Everyone's favorite hot summer season is coming very soon. It's time to prepare for it and arm yourself with ideas on summer nail designs. The trend will be rich shades and combined designs. As always, berry and fruit themes, small floral prints, abstraction and interesting thematic designs will remain relevant. This review will be dedicated to a manicure with a beautiful pink bird - a flamingo. Let's look at original manicure ideas with a summer print. Let's make a selection of photos with step-by-step instructions for performing a manicure with this design.
Manicure with pink flamingo
A classic artistic manicure is not so easy to perform. Here you need to have a little drawing skills and good brushes. As for the latter, experienced nail technicians rarely use standard brushes. Usually they are cut to suit themselves. Take a brush and rotate it around its axis, using nail clippers to cut off one hair at a time. Periodically, the brush needs to be tested to understand how much more thickness of pile needs to be removed. Once the brush is ready, you can start painting your nails. If you are a novice master, find on the Internet an example of a manicure with a flamingo design, or even better, step-by-step photos of the design. Next, decide on the background. If it is white, then you can start working right away. If the background is bright or dark, then it is better to make a white background in the place where the flamingo will be located. On white the colors will look more saturated. When starting painting, apply the required colors of gel polishes to the palette. A lighter or darker shade can be made by mixing the base color with white or black. When applying the drawing, do intermediate drying.
How to draw a flamingo on your nails: step-by-step instructions
Flamingo in full growth
Description of Anthurium Andre
Anthurium Andre is an epiphyte 0.5-0.8 m high (up to 1 m), having a shortened stem with numerous roots. The leaves are large and leathery. Peduncles are longer than leaf petioles. Color ranges from white to purplish-red.
Anthurium Andre variety White Champion
Anthurium Andre variety Princess Amalia Star, Princess Amalia Star
What is an anthurium flower?
The anthurium “flower” is an inflorescence-cob with a leaf-veil. The so-called flowers consist of one bright bract - the spathe - and a long inflorescence-cob. The spathe itself is leathery, heart-shaped, 10-20 cm long. The spadix is up to 15 cm long, white or yellow.
Design with flamingos and green leaves
Last year, summer manicure was full of prints with tropical foliage. In 2020, the tropics will remain relevant, but in tandem with geometry or interesting designs. So why not combine luscious foliage with ferns and flamingos in one design. This will be a great manicure option for the summer. It is better to make foliage as a background. An option with palm leaves under a matte top and a glossy bright flamingo in the foreground will look great.
Orange
Among anthuriums, orange varieties are also known.
Flamingo Orange
Hybrid medium-sized variety, bred artificially . The height of an adult plant reaches 50-60 cm. The shape of the dense leaves here is oval, wide, with a deeply heart-shaped base. Their emerald surface has pronounced veining and a light green reverse side.
The bract attracts attention with a rich, bright orange color, sometimes with edges that have a greenish tint.
The ear is erect, pink, turning green as it ripens.
Sierra Oranqe (Sierra Orange)
A distinctive feature of this variety is its wide, heart-shaped, glossy, embossed blanket of bright orange color. Its edges are raised upward so that the shape resembles a cup. The cob is yellow in color, but turns green over time. The light green leaf blades are smooth and large, elongated, with a deep heart-shaped base, located on high cuttings.
Orange varieties of anthurium are rare . You should be careful when purchasing them, buying only from trusted suppliers, as unscrupulous sellers paint flowers with harmful chemical solutions.
Flamingos, tropics and juicy fruits
Another type of fashionable manicure 2022 with flamingos is a combination of bright fruits, greenery, tropical flowers and the image of the bird itself in one design. Additionally, the design can be decorated with droplets of top to give it even more juiciness. When creating a composition, select fruits based on the background color or match the pink feathers of the flamingo.
Blue
An exotic variety of blue anthurium, Princess Alexia Blue, has both the spathe and the spadix painted in a beautiful ultramarine hue. But as the plant grows and matures, green spots appear at the base of the cover.
According to research, it is impossible to breed blue or light blue varieties due to the absence of the corresponding gene in anthurium.
The blue range is obtained as a result of the introduction of special dyes into the peduncle and root system of the plant.
White manicure with flamingos in watercolor
Do you want to get not only a beautiful manicure, but also a fashionable one? Try combining several trends. Design on almond nails using watercolor technique using a trendy coral shade. To apply the design, use regular watercolor paints or special watercolors for nail design. If you don’t have either one or the other at hand, then try experimenting with the technique of shading gel polish with a top coat.
Features of growing anthurium at home
Anthurium Andre is demanding
to the light,
to the warmth
to air humidity.
Anthurium Andre variety Baby Orange, Baby Orange
Where to put the pot with anthurium?
For the pot with anthurium, you need to choose a bright place: a south or west window will do. In winter, additional lighting is desirable! Especially if the pot with anthurium is in the room or on the north window.
In summer, it is VERY useful to take the flower pot outside, but place it in light shade. For example, on a terrace or veranda.
