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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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May 6, 2013
Hort IHouse Plants
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Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana
• Common Name: Prayer Plant
• Habit: Horizontal, Pendulous
• Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant
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• Arrangement: Alternate • Texture / venation: Soft flexible, Pinnate
venation• Shapes: Oblong • Margins: Entire
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• Raceme White Flower
• No Fruit
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• 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
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NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATACommon name : Boston Fern
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• 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
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Philodendron scandens var. oxycardium• Common Name:Parlor Ivy/Heart Leaf Philodendron
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• 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
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DESCRIPTION• New leaf will be
enclosed in bronze sheath that will hang loose on new growth and fall off on old growth
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•SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA• Common Name: African Violet
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• 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
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• Stems: Pubescent (as well as leaves)
• Roots: Fibrous• Growth: Slow• Light Exposure: South Facing Window• Water from the underneath so it won’t rot
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Schefflera arboricola• Common Name: Dwarf Schefflera
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• Life Cycle: Annual• Classification: House plant• Leaf Arrangement: Alternate• Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Leaf Type: Compound• Has 8-9 leaflets
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• Flower Color: Insignificant• Root: Fibrous• Fruit: None• Environment: Part shade-shade• Growth: 4’ -5’ high and 3-’4-’ wide