Phaenocoma
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Read about Phaenocoma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Phaenocoma (shining hair, Greek, alluding to the involucre). Compositae. A South African little shrub, sometimes grown under glass for the showy flower- heads. Of the Gnaphalium-Helipterum-Helichrysum relation, one species: heads heterogamous, very many-fld., showy because of the brilliant and elongated inner scales of the involucre; florets all tubular and 5-toothed, the marginal female and in a single row, the others male with abortive stigma; receptacle naked; pappus of many rough bristles in a single row, equaling the corolla, somewhat unlike as between the female and male fls. The stiff parts of the involucre make it useful as an everlasting, for which use it is a very showy subject. These are handsome and distinct evergreen plants. They need a cool airy and shaded house during the summer. They should have plenty of ventilation in the spring and well into the autumn; this will tend greatly to solidify the growth, this causing the greater production of flowers. It is better to place the pots on screened coal-ashes, as this helps to keep the roots cool and moist. They are better if kept by themselves, as they should not be syringed. Watering is a matter of great importance at all seasons. They need some staking and tying so as to keep them in shape. When the weather is cool enough, they should have a temperature of 45° to 50° at night, with about 10° rise with sunshine. In midwinter the temperature may drop to 40° at night. Any repotting may be done after they are through flowering. Compost used for potting these plants should be loam and fibrous peat in equal parts, left lumpy, and about one-third of silver sand added to the mixture. Give the pots thorough drainage.—They may be increased from cuttings made of the points of some of the moderately strong growths, leaving them about 3 inches long. Place in pans filled with sand. Give them a temperature of about 55°, keeping them moderately close, shaded, and moist. When they show signs of root-formation they may be given more light. When rooted, pot off into small pots using the compost mentioned above, and by shifting and the same culture they grow into good plants in two years. When they get into 8- or 10-inch pots, with plenty of roots, they may have liquid feeding which will help to retain their vigor. These plants are not much seen in this country, but should be more grown. (J. J. M. Farrell.) CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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