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Hypoestes is a flowering plant genus of about 150 species. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical lands around the Indian Ocean , and some adjacent regions. It belongs to the subfamily Acanthoideae of the acanthus family , Acanthaceae .
Growing to 30 cm (12 in) tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub with leaves heavily-spotted pink or white, as if sprayed with paint. This small shrub with green foliage stained with pink-purple dots forms bushy and compact tufts. The leaves are opposite, oval and pointed. They are borne by petioles of 2 to 4 cm 1.
Hypoestes forskaolii is an annual or perennial herb that grows up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall with its stem and leaves being nearly glabrous. [1] It has pale pink or white flowers. Habitat
Hypoestes floribunda is a species of plant in the acanthus family. Growing up to one metre tall, it is found in Australia and islands to the north. This species was one of the many first described by Scottish botanist Robert Brown in his 1810 work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. Several sub species are recognised. [1] [2] [3]
Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is a compact evergreen perennial which grows in low clumps and sends up long stems that support globes of bright pink flowers.
Notoriously thirsty plants, Fittonia (and Hypoestes) are known to "faint" or wilt when the top layer of substrate begins to dry, but is quickly revived with watering. The plants respond especially well to "bottom watering", or by submerging a potted specimen in a tray of water instead of pouring water from above.
Oenothera speciosa is a herbaceous perennial wildflower.It has glabrous (smooth) to pubescent stems that grow to 50 centimetres (20 inches) in height. The pubescent leaves are alternate with very short or no petiole (sessile), reaching 10 cm (4 in) long to 4 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad.
The insect is pink-and-white (like many orchid blooms), possessing flattened limbs which feature "that semi-opalescent, semi-crystalline appearance that is caused in flower-petals by a purely structural arrangement of liquid globules or empty cells". The mantis climbs up-and-down the twigs of the plant until it finds a cluster of flowers.