Senecio Cruentus
Sineraria or stachtoloyloydo
He comes from the mountains of the Canary Islands and belongs to the family compound. Responds to all the colors, There are large and small plants with flowers in monochrome or color, with or without eye. The leaves are on the lower surface gray-blue color, which explains the nickname "stachtoloyloydo". Begins to bloom in late winter, the flowering is in spring. It is very prone to aphids. Has need of coolness, light and fresh air, but not the Sun, plenty of water and weekly fertilizing. Secure the indirect atmospheric humidity. Do not spray the leaves, Why can grow mildew and gray mold. Unfortunately for one plant dies after flowering.
The danger of sineraria and blight that finds ideal conditions at high temperatures. But a lot of humidity may result in the spread of iodine.
Propagated by seeds, but hardly.
Varieties
There is a wide range in many wonderful colors.
