Scindapsus Bird's Tail Care
Scindapsus Bird's Tail comes from tropical rain forests, belongs to a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae
- Characteristics, Shapes & Colors
Scindapsus Bird's Tail is characterized by pointed oval leaves and dark green leaves that look black with dark green stripes in the middle of the leaves that form a pattern. It is a plant that can grow to a height of more than 5 meters if attached to a wall or other larger plant.
- How to care
- Place the Scindapsus Bird's Tail in a place that has a light intensity of 60 - 70% with a temperature of 20-25°C
- The suitable growing medium for Scindapsus Bird's Tail is a mixture of perlite, peat & fern roots
- For the intensity of watering Scindapsus Bird's Tail 2 times so that the planting media is not too wet, because Scindapsus Bird's Tail likes sufficient water intensity but the humidity is maintained
- Fertilization is done once a week with organic fertilizer dissolved in air, then watered at the base of this plant
- How to propagate
Scindapsus Bird's Tail can be propagated by cuttings.
- The first step is to select Scindapsus Bird's Tail which already has long stems and roots that are quite long, then cut them at the internodes.
- Then place the plant in a pot that has been filled with planting media with the new shoots facing up and do the watering sufficiently.
- Put it in a shady place.
- The new shoots will appear after approximately in 3 weeks.