1. May 6, 2013 Hort I House Plants

2. Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana Common Name: Prayer Plant Habit: Horizontal, Pendulous Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant

3. Arrangement: Alternate Texture / venation: Soft flexible, Pinnate venation Shapes: Oblong Margins: Entire

4. Raceme White Flower No Fruit

5. 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

6. NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA Common name : Boston Fern

7. 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

10. Philodendron scandens var. oxycardium Common Name: Parlor Ivy/Heart Leaf Philodendron

11. 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

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

13. S AINTPAULIA IONANTHA Common Name: African Violet

14. 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

17. Stems: Pubescent (as well as leaves) Roots: Fibrous Growth: Slow Light Exposure: South Facing Window Water from the underneath so it won’t rot

18. Schefflera arboricola Common Name:Dwarf Schefflera

19. Life Cycle: Annual Classification: House plant Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Vein Pattern: Pinnate Leaf Type: Compound Has 8-9 leaflets

21. Flower Color: Insignificant Root: Fibrous Fruit: None Environment: Part shade-shade Growth: 4’ -5’ high and 3-’4-’ wide