Dracaena cultivation

Dracaena is one type of ornamental plant leaves. If the plant is combined with shape, color, and material matching pots will look very beautiful.
       
Dracaena generally have the appearance of leaf and stem size braneka diverse and interesting. There are several types or varieties of this plant are to each other there is no resemblance at all.

GROWING REQUIREMENTS AND TREATMENT

Needs Light
Dracaena will grow the most good when it gets indirect sunlight. If these plants only derive artificial light from light, then the light that magnitude requires 400 fc

Temperature Requirement
Dracaena require ambient temperature 750F-800F during the day and night temperature 650F-700F.

Growing Media
Good planting medium for plants Dracaena is a mixture of one part garden soil, one part compost or manure, and one part coarse sand. This plant medium should always be damp all the time. Every 4-5 kg ​​of medium plus 1.5 teaspoons of super phosphate 20%, 1 tablespoon lime, and 2 teaspoons of 5-10-5 fertilizer.

Fertilization
Dracaena plant fertilizer for quite done every 6 months. Fertilizing plants newly purchased or made pengepotan must wait after 6 months.

Pengepotan back
Pengepotan re-done if the roots of potted plants has met. Pengepotan back can be implemented at any time.


Plant Propagation
Plant propagation is done by using the stock rods or partially separated clumps.

Varieties
Dracaena varieties are already widely known are:

Dracaena deremensis
Dracaena is rarely grown in the original form, but in general we get in many varieties. Most varieties grow 60-150 cm tall. various popular are:

D. deremensis warneckii
This variety can be grown either in the low light intensity. The leaves of this variety is shaped like a sword, stiff, a length of 40-60 cm, width 5 cm. color gray green leaves with white strips.

Yanet deremensis D. Craig
The color is dark green leaf varieties. Leaf shape like a ribbon length of 30-45 cm, width 5 cm.

D. deremensis Longii
This variety has leaves, such as Yanet Craig, but rather long and slender, tapering ends small. Dark green leaf color is white down the middle lengthwise and width of the base to the tip of the leaf.

Dracaena fragrans
These plants grow tall if not pruned this plant can reach a height of more than 5 cm. Young plants are very beautiful and gorgeous when planted in pots and placed on the table.

The size of leaves 45-75 cm long and 5-7.5 cm wide. leaf growth leads kesegala corners, each other grow each other in crowded meetings, green leaf color. Plant varieties that include, among are:

D. fragrans Lindenii
Variety is the edge of the leaves bright green to yellow-green and the middle lengthwise along the leaf.

D. fragrans Masangeana
This variety is colored dark green leaves and the center of the green leaves form a ribbon at all.

Dracaena godseffiana (Si Dew Gold)
These plants grow short and small. Short oval leaf shape, grow a pair-pairs facing each other. Dark green color of the leaves and on the leaf surface are bint-like golden yellow spots.

Stems and branches grow small, thin, wire-like, this kind of Dracaena have absolutely no similarity with other species. Plant varieties that include, among others, are:

D. godseffiana Florida Beauty
This variety has dark green leaves with yellow spots.

D. godseffiana Milky Way
This variety is similar to D. godseffiana Florida Beauty. Middle section forms like leaves are bright yellow ribbon on the right and left green with delicate spots.

D. godseffiana Gold Dust (Gold Dust Dracaena)
This variety has dark green leaf color and the entire surface of the leaves are smooth spots or small.

D. marginata Tricolour
Dracaena type has a shape like a ribbon of small leaves, slender, dark green, and red edges. Varieties D. marginata Tricolour has three kinds of colors, namely red, green, and white.

Red leaf edge section, followed by green, then white. Each color form a long strip from the base to the tip of the leaf.

D. sanderiana virescens
Dracaena type has a green leaf color that section of land pale green ribbon-shaped and elongated along the wide leaves. Smaller leaf size and relatively short when compared with D. fragrans.

D. surculata punculata
Dracaena type has the form of stems and branches similar to the types of D. godseffiana other. The leaves are smaller, immediate, and more tapered at the ends. Color light green leaves with small spots of yellow irregular.