Codyium
Family of euphorbia. Rod cynomium: Natural climatic conditions: island tropics.
Codium motley ♦ Evergreen shrub that reaches 2 m in natural conditions;leaves alternate, long petioles, large( up to 30 cm long), ovate to linear, often with pronounced lobes;leathery, shiny, different varieties painted differently: from green to almost black with yellow, red, brown patterns;inflorescence - hanging brush, small flowers, plain.
Codyium painted ♦ Leaves on long petioles, regular, linear, notch, sometimes lobed, leathery, shiny, coloring - depending on the variety;flowers in axillary hands, plain-looking, yellow-green. Varieties: "Duke of Windsor" - leaves are elongated-vyemchatye, olive-red with spots and strokes of yellow color and with an orange stripe along the middle vein; near the upper leaves the pattern is duller than in the lower leaves, sometimes completely disappears;"Mons Ernest Delarju" - leaves are three-lobed, the main background of the leaf blade is bright green with yellow spots and golden strips along the veins;"Punctatum aureum" - the leaves are narrow, lanceolate, the background of the leaf blade is dark green, the spots are golden.8 room conditions are unpretentious.
Requirement for moisture: watering depending on temperature - abundant at high, moderate - with cool;it is necessary to maintain a constant humidity, but not to allow in any case the stagnation of water;it is desirable to periodically spray, wash several times a year.
Temperature mode: the temperature is optimal at 18-22 ° C, but it can withstand even cooler temperatures.
Light mode: unpretentious, optimal east and west exposure.
Requirement for soil: different nutritive soil mixtures can be used, but an optimal mix of soil from sod, leaf and humus land with peat and sand in equal proportions is desirable, charcoal additives are desirable.
Reproduction: leafy with "heel", more rarely - caulis cuttings in March-April, which are rooted in water or in moist sand. Stem - only when heated to 25-28 ° C.Rarely - seeds.
Features: Young plants are transplanted annually, but older specimens are after 2 to 3 years.