1. BOTANICAL NAME
AGLAONEMA COMMUTATUM

2. PRONUNCIATION
ag - lah - NEE - ma kom - YOU - tah - tum

3. COMMON NAME
Aglaonema

5. FAMILY
Araceae

6. Life Cycle
Indoors- perennial
Outdoors- annual

7. Growth Habit
Shrub-like
Varies in size depending on space provided

8. ARRANGEMENT and composition
Alternate and simple

9. LEAF
Elliptical
Length 8” - 10”
Width 4”

10. MARGIN
Entire

12. VEINS
Pinnate

14. FLOWER
White Spathe

16. FRUIT
Yellow turning to red oblong 3/8” to 1/2” long

17. EXPOSURE
Shade outdoors
Low light indoors

18. GROWTH
Slow

19. USE
House plant

20. DESCRIPTION
Leaves are gray-green with lighter colored silver white spots
Flower is a spathe

21. DESCRIPTION
The leaf sheath is open a little way and then closes; whereas on Dieffenbachia the leaf sheath is open all the way down

22. DESCRIPTION
Aglaonema has fewer veins in the leaf than Dieffenbachia

24. CULTURAL PRACTICES 65 to 75 F. Propagate by cane cuttings
One of the best plants to use in low light

25. PROBLEMS

26. ZONES
Tropical

27. NATIVE OF:
Asia