Why does spathiphyllum only release leaves and does not bloom?

Conditions for flowering

The plant is evergreen, but it can bloom only in the warm season. In height, the spathiphyllum reaches only 30 cm, compensating for the low size with an exotic, unusual species. The flower is a single bud on a rather high stem: snow-white with yellow stamens. The structure of the petal is dense, unusual, attracts with its mystery.

The flowering of spathiphyllum depends primarily on the conditions created and care. Spathiphyllum usually begins to bloom in April and the decorative period ends only in late autumn. In winter, the plant should be in a dormant period, which will help it recuperate for lush flowering next season.

It is necessary to grow spathiphyllum in a warm place, avoiding drafts or prolonged exposure to the cold. Optimum temperature: + 22-23 degrees. If the temperature drops below +18 degrees, it will be very bad to grow and, moreover, bloom spathiphyllum. In addition, its leaves will begin to turn yellow: that is, decorativeness will be lost almost completely.

Moody flower

Spathiphyllum belongs to the aroid family, it is an evergreen plant. In everyday life, it has the name "female happiness", which comes from the belief that if an unmarried woman has such a flower, she will definitely find happiness in family life, there will be half of it. But if negative energy is constantly present in the house due to quarrels and disagreements, then the plant dies.

On average, flower height is approximately 30 cm, give or take. There are also giants, and there are also dwarf specimens of this variety. There are about 410 types of spathiphyllum.

This flower is very popular for the decoration of apartments and houses. "Women's Happiness" boasts beautiful, dense, dark green foliage that grows directly from the soil. The leaves are oval with a pointed end. Naturally, the attractive and delightful white flower will not leave anyone indifferent. The inflorescence is a single bud surrounded by a petal; a flower is located on a long stem. Flowering occurs several times a year: from mid-spring and continues until early autumn. As soon as winter comes, the spathiphyllum goes into a dormant state.

Spathiphyllum in bloom

"Women's happiness" is a very thermophilic plant. A comfortable temperature for him will be 22-23 ° C. He is also not afraid of temperatures close to 18 ° C, but one should not allow a larger decrease.

He does not like a flower and drafts, so you should not take it out to the balcony for airing.

In fact, this flower is not so capricious, it does not bring a lot of trouble. But if the spathiphyllum stops blooming, its foliage may turn black or the brightness of the color of the leaves fades, then this all means that the flower is sick or not provided with proper care. What to do in this case? Why does spathiphyllum not bloom?

Natural causes

Often the absence of flowers is explained by quite understandable, natural reasons, the most important of which is the aging of the plant, the absence of transplants, and division. And since there is not enough space for an adult spathiphyllum in an old pot, the plant requires division and transplantation in different containers.

To breathe life into such a plant, it must be removed from the pot, the bush must be divided.The resulting parts can be seated in new containers, or you can give them to unmarried girlfriends. If the division and transplantation are done correctly, soon the spathiphyllum will bloom again.

From time to time it is useful to produce small "shakes" for the spathiphyllum, which will only benefit it and activate the formation of flower buds. Such a shake-up can be a temporary transfer of a plant from a warm room to a relatively cool one. The time of keeping in the cool should not exceed a week: this is quite enough to inspire the spathiphyllum for lush flowering.

Stimulation

Important! For the appearance of the long-awaited buds, the spathiphyllum needs to create a kind of stress. Basically, lowering the temperature, reducing watering gives a good result, but there should be enough light.

It is important to follow these guidelines:

1. Move to a cool room with a temperature not lower than + 16 ° С.
2. Reduce watering frequency.
3. If dry ends appear, carefully cut them off.
4. The soil in the flowerpot must be dried regularly.
5. Loosen the soil after watering.
6. Before the flowering period and in time to fertilize the flower, it is recommended to use potassium-phosphorus mineral preparations every week.
7. Spray with warm water every day.
8. During spraying, it is worth adding a small amount of Zircon to the water, which increases immunity and stimulates flowering.
9. Take soft, purified water.
10. Eliminate the presence of drafts.
11. It is possible to use drugs to stimulate flowering "Bud", "Domotsvet".

