Characteristics of the Binnendijka ficus, tips for indoor care, how to reproduce, difficulties arising in the growing process, and ways to overcome them, facts to note, varieties. Among the problems that accompany the cultivation of the Binnendijk ficus are:
- dumping of foliage during hypothermia or too strong drying of an earthen coma;
- pale color of leaf plates, a decrease in the growth rate, the formation of smaller leaves is due to a lack of nutrients;
- at a low level of illumination, the foliage of the plant becomes small and turns yellow, and the shoots are too stretched;
- increased dryness of the air leads to drying out of the tips of the leaf plates;
- waterlogging of the substrate will entail dropping and decay of leaves in the lower part of the shoots;
- curling and drying of foliage occurs due to the fact that the ficus is constantly in direct sunlight;
- brown spotting on the leaves is provoked by an increased temperature of the content or frequent fertilization.
Facts to note about the Binnendijka ficus, photo
In fact, under the name "ficus Ali" a number of plants with similar parameters are combined. In the 19th century, they were fully described when they were discovered by the Dutch botanist and gardener Simon Binnendijk (1821-1883), who specialized not only in seed representatives of the flora, but also in ferns.
Ficus varieties Binnendijka
- Ficus "Alii" has leaf blades that are slightly wider than other varieties of Binnendijk ficus, but to add more green tones to the room, such a plant is used more often in phytodesign.
- Amstel King is a variety with a spherical crown and a rather high trunk. The leaf plates reach 6 cm in width, their color is monotonous green.
- Amstel Gold considered the most common variety in home cultivation. Foliage with variegated color, and the coloring consists of dark green and light green tones, and also on a yellow-green background there is a pattern of spots of different outlines and shades of green color.
- Amstel Queen. The leaf plate is colored in one tone, while its width is smaller than that of the "Alii" variety, but the leaf is wider than that of the "Amstel King" variety (almost up to 7 cm).
