongated petioles, covered by a third of the length with multiple spikes, and depart from them in different directions, forming a circle. It is recommended to grow such a palm in rooms with moderate climatic conditions.

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