If, after the work done on the mistakes, the spathiphyllum still did not please with flowering, perhaps the reason is age. The old flower does not find enough strength to start budding. In this case, it is recommended to plant the plant in several different pots. And after transplanting, obviously, a beautiful, long-awaited flowering awaits you.

In more detail about what needs to be done in order for your plant to bloom profusely and for a long time, we wrote in a separate material.

Containment breach

In addition to natural reasons, the lack of flowering may also be associated with improper conditions for keeping spathiphyllum. Let's find out what mistakes a florist can make.

Pot too big

If, during the next transplant, spathiphyllum is placed in an overly spacious container, flowering can be expected for a very long time. The fact is that the plant will not begin to bloom until its roots completely encircle the entire earthen lump. And as you understand, in a spacious pot and an earthen lump is voluminous.

To avoid problems, when transplanting a new pot, select a maximum of 3 cm in diameter larger than the old one. But the plant will still have to give time to adapt to the new "home".

Dry air

Spathiphyllum is a tropical flower, therefore it must be kept in conditions of high or at least medium humidity. And if in the summer the humidity can still somehow be maintained, then in the winter it becomes difficult because of the working heating batteries.

Radiators strongly dry the air, which affects the decorativeness of the plant extremely unfavorably. To help and support the spathiphyllum, place the pot on a tray of damp expanded clay and spray the flower more often.

Incorrect lighting

This factor is the least likely to affect the health of the plant. Spathiphyllum can tolerate both exposure to bright sun and relative shade. However, prolonged exposure to direct sunlight can negatively affect the flower, as well as its prolonged stay in the shade.

Far better, however, the flower will tolerate growing in the shade than being under direct active sun. If in the first case it simply will not bloom, then in the second it can dry out and die completely.

Inappropriate lighting and air humidity

"Women's happiness" feels comfortable in the shade or partial shade.Therefore, you should not put the flowerpot in direct sunlight, they have a detrimental effect on the plant. But the absolute absence of light does not contribute to flowering.

Leaves turn yellow

How to make spathiphyllum bloom? A suitable option would be to place a container with a plant on a table (bedside table, stand) near a window or windowsill on the southeast windows. The bright light dries out the soil quickly, the castings begin to turn yellow and turn brown at the edges. With an insufficient amount of light, the foliage, instead of an oval shape, becomes more oblong. At the same time, spathiphyllum begins to bloom less and less or stops altogether.

How to make spathiphyllum bloom? Since the plant is from regions with high climate humidity, it is necessary to periodically moisturize the area around the flower. You can spray from a spray bottle or put a tray with pebbles that are constantly kept in water. This will provide a suitable microclimate for the flower plant.

How to care for a lush bloom

Illiterate care for spathiphyllum may well lead to the fact that the flowers of the plant will be absent or become small, rare. We will find out what kind of care it is necessary to provide for the spathiphyllum at home so that the plant pleases with a long, lush flowering.

General recommendations

• Lighting must be provided with abundant, but diffused. It is not recommended to keep the flower under direct rays, as well as in a highly shaded place. And that, and the other extreme - a good reason for the lack of flowers.
• It is necessary to keep the flower in conditions of high humidity.
• The soil in the pot should be slightly acidic. In addition, it is important to constantly maintain the nutritional value of the soil by making timely fertilizing.
• Watering the soil is necessary provided that its top layer dries up. In this case, the water should be soft: filtered or settled.
• Make sure that the container is tight enough, since the spathiphyllum will not bloom for a long time in a spacious pot.
• Do not expose the plant to cold and drafts. A tropical flower is not intended for the cold, so it may well respond to such an attitude with the absence of buds.
• We recommend placing the pot with the plant on the east window sill or on a stand, table near the south, west window. From the north side of the world it will not be enough: it is almost impossible to wait for the spathiphyllum to bloom in the shade of the northern part of the apartment.

Watering

Separately, it must be said about watering spathiphyllum, since this factor is very important. If you approach the moistening of the flower with insufficient attention, this can be fraught not only with the absence of buds, but also with more serious consequences.

Especially intensive watering is required for the plant during the period of its active growth, vegetation: that is, in spring and summer. In winter, the frequency and volume of watering should be done less, less often. To understand if a plant has enough water, watch its foliage - this is a kind of barometer. With an excess of moisture, the leaves of the spathiphyllum will become drooping, lethargic, and with a lack of water, they will begin to dry.