IMPORTANT! Anthurium forms a large spreading bush, so the flower pot should be placed so that it has minimal contact with other plants.
Anthurium Andre variety Pandora
Anthurium Andre temperature
To ensure abundant flowering, from January to March the temperature is +18… +15 °C, from spring from +20 to +22 °C.
In general, anthurium reacts very poorly to drafts and temperature drops below +18 °C.
In summer it is useful to keep Anthurium Andre in the garden
Humidification mode for Anthurium Andre
PLENTY OF WATERING in summer and moderate in winter, without drying out. For irrigation, use soft, settled water at room temperature.
In summer, spraying is advisable; in winter, it is useful to keep it near a humidifier.
The roots of many anthuriums, like orchids, have a spongy outer layer - velamen, which allows them to retain water.
Anthurium Andre Rotero, Rotero
Feeding Anthurium Andre
From March to September, Andre's anthurium is fed once every two weeks. It is better to use liquid diluted fertilizers.
Transplanting Anthurium Andre
All anthuriums are replanted every 2 years . A special soil for Aroids is suitable for replanting. The main pot should have drainage holes and be filled with drainage, at least a quarter of the height.
What to do after flowering with anthurium?
Faded inflorescences of Andre's anthurium (also for Scherzer's anthurium) are cut off immediately after flowering so that they do not set seeds and weaken the plant.
Full size image
In previous designs, flamingos were only partially depicted on nails. But you can decorate just one finger and try to draw this beautiful bird as a whole. As additional decor, you can use bouillons, crystals, kamifubuki and rhinestones. The easiest way to paint is on a white background. You will need the thinnest brush possible. The drawing will be brighter if you outline it. For lovers of nude and pastel designs, it is better to do without contours.
Minimalist design
If you are still a beginner, then try yourself in creating simple drawings in the minimalist style. You can get ideas anywhere: a print on a dress, a notebook cover, a phone case, etc. When creating such designs, use no more than three colors as a basis. Otherwise, minimalism may not work.
Black flamingo
Another simple design that a beginner can do is the flamingo silhouette. As a rule, it is made in black. Black manicure with flamingos can complement seascapes, sunsets and palm trees. Texture backgrounds are also trendy. For example, in the form of multi-colored spots, stripes and stains, foil prints, chaotic dots. The photo below shows a complex design; in reality, it can be made somewhat simpler.
Legends and myths about anthuriums
Legend has it that a young beauty turned into an anthurium flower. This was in those days when people lived in tribes and were ruled by a cruel and bloodthirsty leader. He decided to marry a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl who lived in a neighboring tribe. However, she did not like the cruel ruler, and she refused him. The leader attacked the village in which the girl and her relatives lived, and brought her to him by force. On the wedding day, a celebratory bonfire was lit.
Anthurium Andre variety Orange Love
The young beauty could not imagine life without her family, with a cruel leader. In a red wedding dress, she threw herself into the fire. But the gods had mercy on her, and before she could fall into the fire, she turned into a red anthurium flower, as graceful as the young beauty. And the gods turned the entire village into a dense, impenetrable tropical forest. Drops of moisture continuously flowing down the leaves of trees and grass are the tears of inconsolable relatives who have never come to terms with the loss of their beloved daughter.
Pots with Andre anthurium flowers
Stamping manicure with flamingos
We smoothly approached express options for nail design without painting. To create a fashionable print in the pop art style, consisting of flamingo silhouettes, just use stamping. The photo below shows a simpler version of this design. To make something more stylish, try using trendy neon shades, and it is better to choose contrasting ones. It will be much more effective.
Manicure with flamingo stickers
When you don't have time to draw, you can resort to stickers. For a more interesting color design, it is better to choose stickers with a transparent base. There are water-based and self-adhesive ones. When working with the former, you need to thoroughly remove moisture from the surface before applying the top. When working with the latter, you need to make sure that there are no air bubbles left under the sticker. It is best to smooth out such stickers with a silicone brush. As a rule, they have a fairly dense base that should not tear under the pressure of the brush.
One of the most fashionable prints of 2022 is a combination of simple patterns and geometry. Such designs are most often done on short nails, when space for creativity is limited.
The most sophisticated and simplest option for decorating nails using stickers can be done on a white background. Now they sell stickers on a transparent background that look like watercolor painting. Try using them. For effect, add a few large drops of top coat to the surface of your nails. Translucent kamifubuki are also suitable for decoration.
Possible problems when growing Anthurium Andre
- mealybugs, aphids, thrips and mites.
- Scale insects (brown plaques on the surface of leaves and stems). For mechanical cleaning of pests, the leaves are wiped with a soapy sponge. Then the plant should be sprayed with a 0.15% Actellik solution (1–2 ml per liter of water).
- curling of leaves, wrinkling - a sudden effect of cold in young plants, and in old plants - lack of nutrition. Feed the anthurium; you can additionally apply foliar feeding to the leaves.
