Izitshalo

Bougainvillea - ubuhle obuhle baseBrazil

Bobabili abatshali bezitshalo abasebenzayo kanye nabantu abangafuni izitshalo ngokuphelele ngeke bakwazi ukuhlala benganaki ubuhle besitshalo esihle saseBougainvillea (kwesinye isikhathi kubhalwe ukuthi iBougainville, lat. Bougainvillea) Isitshalo somndeni we-nictagin (Nyctaginaceae) imelelwa kakhulu yizihlahla ezincane, imivini noma ngendlela yezihlahla.

Kuze kube manje, kunezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-14 zezinto ezinhle ezixakile zangaphandle. AmaBougainvilleas aboniswa amahlumela anwabisayo futhi anamathela, imivini embozwe ngameva. Lesi sitshalo sidlangile eSouth America nase-Asia, kodwa manje ususikhulisa cishe noma kuphi. IBougainvillea ihlotshisa izingadi nama-loggias, izakhiwo nezakhiwo. Kodwa-ke, ungayitshala ekhaya efasiteleni.

IBougainvillea (Bougainvillea). © Vinayaraj

Izici zeBougainvillea

Naphezu kokukhanya, izimbali zesitshalo zincanyana kakhulu futhi ziyi-nondescript. Amabhulashi anikeza ubuhle nokubukeka okunethezeka kwe-bougainvillea. Zingaba ngemibala ehlukene egqamile: emhlophe no-ukhilimu, opinki no-violet, kanye nama-red hues aphuzi. Kukhona izitshalo ezinemibala emibili. Isiqu sentyatyambo sinezimbali, kepha amahlumela amabila aguqika kakhulu, okuwavumela ukuba akhiwe ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene. Amaqabunga aminyene futhi embozwe nge-fluff, abe nomumo we-ovoid. Ezimweni ezihlukile, isitshalo singafinyelela osayizi abahlukahlukene. Engadini nasezimweni zemvelo, angakhula afike kumamitha ayi-15 ukuphakama. Ekhaya, kunjalo, okuncane. Izimbali zenzeka kaningana ngonyaka, cishe ngokuqhubekayo.

IBougainvillea (Bougainvillea). © BKP

Ukunakekela i-bougainvillea ekhaya

IBougainvillea iyakuthanda ukukhanya. Ukuze lesi sitshalo sikhule futhi siqhume kahle, kubalulekile ukugcina umbuso othile wokushisa. Ngaleso sikhathi, uzizwa kahle emazingeni okushisa aphakeme, aze afike kuma-30 degrees. Ebusika, ekuphumuleni, izinga lokushisa kufanele libe lokushisa kwekamelo, kepha lingabi ngaphezu kwama-degrees ayi-12. Ngalesi sikhathi, kungcono ukudlulisa lesi sitshalo endaweni emnyama.

Ukunisela kufanele kube ngokulinganayo futhi kuvame.

Umoya kufanele ube nomswakama. Ehlobo nasemoyeni owomile ebusika, udinga ukufafaza njalo umvini ngamanzi. Kanye ngesonto, kuyadingeka ukondla imbali ngomanyolo. Ebusika, i-bougainvillea iphumule, akudingekile ukuyondla ngalesi sikhathi.

IBougainvillea (Bougainvillea). © Adamu Rifkin

Ukudluliselwa nokuzala

Entwasahlobo, izitshalo zikhula ngokushesha. Ukufakelwa kuyadingeka kanye ngonyaka uma i-bougainvillea ikhula ekhaya. Kuyadingeka ukufakelwa ngokucophelela, ngokudlulisa kusuka kwelinye ibhodwe uye kwelinye, ngaphandle kokulimaza inqwaba yomhlaba.

Isitshalo sisakazeka esikhathini sehlobo ngokusika noma ngokubekeka emoyeni.

Entwasahlobo nangemuva kokuqhakaza ngakunye, kudingeka ukuthi izihlahla zidingeke, kungenjalo i-bougainvillea ilahlekelwa ukwakheka kwayo, amathanga namagatsha amabi.

IBougainvillea (Bougainvillea). © Ihlathi & Kim Starr

Izinambuzane nezifo ze-bougainvillea

IBougainvillea ingagula. Ngemuva kwalokho iqala ukukhula kahle, amaqabunga aqala ukuwa. Lokhu kwenzeka ngokufaka amanzi, noma ukuhlala isikhathi eside sesitshalo kusalungiswa. Isitshalo singafa uma amanzi egxilile. Ama-aphid noma ama-mealybugs angathela imbali. Lokhu kuzodala ubunzima, kepha kuyelashwa.

Ubuhle bokuhlobisa be-chic baseBrazil buzoshintsha noma yiliphi igumbi. Ikakhulu uma izinhlobo zezitshalo eziningi zihlanganiswe ekwakhiweni kombala owodwa.