May 6, 2013

Hort IHouse Plants

Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana

• Common Name: Prayer Plant

• Habit: Horizontal, Pendulous

• Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant

• Arrangement: Alternate • Texture / venation: Soft flexible, Pinnate

venation• Shapes: Oblong • Margins: Entire

• Raceme White Flower

• No Fruit

• The Prayer Plant gets it’s name for it’s unique habit of raising their leaves to an upright position at night time. The leaves fold together like hands during prayer!

• plant prefers bright indirect sunlight, but is generally tolerant of lower light areas.

• Propagation by division mainly

NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATACommon name : Boston Fern

• Life Cycle: Annual• Growth Habit: House plant• Vein Pattern: Pinnate• *Leaves are called Fronds•Flower: None - gymnosperm•Fruit: None - produces spores•Roots: Fibrous•Growth: Medium•Light Exposure: Part shade to shade

Philodendron scandens var. oxycardiumPhilodendron scandens var. oxycardium

• Common Name:Parlor Ivy/Heart Leaf Philodendron

• Life Cycle: Annual• Growth Habit: Vine• Leaf Arrangement: Alternate• Leaf Margin: Entire• Vein Pattern : Pinnate• Flower: Insignificant• Root: Fibruous & Aerial• Environment: Shade ein Pattern: Pinnate

DESCRIPTION• New leaf will be

enclosed in bronze sheath that will hang loose on new growth and fall off on old growth

•SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA• Common Name: African Violet

• Life Cycle: Annual• Growth Habit: House Plant• Leaf Arrangement: Rosette

(stairstep)• Leaf Shape: Ovate• Leaf Margin: Entire• Vein PatternPinnate• Flower : Purple White or Pink• Flower :Head Shape

• Stems: Pubescent (as well as leaves)

• Roots: Fibrous• Growth: Slow• Light Exposure: South Facing Window• Water from the underneath so it won’t rot

Schefflera arboricolaSchefflera arboricola• Common Name: Dwarf Schefflera

• Life Cycle: Annual• Classification: House plant• Leaf Arrangement: Alternate• Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Leaf Type: Compound• Has 8-9 leaflets

• Flower Color: Insignificant• Root: Fibrous• Fruit: None• Environment: Part shade-shade• Growth: 4’ -5’ high and 3-’4-’ wide