Anthurium Andre variety Midori, Midori
Delicate nude design with flamingos
Continuing the theme of stickers, we can’t help but mention the fashionable nude designs with camouflage. Translucent pink-beige bases allow you to create a light and natural manicure that can be complemented with absolutely any design. Stickers on transparent film will also look great. The advantage of this manicure is that it can be worn a little longer due to the fact that when it grows out, the transition from the natural nail to the coating is not very noticeable.
Growing conditions
It is impossible to say exactly which mistakes of gardeners anthurium reacts to most - care at home must meet all parameters: from the size of the pot to the amount of water for irrigation. Only in this case can you count on it to bloom.
The discrepancy between environmental conditions and the needs of an ornamental plant primarily affects its immunity. Because of this, the crop becomes prey to fungal spores, insect pests and bacteria.
Light
Lighting for “male happiness” must be chosen bright, but not direct sunlight, because in its homeland the plant is constantly protected by tall trees and receives diffused light. An east or north-west window would be a suitable place in the room.
In summer, there is enough sunlight for “male happiness”. In winter, it needs illumination in the form of a fluorescent lamp, otherwise it will wither until spring.
There will be no flowering, and the leaves will have to be revived. During the dormant period, it is better to place it on the south side.
It is necessary to ensure that the wind does not blow from the windows if they are wooden and have cracks. Drafts can greatly undermine the plant’s immunity.
The air temperature in the room where the anthurium lives must be above 22 degrees for flowering to occur. During the dormant period in winter it should not fall below 15.
Watering
When watering, it is important to take precautions so as not to overwater the flower - then its roots may begin to rot. If you do not add water, then it will wither or will not form buds. The earthen ball should be constantly moist, but liquid should not accumulate in the pan.
There are requirements for water: it should not be hard, saturated with calcium and magnesium salts, since under natural conditions the soil under the male flower is acidic. Alkaline microelements can harm and disrupt tissue metabolism. To soften, use citric acid in small dosages. Boiling or Danal tap water purification liquid also helps.
Important! It is not recommended to pour all the settled water under the root - all harmful substances and toxins usually accumulate at the bottom
In summer, the flower is watered once every three days. If the weather is hot, you will have to additionally spray 3-4 times a day. In winter - depending on the heating of the room: water once every 7 - 10 days. The water temperature should be warm or room temperature. Watering with cold water can cause root rot and plant death.
To ensure air circulation and humidity around the plant, it is placed in a tray pre-filled with expanded clay or large pebbles. If water gets there, it will quickly evaporate in the summer.
Fertilizing in spring and summer
Anthurium or flamingo flower needs feeding in the spring after awakening and in the summer before flowering. It is recommended to choose high-quality mineral mixtures for it. It is better not to use organic matter, as excess nitrogen leads to leaf growth and lack of buds.
It is almost impossible to correctly calculate the amount of organic matter, especially home-made: there is either a lack or an excess of nutrition. One and the other have a bad effect on the life of the plant.
For male flowers, fertilizers for orchids or the aroid family are suitable:
- Agricola;
- Bona Nova;
- Kemira.
In composition, they differ from ordinary mineral mixtures in the concentration of each substance. This is important, since the roots of anthurium are vulnerable and can be burned. In the spring, they choose a mixture with a high percentage of nitrogen, in the summer they switch to another - with an increased percentage of phosphorus and potassium, which stimulate flowering.
Apply fertilizer to the moistened soil in small dosages: if the instructions contain instructions on the amount of concentrate, then for anthurium it is automatically halved or more water is added.
Air humidity
For tropical crops, it is important to maintain a constant air humidity of 80%. In summer it is easier to do this, so the purchased plant feels good. In winter, fabrics dry out due to the dry air in the apartment, which is created by radiators and other artificial heating methods.
To withstand humidity, it is recommended to install a special humidifier aimed at the anthurium. You need to install a moisture meter nearby and monitor the indicators.
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Priming
Particular attention is paid to preparing the soil mixture for planting anthurium. It needs to be diluted with expanded clay, since the roots love air very much. The soil should not be dense and viscous, otherwise the root system will not be able to support the life of the flower, and its immunity will decrease.
Before replanting an anthurium after purchasing it at home, you need to make a soil for it from:
- one part of high red peat;
- 1 part humus or compost;
- 2 parts leaf humus;
- half of the sand, calcined and washed.
For looseness and air circulation, add stones, broken bricks, crushed fir cones, and pieces of charcoal.
You can buy a ready-made substrate in the store, having first checked whether it contains baking powder. If you don’t have it, buy it and mix it in - this is important for anthurium roots.
Manicure with flamingo pattern in graffiti style
A stylish, fashionable and youthful design can be achieved by combining elements from various themes in one design. The photo below shows a seemingly classic flamingo, but with glasses and a tape recorder. The design is supplemented with palm leaves and inscribed in a triangle. The design is quite complex, but it looks very stylish. It resembles graffiti. Similar ideas can be found on the Internet.
