The plant of Tradescantia is the representative of the family the Spiderwort family. This sort unites about 30 types. In nature, such plant meets in a tropical and moderate belt of America. The name “tradescantia” came from a name of the gardener John Tradescant, he served the English king Charles I and for the first…
Pilea unites more than 4 hundred types and is a part of the Urticaceae family. Among numerous types, it is possible to meet both annuals, and perennials, they are presented by grassy plants and semi-bushes. In nature, they meet in the tropic latitudes of all planets, except Australia. Features of Pilea Pilea represents a hardy…
The Swiss Cheese plant (Monstera) is the representative of the Aroidnye family. This sort unites about 50 types. In nature, they can be met in the territory of Central and South America. Features of a plant The name of a sorta monstera came from the word “monstrum”, translated as “monster”, it is connected with the…
The plant of Bacopa which still calls a Suter is a part of the family the Plantain family. This sort unites more than 100 types which are presented by water-loving, water, succulent root creeping perennial plants. Their homelands are the Canary Islands and South America. In nature, the bakopa prefers to grow on the marshy coast…
The original house plant Columnea differs in fluffy escapes of small length which hang down. They then covered smooth leaflets of various form. For the appearance of flowers the plant is known also under the second name – a goldfish. The plant whose photo is given below treats ampelous flowers, that is suitable for cultivation…
The plant a Scindapsus is a part of the Aroids family. It has the very original form of a leaf: one of the halves is larger than another because of what the central vein not direct, but a little curved. Sites between veins – convex, therefore, the leaf surface to the touch and visually too,…
Syngonium podophyllum common name – Arrowhead Plant. Homeland Central and South America. In the genus of about 30 species. They are all herbaceous plants or vines. Many form aerial roots. Rhizome horizontal, rhizome. Leaves vaginal (at the base cover the stem), on long stalks. The plants in this family are very similar to the close relatives…
The plant Aeschynanthus is the representative of the Gesneriaceae family. The name came from an Ancient Greek word and is translated as “the distorted flower”. This plant in the people still is quite often called “flower fondant”. Such names are connected with what Aeschynanthus possesses saturated painted flowers having extremely unusual turned forms. Features of…
Plant Clerodendrum, belongs to the family Verbenaceae, of the order of Anadivine. Evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees represent this genus. In nature, this plant is most often found in tropical Africa, South America, and Asia. In total, this genus includes about 400 species. To cultivate such a plant began several hundred years ago. However,…
Tetrastigma plant is a representative of The grape family. The genus includes about 100 species that can be found in nature in Northern Australia and South Asia. In the middle latitudes, it is grown at home and called indoor grapes. Tetrastigma is a large vine, which is decorated with foliage blade shape. In natural conditions,…