Epiphyllum ndiwofatsa m'nyumba, gawo la banja la nkhadze. Dziko lakwawo ndilo malo otentha ndi madera a America ndi Mexico. Chomera sichikhala ndi masamba wamba; mmalo mwake, epiphyllum ali ndi masamba ofanana ndi masamba obiriwira okhala ndi denticles kapena singano m'mphepete.
Epiphyllum amadzuka maluwa ena asanayambe, limayamba kuphuka kumayambiriro kwa masika. Katunduyu ndi zabwino zina za epiphyllum monga chomera munyumba, zamupangitsa kukhala imodzi mwazomera zotchuka komanso zokondedwa kwambiri pakati pa akatswiri olima dimba. Komabe, sikuti aliyense amadziwa bwino momwe angapangire duwa ili. Koma chilichonse chimakhala chosavuta.
Kubzala ndi kufalitsa mbewu kumachitika kumayambiriro kwa kasupe. Koma zodulidwazo ziyenera kukonzedwa pasadakhale, kudulidwanso m'dzinja ndikuziyika m'madzi, munthawi yake masika adzakhala okonzeka kubzala mu nthaka.
Kodi ndi chifukwa chiyani kuphika kudula kumapeto? Izi ndikuti akulimbikitsidwa kudulira epiphyllum pafupipafupi, kamodzi pachaka, nthawi isanazime, ndiye kuti maluwa atatha, zomwe zimachitika mu kugwa. Kudulira kumachitika pofuna zodzikongoletsera komanso kutsimikiza. Izi zimathandiza kupanga chitsamba chokongola chomeracho, kuchotsa mphukira zazing'onoting'ono zomwe zimalepheretsa kuphuka kutulutsa mphamvu yake. Pakadali pano, mwayi wapadera umapezeka kuti muthe kudula athanzi labwino lothandizira pakufalitsa. Muyenera kuzidula, koma kuti musazitaye, mutha kusamalira ndikupeza chomera chatsopano. Ngakhale duwa lotsatira kunyumba litakhala labwino kwambiri, mutha kulipereka kwa woyandikana nawo, anzanu kapena wina, palibe amene angakane ulaliki wabwino chotere.
Ndipo tsopano zambiri za kubadwanso kwa epiphyllum. Choyamba, kudula kosemedwa kumayenera kuyesedwa mumthunzi kwa masiku awiri kapena awiri. Kutumphuka kochepa kukaonekera pamalo odulidwayo, kuyiyika mumtsuko wamadzi, kuyesera kuti mupeze malo. Pakuyenera kukhala ndi madzi okwanira, chinyezi mopambanitsa sichimuopseza. Pakapita kanthawi, mizu idzawonekera pachikuto, koma simungathe kuziyala nthawi yomweyo, koma dikirani kuti kasupe ayambe, mizu yake itakhala yolimba pofika nthawi ino ndipo zimakhala zosavuta kuti azisinthana ndi nthaka.
Tsopano mawu pang'ono za kubzala epiphyllum. Miphika ya duwa ili siyofunika kwambiri, idzakwanira kukula kwa 10 cm. Popeza mchaka chimodzi chikhala chofunikira kusamutsa, ndiye kuti nthawi ino azikhala ndi zokwanira. Koma ngakhale ndikubzala chotsatira, poto yayikulu kwambiri ya epiphyllum siyofunika, ndipo kuyika ndikofunikira pamlingo wokulira kuti musinthe dothi.
Pakubzala koyamba chomera, ndiye kuti, kuchokera kumadzi kupita kumtunda, mutha kuthira dothi kuchokera osakanikirana dothi la cacti wokhala ndi peat olingana. Uwu ndiye njira yabwino kwambiri yopangira mizu. Ndipo chaka chotsatira, ndikubzala kwachiwiri, sinthani dothi ndi chosakaniza choyera cha cacti. Mwa njira, epiphyllum wachinyamata samatulutsa nthawi yomweyo, koma patatha zaka ziwiri. Koma duwa ndi lalikulu kwambiri komanso lowala - kuchokera kwa pinki mpaka kufiyira. Kuphatikiza apo, epiphyllum imatha nthawi yayitali kusangalatsa ena ndi maluwa ake.
