Climbers are plants characterized by long stems and the ability to climb over supports with meandering shoots, aerial roots, tendrils or petioles. In rooms, especially small ones, we can use them to create compositions in the form of green walls on special structures.We mount them on the wall or create partitions from them.
Climbers can also be placed on shelves and bookcases, stretching the shoots on the wall and ceiling with lines or strings. Plastic tubes wrapped in coconut fiber or moss, into which plants grow with air roots, also work well as supports. Climbing plants in hanging pots or baskets also look good.Climbers are popular due to their fast growth, low maintenance and easy reproduction.
The most frequently cultivated climbers for decorating homes (but also offices and schools) include the golden epipremnum Epipremnum auratum, better known as the golden scindapsus. In the forests of tropical Asia, plants of this species climb tree trunks thanks to aerial roots that grow into the bark of trees or adhere tightly to it.
Although they benefit from high humidity in natural conditions, they also thrive in dry homes. In home cultivation, they grow up to 5 m in length (in nature up to 10 m), but they are not spreading well. To obtain a well-developed specimen, we plant several seedlings in one poti. This climber has heart-shaped, leathery leaves of green color with irregular yellow spots of various sizes.The variety 'Lemon' has yellow leaves and 'Marble Queen' almost white with green spots.These discolorations will be more contrasting and effective if we provide plants of this species with a lot of diffused light.
Philodendrons are terrestrial or epiphytic climbers that, in the areas of Central and South America, entwine trees with twisting shoots, and with aerial roots grow into the bark of trees. All philodendrons branch poorly. Young leaves are tubularly folded and covered with membranous scales, and often form lamellae of a different shape than the older leaves.
Several species and varieties are grown in pots. Of these, the most modest requirements are the climbing philodendron Philodendron scandens - a climber with long, thin shoots on which long-stemmed, dark-green, heart-shaped leaves grow. Young parts of plants are pink in color. The reddening philodendron Philodendron erubescens is also easy to grow - a climber with reddish shoots and petioles, on which sumptuous sagittal leaves are embedded. On hot days and in winter, sprinkle the philodendrons with boiled water, because hard water leaves ugly stains on the leaves.
Waxes are found in the Malay Archipelago, India and tropical Australia, where they form dense, twisting, evergreen shrubsIn homes, the most commonly grown pink Hoya carnosa with greenish-brown stems and oval, thick, glossy leaves often with whitish spots of various sizes.
The variety 'Compacta' has yellow-green leaves with notched edges, and 'Compacta Regalis' - green with whitish edges. This climber creates large, dangling inflorescences composed of tiny white or pink flowers covered with wax. They give off a lot of sweet nectar and have an intense aroma. The Hoya bella beauty wax is softer, with smaller buds, but blooms more abundantly.
Hoje always bloom on hanging shoots, which should not be removed after flowering, because plants of this type bloom on the same shoots. If the plants do not bloom, the most common reason is excessive substrate moisture and too high temperature in winter (above 12ºC).It may also be a change of place that has disrupted the flower formation process.
