Phyllagathis
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Read about Phyllagathis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Phyllagathis (Greek, probably alluding to the involucrate head). Melastomaceae. Greenhouse woody plants, with ornamental foliage and attractive flowers. Plants with short thick sts.: lvs. opposite or the terminal solitary, larger petioled, roundish, cordate at the base, entire or denticulate, prominently nerved: fls. crowded into a short-peduncled sometimes involucrate head, rosy, about 1/2 in. across; petals 4, rarely 3; stamens 8, rarely 6; ovary 4-celled, rarely 3-celled: caps, top-shaped, 4-valved.—Species a half-dozen and more, Malay Archipelago and China. The lvs. of P. rotundifolia are praised for their colors, both above and below, their venation, their plaited character, and their strong shadows and reflected lights. The lvs. are glossy green above, tinted along the curved nerves with metallic blue and purple; beneath they are a rich coppery red, with the prominent nerves of a brighter color. For the general cult, of melastomaceous plants, consult Melas- toma and Medinilla. These are very ornamental stove perennials. Their cultural requirements from March to the end of summer call for a high temperature. From the end of February and through March the night temperature should stand at 65°; this may be gradually increased until it reaches 70° to 75° the middle of May. This high temperature should be held until the autumn, when it may be gradually reduced until the plants are held at about 60° for December and January. As the temperature is raised and the days become longer, increase the syringing, which will provide a moisture that greatly benefits this class of plants. In the spring and summer, they will require plenty of water at the roots. Give ventilation, to keep the temperature at the right mark, but not so as to cause cold drafts to strike the plants, otherwise they may be seriously injured. In the spring and summer, the plants will need shading, but not too heavy as it will make the foliage soft. Late in autumn and winter they will stand full sun. Any renewing of the earth or compost or repotting should be done about the middle of February. A good compost to use is a fibry loam four parts, fibry peat one part, well-decayed cow-manure one part, and a moderate quantity of sand to make it open.—The plants may be increased by half-ripened wood or by leaf-cuttings taken in February or March. For wood cuttings, start a few old plants early and when the growth shows half- ripeness the cuttings may be taken off with three joints and placed in small pots, using a mixture of loam, peat, and sand in equal parts. These pots may be placed in a warm propagating-bed, where they have a bottom heat of 80° to 85° and by covering with glass, kept shaded and moist, they will soon root. Leaf-cuttings may be placed in a warm propagating- bed, inserting the petiole in the sand; see that the under part of the leaf lies flat on the sand. Keep shaded and moist and they will show growth in different parts of the leaf. Another way to root them is when they have pushed out side growth of 2 or 3 inches, cut a piece of the woody stem with the young growth and insert in pots and plunge where they can have bottom heat. After they are rooted and potted, place them where they will get a fair amount of light, and keep the atmosphere moderately humid, shading when the sun becomes too strong. Grown on by shifting until they are in 8- or 10-inch pots, they will produce good and satisfactory plants. (J. J. M. Farrell.) P. gymnantha, Korth. St. short: lvs. cordate-ovate, glossy green, ciliate, 7-nerved: fls. pink, in a close head; petals lobed. Borneo.— P. hirsuta, Cogn. Differs in floral characters: calyx-lobes very short and broadly rounded; petals obovate and rounded; ovary adherent to calyx: lvs. cordate-ovate or broader, with 3 pairs of curving lighter-colored side veins and also banded crosswise: infl. standing higher than the handsome lvs. Borneo. I.H. 41:3. Wilhelm Miller. L. H. B. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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