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- Tips for caring for Epiphyllum anguliger
- How do you pour Epiphyllum angulently right?
- What should be considered when fertilizing?
- Are you allowed to cut Epiphyllum more angularly?
- When do you have to repot the leaf cactus?
- Which diseases and pests occur?
- How do you hibernate Epiphyllum more angulently?
- Tips
The Epiphyllum anguliger needs a rest period to develop numerous flowers next year
Tips for caring for Epiphyllum anguliger
Epiphyllum anguliger is just like Epiphyllum oxypetalum a leaf cactus species, which is characterized by beautiful, fragrant flowers. The care of the decorative houseplant is quite simple. You only need to pay a little attention if you want to properly care for this leaf cactus.
How do you pour Epiphyllum angulently right?
In the spring, increase the casting volumes slowly. During the warm season, the Epiphyllum needs a lot of water, but does not tolerate waterlogging.
If possible, use rainwater because calcareous water is harmful to the leaf cactus.
What should be considered when fertilizing?
Never fertilize Epiphyllum anguliger with cactus fertilizer! This type of cactus needs other nutrients. Use a normal flower fertilizer that you give every 14 days during the growing season. Reduce the amount of fertilizer to about half.
Are you allowed to cut Epiphyllum more angularly?
Cutting is not necessary. If the leaf cactus is too big for you, you are welcome to cut it back in spring. The cut shoots can be used as cuttings for propagation.
When do you have to repot the leaf cactus?
Repotting is only necessary if the previous pot has become too small. The best time for the move is the early spring. Use a vat with a vent hole that will fill you with loose potting soil or special substrate for leaf cacti.
Which diseases and pests occur?
Illnesses occur with wrong care. If the Epiphyllum anguliger too wet, rot the roots. In dryness the flowers fall off.
Watch out for pests like:
Whitish-green spots on the leaves indicate a fungal infection. The leaf cactus gets reddish spots when it is too cool.
How do you hibernate Epiphyllum more angulently?
If you have no suitable place to spend the winter, you may leave the Epiphyllum anguliger in the living room. He then has to be watered more often.
However, he will develop no or very few flowers in the following year without a cooler rest period.
Tips
Epiphyllum anguliger is also called "saw blade cactus". Its leaves are strongly jagged, so they look quite similar to a saw blade.