Milk room - original succulents

Milk room is often confused with cacti. They are really similar to the latter - thanks to a faceted fleshy stalk and extreme drought resistance. But a house plant spurge (a photo will help to reveal some differences from cacti) - a representative of another family.

Molochnye have about two thousand species,live in different climatic zones. Among them there are representatives of both dioecious and monoecious plants. Milk rooms are mostly from South Africa and from Madagascar. In number, they are in third place among succulents.

Milk room - characteristic features, popular species

These plants, with the slightest damage, are isolatedabundant juice. This milky liquid also contributed to the appropriation of these succulents with a distinctive name. It has a number of specific features - the euphorin contained in it causes inflammation of the mucous membranes, burns, poisoning. In addition to this substance, the composition of milky juice includes rubber, amino acids, essential oils, resins, stearin and various sugars. Be careful when transplanting this plant.

Be on the alert, if your children are in your house - do not let them take the milkweed leaves into their mouths.

The most popular type is beyl alcohol jelly. In indoor floriculture, it is popular, thanks to the emerald color of the original leaves. White veins contrast with long reddish petioles. The leaves grow only on the top of the plant. This flower is very similar to a kind of palm tree.

Euphorbia: reproduction and conditions of detention

Blooms this plant with an unremarkable shallowthreads. Inflorescences are sticky from the nectar covering them. A feature that has milky room - shooting boxes with seeds. This happens after the ripening of the fruit.

Thus, the seeds of milkweed can easilyto be in a pot with another indoor flower and put roots there. This is easy to prevent - you just wipe the inflorescence with a napkin, soaking the juice. In order to remove seeds for the purpose of reproduction, the shoot can be tied with gauze in advance, trying not to overtighten and not to injure it.

In general, care of this plant is simple - it needsput on light, a little shade to avoid burns on the leaves, sometimes turning to the sun by the other side. Water in summer abundantly, defending the water more than a day. In the winter, be careful - there should be no waterlogging. During the vegetation period, feed with special fertilizers for succulents. Heat-loving milkweed is afraid of cold - the temperature below fifteen degrees Celsius is fatal for roots. It can provoke the appearance of rot. But the dryness of the air does not bother you at all. You can not even spray it. Since the leaves look more well-groomed, when they shine, they can be wiped with a soft, lint-free cloth, which before that is slightly moistened with clean water. The transplant must necessarily take into account the drainage - a layer of expanded clay is suitable. Young plants need fresh soil annually, adults - less often.