It is important to defend water before watering: spathiphyllum does not tolerate hard water, with bleach, harmful salts of heavy metals. In addition, watch the temperature of the water: it should not be cold.

In addition to watering, spraying is also important: procedures help maintain optimal air humidity. Spray more often in hot summer months and in winter with radiators running. It is also recommended to wipe the leaves from time to time with a damp sponge to remove dust from them and return a glossy shine.

Pouring spathiphyllum is unacceptable. And if something like this has already happened, let the water drain calmly into the pan, then drain the moisture accumulated in the pan. Carry out the next watering only after the soil has dried thoroughly.

Attention: it should be borne in mind that the larger the spathiphyllum, the larger its leaves, the more water it needs. The fact is that the larger the surface of the leaves, the more moisture evaporates from them.

Top dressing

The main factor here that negatively affects the flowering of spathiphyllum is the lack of dressing in principle. It is clear that if the plant does not have enough nutrients, it simply will not have the strength to bloom.

The flowering of the plant is very long, so the spathiphyllum needs a lot of nutrients. Start fertilizing as soon as the flower wakes up after the winter dormant period. The frequency of fertilization in spring and summer is once a week. In winter, once a month.

It is also important to choose and suitable feeding composition. Purchased mixtures with nitrogen and potassium are best suited for spathiphyllum. However, nitrogen should only be applied in the spring, as this mineral can cause the lack of flowers in the summer.

Transplant and soil composition

An illiterate transplant can also cause the spathiphyllum to have no flowering buds. The plant quickly gains strength and stretches, its roots in development are also not lagging behind. Young spathiphyllum is transplanted annually in the spring, since in one growing season the roots have time to braid the entire earthen lump in the pot.

Important: you cannot divide the flower every year - this breeding method is suitable only for adults, fairly overgrown specimens.

It is necessary to select a suitable soil with a slightly acidic reaction for transplanting a plant. The composition of the soil is optimal as follows:

• sheet land - 1 part;
• woody soil - 2 parts;
• peat - 1 part;
• manure - 1 part.

A full-fledged drainage layer at the bottom of the pot is very important, which will protect the roots of the spathiphyllum from stagnant water. And in order to acidify the soil and make it looser, it is recommended to add rotted needles or rotten wood.

It is impossible to plant a plant in a dense substrate: poor permeability and lack of normal air circulation are good reasons for both the lack of flowering and the development of spathiphyllum in general.

Poor watering of spathiphyllum

If you do not provide sufficient watering, then flowering does not occur. In the end, this can lead to the death of a beautifully flowering plant. Moistening the soil is carried out only with previously prepared water. It should be kept for a day, with a temperature of about 20-22 ° C, as in a room. A flowering plant, especially in warm weather, needs to be watered more often and well. In the cold winter season, the volumes of liquid and the frequency of watering are reduced, the flowerpot is not placed near heating devices.

The plant does not like stagnant water. If the moisture is too abundant, then the foliage will drop, if not enough, then the leaves will wither and bend.

The plant does not like stagnant water

If spathiphyllum releases unhealthy leaves, then it is recommended to adjust the watering. It is worth moistening the soil only when it dries up. A couple of times in 7 days, you need to spray from a spray bottle with water at room temperature, if you do not carry out such procedures, then the greens will lose their elasticity. It is necessary to clean the leaves from dust with a damp sponge.

Beware of the pot bay. If this happens, then you need to allow the excess liquid to drain and not water any more until the drying of the soil is visible. The larger the leaf, the more moisture it evaporates, so its amount must be replaced.

Lack of flowering due to diseases and pests

Spathiphyllum is a gentle and rather vulnerable inhabitant of the tropics, therefore, it can also stop blooming due to parasites or diseases. Consider the most dangerous diseases for a plant.

Root rot

A serious problem that usually occurs due to over-watering the plant. Root rot can turn out to be the complete death of the flower, and not just the absence of buds.

