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Alpinia purpurata, commonly referred to as red ginger, ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, is a ginger native to Maluku and the southwest Pacific islands.In typical ginger fashion, A. purpurata is a rhizomatous plant, spreading underground in a horizontal growth habit, sending feeder roots downwards into the substrate and sprouting leafy vertical stems from nodes located along the rhizome.
Poinciana pulcherrimaL. Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas. It could be native to the West Indies, [ 3 ] but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cultivation. [ 2 ] Common names for this species include poinciana, peacock flower, red ...
Yucca filifera as described by Chabaud, 1876. A tall, heavily branched yucca, Y. filifera has straight, ensiform leaves growing in rosette -shaped bunches from the end of each stem. [3] Its inflorescence hangs over and is made of many separate white flowers. [3]
Asparagaceae (/ əsˌpærəˈɡeɪsiˌaɪ, - siːˌiː /), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. [ 1 ] The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, Asparagus officinalis. This family includes both common garden plants as well as common houseplants.
Ornamental plants are the keystone of ornamental gardening, and they come in a range of shapes, sizes, and colors suitable to a broad array of climates, landscapes, and gardening needs. Some ornamental plants are foliage plants grown mainly or entirely for their showy foliage; this is especially true of houseplants.
Philodendron cordatum. Kunth. Philodendron cordatum is an uncommon, toxic species not often found or offered as a houseplant. It is native to a small region in Southeastern coastal Brazil, not far from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. [1] It is an epiphytic and epilithic species of Philodendron (growing upon trees or rock outcroppings).
Poppies on Lake Geneva, Montreux. A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the source of the narcotic drug mixture opium, which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine ...
Maize (Zea mays, Poaceae) is the most widely cultivated C 4 plant.[1]In botany, C 4 carbon fixation is one of three known methods of photosynthesis used by plants. C 4 plants increase their photosynthetic efficiency by reducing or suppressing photorespiration, which mainly occurs under low atmospheric CO 2 concentration, high light, high temperature, drought, and salinity.