Stephanotis floribunda

Ring sling ( Stephanotis floribunda )

The ring sling ( Stephanotis floribunda ) is a species of the genus Stephanotis in the subfamily of the milkweed family ( Asclepiadoideae ).

Dissemination

The home of the ring sling is located in mountainous regions of Madagascar. She is very sensitive to frost, but often cultivated in Central Europe as a houseplant.

Description

The ring sling is an evergreen climbing shrub that is about 4 to 5 meters high. The leathery leaves are longer than about 5 × 9 cm; they are glossy dark green. The flowers are in axillary cymes. The flowers are white and waxy; they emit a pleasant scent. The flowering period extends to the northern hemisphere from about June to September. The ring sling is great plum -like fruit, but the schedule only rarely in cultivated as houseplants copies. The fruits ripen for a year; when ripe, jump on it and give the brown, silvery flocked seeds freely.

Use

The ring sling is a popular house plant. In winter, they needed a rest temperature of about 12 to 15 ° C, so that they can bloom for several years in succession rich.

Propagation

Grown from seed specimens are often less floriferous than the mother plant.

The more common type of reproduction is to let instinct take root cuttings with one leaf pair at a bottom heat of 20 ° to 25 ° C. The process of rooting will take up to 2 months, but can be accelerated by adding a Bewurzelungshormons.