Piper Batman Pterisanthes Care
Piper Batman / Pterisanthes is a member of the Piperaceae family. This plant comes from tropical and subtropical forests
- Characteristics, Shapes & Colors
Piper Batman / Pterisanthes has leaves shaped like bat wings with a dark brown cloudy color and there is a white line on the edge of the leaf. in its natural habitat it can reach a height of 5 meters
- How to care
- Place Piper Batman / Pterisanthes in a humid place with 60-70% light intensity, with a temperature between 23-26°C.
- The suitable growing medium for Piper Batman / Pterisanthes is a mixture of perlite, peat & fern roots
- For the intensity of watering Piper Batman / Pterisanthes need 2 times a week so that the planting media is not too wet
- For Piper Batman / Pterisanthes fertilization can be done once a week with liquid organic fertilizer dissolved in water then watered at the base of the plant
- How to propagate
Piper Batman / Pterisanthes can be propagated by cutting.
- First choose Piper Batman / Pterisanthes which already has a long stem and has sufficient roots in each segment
- after that cut the stem between the segments, then plant it in a pot that already contains planting media.
- Put it in a shady place.
- The new shoots will appear after approximately in 3 weeks.