M'nyengo yozizira, mbewu zambiri zikamabisala, pali nkhadze yomwe imatulutsa maluwa okongola kwambiri padziko lapansi: Schlumberger truncata. Chodziwika bwino kwambiri kuti Christmas Cactus, ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri kukometsa kumapeto kwa chaka, chifukwa ndizosangalatsa kotero zimabweretsa chisangalalo chachikulu panyumbapo.
Komanso, kukonza kwake ndikosavuta, mochuluka kotero kuti imatha kupezeka ngakhale m'nyumba monse mwezi uliwonse.
Schlumberger truncata ndi dzina lasayansi la mtundu wa epiphytic cactus kudwala ku Brazil, pomwe imamera pamitengo kapena pakati pamiyala. Amalandira mayina wamba a Christmas Cactus, Santa Teresita, Easter Cactus, Cigocacto, Thanksgiving Cactus, komanso Khrisimasi Cactus.
Amadziwika ndi kukhala ndi masamba obiriwira, okhala ndi m'mbali pang'ono. Maluwa amatuluka pamwamba pa tsamba lililonse chaka chonsemakamaka m'nyengo yozizira. Izi ndi za 8cm m'litali ndipo zimatha kukhala zapinki, zofiira kapena zoyera.
Ngati tikamba za kulimidwa kwake, ndi chomera chomwe tinganene kuti ndi chosavuta. Tiyenera kutero ikani mchipinda chowala kwambiri kutali ndi ma drafti, ndipo musathirire katatu pamlungu chilimwe komanso masiku ena 3 chaka chonse. Ngati tikhala m'dera lopanda chisanu, titha kukhala nalo kunja kutetezedwa ku dzuwa.
Zaka ziwiri zilizonse muyenera kusintha mphika. Momwemonso, kuti ipange maluwa ochulukirapo, ndikofunikira kwambiri kuthira feteleza wa feteleza wamadzi chaka chonse, kutsatira zomwe zafotokozedwapo.
Pomaliza, ngati tikufuna kuchulukitsa, titha kuzichita mophweka: kumapeto kwa nyengo, timadula magawo a masamba ndikuwakhomera mumphika ndi peat. Adzakhazikika posachedwa: patatha masiku 15-20. Njira ina yopezera zitsanzo zatsopano ndikufesa mbewu zawo, komanso mchaka kapena chilimwe, mu bedi la mbewu ndi vermiculite.
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