Bomarea patinii

Tuberous perennial grassy liana. Stems are red, straight or curled around a support, about 2-3 m long. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate, medium green in color, about 13 cm long, sometimes with slight pubescence on the underside. The flowers are narrow bell-shaped, 6 cm long, outside it is scarlet, at the base is yellow with a brown dotted pattern, slightly zygomorphic . Multi-flowered common cymose inflorescences of 40 or more flowers. It blooms in summer. Cold-resistant plant to 0 ° C.

Lives in Colombia .

For vertical gardening . In a temperate climate: in the summer - as a container plant in the garden, on the terrace, for overwintering, set up in a cold greenhouse; In warmer frost-free areas, they are planted in open ground; used for landscaping walls, pergolas , arches .

Landing. For planting use the usual nutrient garden substrate with the addition of large washed sand, planted in a sunny place, slightly shaded at noon. The plant needs support.

Care. During the period of growth, it is poured abundantly, fed 1 time per month with liquid complex fertilizer . In winter, reduce watering, the substrate should be only slightly wet. Shrunk shoots cut off at the surface of the substrate.

Repotting In early spring, they are transplanted into a fresh substrate, or they change only the top layer of soil in the pot.

Reproduction. Seeds - in the spring, sowing at a temperature of 13-16 ° C. The division of tubers from well-grown plants during spring transplantation.

Diseases and pests. When kept in rooms: greenhouses and winter gardens, it is affected by a mite ( Latin Tetranychus urticae ), whitefly ( Latin Trialeurodes vaporariorum ), aphid ( Latin Aphididae ).

• Baranova M.V. The Alstromerie family (Alstroemeriaceae) // Plant Life: in 6 vols. V. 5. Part 2. Flowering plants / ed. A.L. Tahtajyan. - M .: Education, 1981. - P. 92-94.
• The RHS AZ encyclopedia of garden plants. - Dorling Kindersley Limited, London, 1996, 2003