Growing for the House-Plant Market – Aglaonema, Allophyton, Anthericum, Asarina

Aglaonema

The Chinese evergreen, Aglaonema, is easy to handle. It is extremely popular for dish gardens and for growing in water. The leaves are green and tapered. Cuttings will root in water, damp sand, or sphagnum moss. Or you can propagate by cutting the stem in sections, each having an “eye” or internode. Place the sections in damp sand. It requires about 5 months to get 2-inch plants from eye cuttings, but it is an effective way to obtain greater multiplication.

Allophyton

The diminutive Allophyton, Mexican foxglove, has slender leaves, to 3 inches long, and flower stalks with clusters of fragrant, violet-purple bells. Seed production is abundant. Sow in January; keep in a 70-degree temperature.

Germination is likely to be slow, from 3 to 6 weeks. Prick out individual seedlings as the flat becomes crowded and plant them into thumb pots of loam, leafmold, and sand. It requires

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about 6 months from seed germination to salable plant. Older plants can be divided and grown in any type of soil.

Anthericum

The spider plant, Anthericum, sends out long stolons (runners ) with new plants on the tips. The little white blossoms are not showy. Anthericum grows from a tuberous root similar to an icicle radish. Propagate by plant division or by cutting off and rooting the runners. It will grow in almost any kind of soil, in a temperature range from 55 to 75 degrees, shade or sun, and needs little fertilizing.

Asarina

Flowering vines have a tremendous appeal. In Asarina (Mau-randia) we have a real treasure. This fast-growing vine with ivylike leaves bears pink or purple flowers like those of slipper gloxinias. If unable to purchase a plant or cuttings as a starter, order seeds from a specialty house. Plant the seeds any time of year in light loam, cover with glass, and place in 60- to 70-degree temperatures. Germination takes place in about 10 days. As your seedlings begin to crowd, thin them out and place them in 2-inch pots; here they will bloom in 4 to 5 months.

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