Horticulture I Plant ID Tropicals (Houseplants)

Aracaria heterophylla  CN: Norfolk Island Pine  Small evergreen tree – 4’  Native to Australia – 200’  Leaves: awl-like  Indoor varieties do not produce cones  Popular at Christmas

Chlorophytum comosum cv.  CN: Spider Plant  Trailing, hanging habit  New plants develop at shoot tips  Leaves: 18” x ¾” Green – light green-yellow line down middle

Dieffenbachia maculata  CN: Dumbcane  Leaves: large, variegated green & cream  Thick trunk  Poisonous if ingested

Epipremnum aurcum cv.  CN: Golden Pothos  Vine  Very hardy  Leaves: bright mottled green & yellow  Can be trained climbers

Euphorbia pulcherrima cv.  CN: Poinsettia  Traditional color – dark red variations of red, pink, white  Colored bracts (leaves)  Photoperiodic – short day

Ficus benjamina  CN: Weeping Fig  Medium indoor tree  Drooping branches  Leaves: shiny, dark green, pointed  Aerial roots on branches

Ficus elastica ‘Decora’  CN: Rubber Plant  Evergreen shrub  Large Leaves: 8-12” long, 4-6” wide Thick, glossy, leathery dark green can be variegated

Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana  CN: Prayer Plant  Small, compact  Leaves: wide, oval square dark green patches fold up at night “praying” red veins

Horticulture I Plant ID Tropicals II

Nephrolepis exaltata cv.  CN: Boston Fern  Leaves: Large, green leaf-like growth with long vein down middle Many leaf-like structures: “fronds”  No flowers or seeds  Popular summer hanging basket & florist plant  Propagated by division

Philodendron scandens var. oxycardium  CN: Parlor Ivy  Vine  Leaves: Heart-shaped dark green, 5” glossy, waxy  Vigorous growers

Saintpaulia ionantha  CN: African Violet  Low, compact  Leaves: dark green thick, hairy  Flowers: small, violet-like blue-violet, pink, fuchsia, white variations  Most popular flowering houseplant

Schefflera arboricola  CN: Dwarf Schefflera  Evergreen shrub  Leaves: dark green, glossy Palmate, whorled  Multi-stemmed fan out into a crown  Fleshy orange fruit - winter

Spathiphyllum cvs.  CN: Peace Lily  Leaves: large, 12-14” elliptical  Flowers: produced in a “spadix” surrounded by a “spathe” (usually white)  Popular at funerals

Tradescantia zebrina  CN: Purple Wandering Jew  Trailing, succulent  Leaves: oval, 3” pointed, hairy, shiny Lower: bright purple Upper: dark purple, striped silver & green

Asparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’  CN: Spengeri Fern  Trailing  Leaves: delicate apperance needle-like bright or yellow green tiny thorns  Popular filler plant