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May 6, 2013. Hort I House 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
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May 6, 2013 Hort I House Plants
Marantaleuconeura var. kerchoviana • Common Name: Prayer Plant • Habit: Horizontal, Pendulous • Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Arrangement: Alternate • Texture / venation: Soft flexible, Pinnatevenation • 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 EXALTATA Common 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. oxycardium • Common Name:ParlorIvy/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 einPattern: 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
Scheffleraarboricola • 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