Mandeville ( Latin: Mandevilla ) is a genus of climbing flowers of the Kutrovy family ( Apocynaceae ). Some species are popular garden and greenhouse plants.
| Mandeville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mandevilla sanderi . General view of a flowering plant | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International scientific name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mandevilla Lindl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kinds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See text | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The range of the genus covers Central and South America .
Content
Title
The genus received its scientific name in honor of Henry J. Mandeville (1773-1861), an English diplomat and gardener who served in Buenos Aires [2] [3] ). Among the synonyms of the genus name is Dipladenia , translated from Greek means “having double glands” ( nectaries ) [4] ).
Among the common names for the plant are Brazilian balsam, Brazilian jasmine, Chilean jasmine, Bolivian rose, Mexican love tree.
The synonyms of the genus include the following names:
- Amblyanthera Müll.Arg.
- Dipladenia A.DC.
- Eriadenia miers
- Laseguea A.DC.
- Mitozus miers
- Salpinctes woodson
Biological Description
Representatives of the genus are fast-growing evergreen curly or clinging vines with a woody stem [2] and glossy bright green leaves.
The leaves of the plant are opposite, oval. There is a poisonous white milky juice.
The flowers are white, pink or dark pink, tubular, fragrant in some species, appear on plants in large numbers [2] . The diameter of the flowers can reach 10-12 centimeters.
Cultivation
Species of the Mandeville genus are used as garden plants, as well as container plants. Bloom large (up to 10 cm in diameter) "gramophones" of white, red or pink color, starting from a young age (in the first year). If the flower is mentally reduced in size, then it will become like an oleander flower. If the plant is regularly pruned, then you can grow it in the form of a bush, and not in the form of a vine, but you can’t always make it bloom, since the flowers appear only on young shoots, and not immediately, but when the shoot reaches a certain length. Therefore, it is more convenient to form it by curling around the support.
The plant loves loose soil, moderate watering, humid air and a lot of light (with a lack of light, the internodes lengthen, and the plant practically does not bloom), but with shading from midday direct sunlight. With the support, it grows much faster than without it.
The most spectacular instances of mandeville should include, in addition to numerous new hybrids, Mandevilla sanderi 'Rosea' with large dark red flowers with a yellow center. The flowering period, while providing the plant with proper care, lasts six months - from May to November, and individual flowers last more than two weeks.
Best of all, this tropical plant, in need of high humidity, feels like in a closed "flower window".
- Location
As lighter as possible, but not sunny. Lack of light negatively affects flowers. During winter dormancy, the plant should be in a cool place, at a temperature of 12-15 degrees. The rest of the time it can be grown at room temperature.
- Watering
With the exception of the dormant period, when watering is limited, the soil should be constantly moist, but an excess of water in the pot should not be allowed. Watered with low lime content.
- Breeding
The apical cuttings of young shoots. It is best to root cuttings in a transplanting greenhouse or under a film. Seeds are sown in the spring at a temperature of 18-23 ° C. To limit the vertical growth of the plant in the fall after flowering, it should be pruned strongly, since the flowers appear only on young shoots.
Pruning
Regular pruning stimulates the formation of new shoots, healing Mandeville. Pruning is performed in autumn or early spring, removing weak and too long, unbranched stems, leaving 1/3 of the original length. Each plant distinguishes the main stems, choosing 3-5 of the strongest, youngest stems. To stimulate further growth of the stems of the base, the central stalk is trimmed, leaving 1/3 of its original length. Branched branches are cut after a fork, also 1/3. [five]
Views
According to The Plant List database, the genus includes 191 species [6] . Some of them:
- Mandevilla acutiloba ( A.DC. ) Woodson
- Mandevilla andrieuxii ( Müll.Arg. ) Hemsl.
- Mandevilla convolvulacea ( A.DC. ) Hemsl.
- Mandevilla foliosa ( Müll.Arg. ) Hemsl.
- Mandevilla hirsuta ( Rich. ) K.Schum.
- Mandevilla karwinskii ( Müll.Arg. ) Hemsl.
- Mandevilla laxa ( Ruiz & Pav. ) Woodson
- Mandevilla mexicana ( Müll.Arg. ) Woodson
- Mandevilla oaxacana ( A.DC. ) Hemsl.
- Mandevilla pohliana ( Stadelm. ) AHGentry
- Mandevilla rigidifolia JFMorales
- Mandevilla sanderi ( Hemsl. ) Woodson
- Mandevilla splendens ( Hook.f. ) Woodson
- Mandevilla subsagittata ( Ruiz & Pav. ) Woodson
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Botany, 2006 .
- ↑ Smith AW “A Gardener's Book of Plant Names”, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, etc., 1963, p. 227
- ↑ Smith AW “A Gardener's Book of Plant Names”, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, etc., 1963, p. 131
- ↑ Vladimir Ravilov. Mandeville (Diplomacy) - a dangerous beauty . Good-Tips.Pro (April 18, 2013).
- ↑ Mandevilla . The Plant List . Version 1.1. (2013). Date of treatment August 14, 2016.
Literature
- Mandevilla // Botany. Encyclopedia "All plants of the world": Per. from English = Botanica / ed. D. Grigoriev et al. - M .: Könemann, 2006. - S. 562-563. - 1020 s. - ISBN 3-8331-1621-8 .