SYNGONIUM PIXIE

     USES AND BENIFITS OF SYNGONIUM PIXIE

• With a characteristic creamy white variegation in the centre of the leaves and a deep green around the edges, its beautiful colours and shapes are a great addition to any terrarium.
• Syngonium podophyllum ‘Mini Pixie’-Super Dwarf Butterfly Plant is a super dwarf variety of Syngonium with a white center on heart-shaped green leaves.
• A hybrid created for its bright foliage colors, Syngonium podophyllum ‘Mini Pixie’ is easy to grow, and super tiny. ‘Mini Pixie’ makes a great fairy garden or terrarium plant due to its small size.
• These plants can reduce components of indoor air pollution, even volatile organic compounds such as benzene, formaldehyde, toluene, and xylene. They also reduce airborne microbes and increase humidity.
• It’s also use for spreading of positive energy. The five lobed shape of Syngonium podophyllum/ Goosefoot leaves represents the five Feng Shui elements; water, fire, earth, wood and metal. Thus it perfectly balances Yin and yang energy and encourages positive chi or energy.
• It surely brings a bit of greenery to your interior decor without requiring too much maintenance. It may have setbacks from time to time, but it always rallies. It can appear to be almost dead, but if you get them back on the right track, with proper lighting and watering, they become beautiful again.

     Things you should know before planting Pixie

• Lighting
  Syngonium podophyllum ‘Pixie’ is a versatile plant, and it will grow readily in most lighting conditions besides direct sunlight. It’ll thrive in bright, indirect light, but it’ll also manage just fine in low to medium light settings too.
• Watering
  The Arrowhead Vine is very forgiving in terms of watering. It’ll do just fine with regular, even moisture. Though, in the wild they can be found naturally growing in riparian areas near streams and waterfalls, so they’re pretty difficult to overwater as houseplants or in a terrarium.
• Substrate
  This hardy and versatile plant can grow in a variety of substrates and growth mediums. As always, good water retention and drainage will work well for use in a terrarium.
• Temperature & Humidity
  As a native rainforest plant, Syngonium podophyllum with thrive in the warmth and humidity of a closed terrarium environment. Though it’ll probably still grow happily without it.
• Growth
  Syngonium podophyllum ‘Pixie’ remains much more compact than it’s larger houseplant variety, but it’s still a climber and can work its way around a terrarium to a smaller extent.
• Propagation
  Syngonium are very easy plants to propagate, and the dwarf varieties are no different. Simply take a stem cutting that already has a couple of leaves and a viable root node, and place it in water for a few weeks till it develops its own root system.