If the spathiphyllum suddenly begins to wither, and an unpleasant odor emanates from the pot, you should remove the flower from the ground and examine its roots. Rotten roots will turn out to be soft, slimy, brown or dark gray in color.

Remove all rotted roots, leaving only the healthy part. Change the pot and soil to clean and not contaminated. Treat the roots of spathiphyllum with a disinfectant and then transplant the plant into a new container.

Defeat by the scabbard

This pest poses a rather serious danger, since it is not very vulnerable to insecticides. The scabbard is a parasite protected from above by a hard shell, under the cover of which the pests safely feast on the juices of the plant.

It is necessary to remove the scabbard: this is done by mechanical collection, washing the foliage with soapy water, spraying with drugs. You can understand that the pest has stopped sucking the juices of the plant by the revitalized appearance of the latter.

Spider mite

This pest is easier to detect and destroy. The mite leaves behind "evidence" in the form of small white cobwebs. It leads the insect to the drying out of the foliage of the spathiphyllum, the wilting of its leaves and buds. There is no need to talk about any lush flowering in the presence of this pest.

They fight the parasite mechanically, by washing, and in the last place use chemical insecticides, if the previous methods have not yielded tangible results.

Features of spathiphyllum care

Spathiphyllum is a popular indoor plant. Many legends and signs are associated with it, and among the people it is called “female happiness”, “sail flower”. This is a warm and light-loving culture. She loves moisture, high humidity, does not tolerate drafts and sudden temperature fluctuations. Caring for her is simple.

Learn how to properly plant indoor flowers in a pot.

The main recommendations for growing a flower are collected in the table:

How can you provoke flowering

Many gardeners who have long been involved in growing indoor plants know how to make spathiphyllum bloom, even if he himself does not express much desire.

The first step is to carefully examine the plant and remove the old, obsolete parts: shoots, leaves, especially buds. If the old buds are not cut off in time, the appearance of new ones may not be expected.

If this measure is not successful, it is recommended to arrange the plant "shock therapy" in the form of the already described above temporary placement of spathiphyllum in the cold. After the period of aging in a cold room is over, it is recommended to feed the plant: and soon it will certainly delight you with a lush and beautiful flowering.

If he doesn't want to bloom in any way

If you care for the plant correctly, you have no pests, and the flower is not sick with anything. You can try the following methods:

1. Practically stop watering the flower. Only from time to time spraying the plant with water. Place in a refrigerated place. Thinking that winter has come, the flower will be at rest. There he must stand for 2 days. Then return it to its original place and add fertilizer.
2. From time to time you need to cut the peduncles.When exactly, you can understand by the color state of the flowers of the plant. If the white has become more creamy or even green. With the constant carrying out of this procedure, the result will not keep you waiting!

There are flowers, but they are green

Sometimes an interesting situation happens: spathiphyllum produces not white, but green flowers. Although in fairness, we note that initially the buds are green in any case, but under normal development of the situation they turn white over time.

If the buds could not turn white, it means that the plant simply did not have enough strength for it. To fix the problem, gently take care of the flower more carefully: water it more often, do not forget to feed it, place it in a more suitable place.

If the former standard white flower gradually begins to turn green, it means that it simply fades: this is a natural process. It is recommended to cut the peduncle at this stage to allow other buds to bloom.

So, we found out why spathiphyllum does not bloom and what to do with this problem. As you can see, the reason for the lack of flowers can be improper care, maintenance in unsuitable conditions, plant disease and other factors. First, you should pinpoint the cause of the problem and only then tackle it: this approach will bring quick and successful results.

Why does it release leaves, but no buds?

Why does the flower "woman's happiness" not open its buds, but only leaves grow? If, by the appearance of the leaves, the plant looks healthy and strong, but still does not bloom, then the reason for this is mineral dressing. If you apply a large amount of nitrogen fertilizers, then flowering can not wait. Nitrogen stimulates the growth of green mass to the detriment of flowering... To activate the budding process, you need to fertilize with potash and phosphorus fertilizers.

Given all of the above reasons, due to which spathiphyllum does not bloom, it is worth identifying the problem and taking the necessary measures to eliminate it. Proper care, proper feeding, sufficient light and moisture will ensure normal growth and development of the plant, without bypassing the flowering phase.

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