This beautiful tropical plant simply attracts the eye. And if earlier people fearlessly bred diffenbahia in homes and offices, then later it became aware of some negative factors, because of which people began to be wary of the plant. How dangerous or not dangerous is it to grow a diffenbachia in a room, and how this plant affects people - we'll figure it out together.
Is it possible to grow a house in Diffenbachia?
Have you ever been so comfortable that you are sitting quietly in the office and behind your back you are growing a chic tree, about the title of which you probably do not know anything, and suddenly an employee enters into the office and horror is displayed on her face. She tells you that, it turns out, this beautiful tree is called dienenbachia and it can not be categorically kept indoors and, moreover, sitting next to her all day long.
In this situation, I want to immediately understand the reasons for such a panic reaction and to understand whether it is really dangerous to be next to a harmless, at first glance, plant. Even experienced plant growers want to reliably know whether or not it is possible to keep diffenbahia at home.
From what can be precisely said not in favor of the flower, it is that it has a very poisonous juice. He has the consistency and color of milk, which, getting on the skin, causes her irritation, which soon enough passes.
But this is nothing compared to what can happen, get the juice of diffenbachia on the mucous membranes of the eyes or mouth. The person is threatened with blindness - a temporary, fortunately, but lasting depending on the amount of juice that has fallen and the timeliness of the measures taken.
If you get into your mouth, a person will speak a tongue, numb the larynx, because of what the ability to talk is lost - also for a while. By the way, it was the stems of this plant that at one time punished the most talkative slaves.
What about children and pets?
Such properties, undoubtedly, will cause a storm of fear among young parents and animal lovers. After all, both children and cats with dogs every now and then strive to try everything "for a tooth." If a twig of the diffenbachia falls on this tooth, it will not seem too much.
For a small child, the juice of a plant that has got on the mucous membranes threatens them with severe damage, which can terribly frighten both the child himself and his parents. In addition to burns, temporary blindness and numbness, severe dizziness may occur, including loss of spatial orientation.
As for pets, the diffenbachia is not only dangerous to health, but it is deadly poisonous. Due to severe laryngeal edema, the animal will not be able to breathe for a time, which is enough to suffocate.
However, one should not think that cats are so stupid that they will begin to eat such a dangerous plant. Most likely, they will bypass it. And children can be protected, if you put a pot with a flower higher - out of reach.
No other danger diffenbachia, growing in your home, does not represent - no harmful fumes, no energy "vampirism", no other signs, which often frighten
Actually, you decide for yourself whether it is possible to keep the house in Diffenbachia, or rather - whether you want it. If the answer is yes, then just take the necessary precautions to protect children and animals, and use gloves when transplanting. For this plant will saturate the air around you with good health and health, and your eyes will always delight the beauty of its juicy and bright leaves.