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Prayer Plant and Other Houseplants: Care, Characteristics, and Growth Habits

Discover the captivating world of houseplants like the Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana) known for its unique leaf movements resembling hands in prayer. Ideal for hanging baskets and indoor arrangements, this plant thrives in bright, indirect sunlight but adapts to lower light. Explore other houseplants including Boston Fern, Parlor Ivy, and African Violet, each with distinct characteristics such as rosette leaf arrangements, fibrous roots, and varied light exposure needs. Learn about their care, growth habits, and aesthetic appeal for your indoor garden.

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Prayer Plant and Other Houseplants: Care, Characteristics, and Growth Habits

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  1. May 6, 2013 Hort I House Plants

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

  3. Arrangement: Alternate • Texture / venation: Soft flexible, Pinnatevenation •  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

  8. Philodendron scandens var. oxycardium • Common Name:ParlorIvy/Heart Leaf Philodendron

  9. Life Cycle: Annual • Growth Habit: Vine • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Margin: Entire • Vein Pattern : Pinnate • Flower: Insignificant • Root: Fibruous & Aerial • Environment: Shade einPattern: Pinnate

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

  11. SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA • Common Name: African Violet

  12. 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

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

  14. Scheffleraarboricola • Common Name: Dwarf Schefflera

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

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

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