Beloperone

The genus Beloperone, or Room Hops (Beloperone), includes more than 30 species of herbaceous or slightly woody evergreen, beautiful flowering and ornamental plants. Most common in the culture is drip white (Beloperone guttata), which usually reaches a height of 40-50 cm, and in exceptional cases grows to 1 m. The leaves are small opposite elongated-oval in shape, slightly pubescent; small white two-toothed flowers are collected in dense spike-shaped inflorescences. Large catchy bracts greenish, then red, give particular attractiveness to the plant. In length, they grow to 10-15 cm, unfolded down, covering the flowers. Bracts are also yellow or orange in color. White-peron violet (B. violacea) with reddish and purple flowers is grown.

The genus Beloperone, or Room Hops (Beloperone), includes more than 30 species of herbaceous or slightly woody evergreen, beautiful flowering and ornamental plants. Most common in the culture is drip white (Beloperone guttata), which usually reaches a height of 40-50 cm, and in exceptional cases grows to 1 m. The leaves are small opposite elongated-oval in shape, slightly pubescent; small white two-toothed flowers are collected in dense spike-shaped inflorescences. Large catchy bracts greenish, then red, give particular attractiveness to the plant. In length, they grow to 10-15 cm, unfolded down, covering the flowers. Bracts are also yellow or orange in color. White-peron violet (B. violacea) with reddish and purple flowers is grown.

Cultivation

Beloperone is grown as a room plant at home and in greenhouses. In the warm season, it is recommended to take them to fresh air, where they are kept until autumn. Pots with a diameter of 15 cm are used; mixture for cultivation is made of turf, leaf, distillation and peat land, sand is added. Mineral fertilizers are introduced during transplants. During summer it is fed several times with full mineral fertiliser in amount of 10 g per bucket of water. Frequent spraying with beloperone is recommended. In summer, the plants are kept cool, in a lured place, because in this case the bracts stay longer. At the end of winter, the shape of the plant is adjusted by pinching and pruning to give compactness.

Location

The location should be well lit, but in hot months they avoid direct sunlight.

Temperature

The minimum growing temperature shall not fall below 7 °C. The maximum temperature can reach 28 °C.

Watering

In summer, watering is regular and frequent, in the offseason and, first of all, in winter - rare, as necessary.

Transplant

Transplanted usually in March, into pots slightly larger than the previous ones, using the substrate recommended above.

Reproduction

In early spring, stem cuttings are taken and planted for root formation in a peat-sand mixture at a temperature of 18-20 °C. To obtain young flowering specimens, it is recommended to grow white-perone from cuttings each time.

Diseases

If the air humidity mode is not observed, the flowers of the white-perone fall. In this case, it is necessary to reduce watering. At too high a temperature and insufficient illumination of plants, the stems are heavily timber. Depending on the situation, they are moved to a less hot or more illuminated place.

Acquisition

White Perone is bought in the spring to admire her lush bracts for longer. Choose compact and very branched specimens with many inflorescences.