Week 4 Hort I House Plants

Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana Common Name: Prayer Plant Habit: Horizontal, Pendulous Origin: South America Form: Oval - horizontal Texture: Medium - coarse Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant

Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture / venation: Soft flexible, Pinnate venation Shapes: Oblong Apices: Acute, Rounded, Truncate Bases: Obtuse 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

N EPHROLEPIS EXALTATA cv. Neff – row – LEP – iss ex – all – TAH – tah Common Name: Boston Fern Family: Polypodiaceae Native: Tropical America

Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: House plant Leaf Arrangement: Basal Leaf Shape: Linear Leaf Margin: Crenate Vein Pattern: Pinnate *Leaves are called Fronds

Flower: None - gymnosperm Fruit: None - produces spores Roots: Fibrous Growth: Medium Light Exposure: Part shade to shade Zone: Tropical

Philodendron scandens var. oxycardium Common Name: Parlor Ivy/Heart Leaf Philodendron Family: Araceae Native: Puerto Rico

Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: Vine Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Cordate Lear Margin: Entire Vein Pattern: Pinnate Simple

Flower: Insignificant Root: Fibruous & Aerial Environment: Shade Growth: Medium Zones: 10-11

DESCRIPTION New leaf will be enclosed in bronze sheath that will hang loose on new growth and fall off on old growth

Plectranthus australis Common Name: Swedish Ivy Key ID Features: Trailing plant with opposite, ovate, veiny, dark green leaves on long petioles with stipules at the base.

Habit: Pendulous, Dense, Spreading Origin: Australia / New Zealand Form: Mounded, Weeping Texture: Medium – coarse Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Indoor plant

Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Shapes: Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Attenuate Margins: Crenate Palmate Veins Flowers are on spikes

Propagation by stem cuttings

S AINTPAULIA IONANTHA Saint – PAUL – ee – ah eye – on – NAN – thuh Common Name: African Violet Family: Gesneriacae Native: Tanganyika, Africa

Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: House Plant Leaf Arrangement: Rosette (stairstep) Leaf Shape: Ovate Leaf Margin: Entire Vein PatternPinnate Simple

FLOWER Purple, White, or Pink Head Shape

Stems: Pubescent (as well as leaves) Roots: Fibrous Growth: Slow Light Exposure: South Facing Window

CULTURAL PRACTICES Water from the underneath so it won’t rot

Schefflera arboricola Common Name: Dwarf Schefflera Family: Araliaceae Native: Tropical

Life Cycle: Annual Classification: House plant Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Leaf Margin: Entire Vein Pattern: Pinnate Leaf Type: Compound

LEAF Length 8” to 12” Width 6” to 8” PLANT Height 4’ - 5’ Height 4’ - 5’ Width 3’ - 4’ Width 3’ - 4’ Upright Upright

Flower Color: Insignificant Root: Fibrous Fruit: None Environment: Part shade-shade Growth: Medium Zones: 10

DESCRIPTION Has leaflets cv. Form with creamy white variegated foliage available

CULTURAL PRACTICES 55° F. night Propagate by seed or air layer Semi-shade