Diplomatic, or mandevilla, is a magnificent plant that has fascinated gardeners with its delightful flowers and delicate character. Diplomatic rights belong to the Kutrov family. The plant was named after the diplomat Henry J. Mandeville, who in his spare time was engaged in plant growing.
It is a real pleasure to grow a indoor flower to a diplomatic deposit, caring for a plant will not cause much trouble to both experienced and novice florist. And now let's take a closer look at what species and varieties of Mandeville domestic growers consider the best.
Diplomatic shiny (Dipladenia splendens)
Brilliant Mandeville is a large evergreen shrub with curly shoots. The stems of a plant can reach a length of up to 5 meters. Young shoots vines are pubescent, and mature - naked. The bush is covered with large leaves with short petioles up to 20 cm in length, having an elliptical shape, a heart-shaped base, a pointed tip and a well-pronounced vein network.
Did you know? Mandeville It is known by various names, the most famous of which are Brazilian jasmine, Mexican love tree, Chilean jasmine, Brazilian balsam and the Bolivian rose.
Brilliant Mandevilla flower clusters consist of three or six large funnel-shaped inflorescences, painted in bright orange color on the outside and white on the inside, while their bracts have a rich purple color. A small calyx of a flower is deeply dissected into five styloid narrow segments with red tips. The corollas of flowers have a wide flat bend, their blades are painted in dark pink color, more saturated in the area of the pharynx, and reach 10 cm in diameter.
Bolivian diplomatic rights (Dipladenia bolewiensis)
Bolivian diplochia is an evergreen heat-loving vine, the birthplace of which is considered to be sunny Bolivia. This is the most common type of diploadia, known for its incredibly long shoots, reaching a length of 4 meters and covered with small, from 5 to 8 cm in diameter, brilliant bright green leaves ovoid. Axillary peduncles contain 3-4 flowers with a diameter of about 5 cm, having a cylindrical tube, saucer-like white limb, shaped like a rim, and a yellow mouth.
This type of diploadia blooms very beautifully, and during this period the plant can become the main decoration of any garden or greenhouse.
Did you know? Cultivation conditions of diploadinia depend on the variety selected. For example, if Mandeville brilliant for a long time undergoes supercooling, then it starts dropping the flower stalks, while lowering the temperature during the cultivation of Bolivian jasmine contributes to a more active flowerbed of flower buds.
Diplomatic Excellent (Dipladenia eximia)
Mandeville is excellent - it is an evergreen, curly liana, with smooth reddish branches, covered with rounded-ovate emerald-green leaves 3-4 cm long. Crustaceous inflorescences of this liana consist of 8 flowers with a diameter of up to 7 cm, with a red calyx and a corolla tube of no more than 5 cm long. Most often, the crown of this species has a pink-red color.
Deepa Sander (Dipladenia sanderi)
This is a fast-growing evergreen vine. The branches of the plant are smooth, not pubescent, covered with thick oval, slightly pointed leaves, not less than 5 cm long.
Flower brushes, located in the sinuses and consisting of 3-5 flowers, with a diameter of not more than 7 cm, having a bright pink color and yellow pharynx.
Diplomatic friable (Dipladenia laxa)
Mandeville friable has impressive size, and therefore for its cultivation will require a sufficient amount of free space. This luxurious deciduous vine is characterized by active branching during the growing season.
Learn more about home growing asplenium, stromans, chamelacium, freesia, crocuses, peperomia, hatiora, fittonia, gatsaniya.When grown under comfortable conditions, the length of shoots can reach 5 m. The species grows long warty shoots covered with oblong-ovate sheets, reaching a length of 10 cm. The leaves of the vines have a rich green color and opposite arrangement, they are smooth on the upper side, and covered with bottom slight pubescence. During the flowering period mandeville is covered with delightful flowers, reaching 9 cm in diameter and gathered in inflorescences of 5-10 pieces.
The flower corolla has a pleasant creamy white color and is formed by delicate corrugated petals.
In total in the world there are approximately 190 different species and varieties of lianas, and the most popular of them are:
- yellow diplomacy “Allamandu” enchants with bright yellow large flowers and a non-capricious disposition, which allows it to be grown by those who have just stepped onto the path of crop production;
- White-blooded white-coloured large-flowered "Cosmos White" will delight you with its generous and long flowering;
- diploadiya terry "Cosmos Rose" - the flowering of this variety can cause real delight, as the whole bush is covered with large fleecy flowers;
- diplomatic hybrid hybrid "Parasol Straynes";
- Diplomacy "Cosmos Crimson King";
- diploadiya red "Classic Red" enchants the size and rich bright red color of inflorescences.
Charming milky-white Mandeville "Lax" (the second name of the variety - "Chilean Jasmine") - is a purebred Argentinian, which during the flowering period is covered with fragrant inflorescences, the smell of which is virtually identical to the scent of gardenia. The variety has incredibly entangled stems, which complicates the cultivation of Mandevilla indoors in the winter. In this regard, the plant is pruned to the minimum size. However, such pruning of the vine is only beneficial to the plant, since with the onset of warm days the plant quickly acquires new fast-growing shoots.
Important! Mandeville - this is a dangerous beauty, as her juice contains the strongest poison, and any contact with it can cause extremely undesirable consequences. To avoid poisoning and the occurrence of skin reactions, all work related to the care of the plant should be carried out in protective rubber gloves.If you decide to start a Mandeville at home, then in gratitude for all the hard work spent on growing it, very soon luxurious pink, yellow, white and red stars will light up in your garden.