Horticulture I Plant ID Tropicals (Houseplants). Aracaria heterophylla CN: Norfolk Island Pine Small evergreen tree – 4’ Native to Australia – 200’

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