Peace Lily

Common Name: Peace Lily, White Flag, White Sails, Spath Flower
Latin Name: Spathiphyllum
Family: Aroid
Plant Type:  Perennial
Origin: Central and South America
Blooming Time: Year round
Humidity: High humidity
Temperature: 60-85°F
Height: 5′ H  4′ W
Color: Dark green foliage, white flowers
Insects and Diseases: Thrips, mealy bugs

Description:
The Peace Lillies are very pretty houseplants even just for their dark green foliage that gracefully arches over. The leaves can grow to over one foot in length. The white blossoms develop on top of slender, straight stems and create a dramatic effect against the dark green foliage.

The blossoms are generally taller than the foliage and resemble a Calla Lily. Flowers begin a pale green and turn to a creamy white as it matures. They’re long lasting blooms, but have a very light fragrance.

Flamingo Flower

Common Name: Flamingo Flower, Heart Flower, Lady Jane, Pigtail Plant, Painted Tongue
Latin Name: Anthurium
Family: Araceae
Plant Type:  Perennial
Origin: Colombia
Blooming Time: Year round
Humidity: High
Temperature: 60 – 85*F
Height: 20″
Color: Green foliage, white, lavender, red, pink, orange or green spathes
Insects and Diseases: Spider mites, scale, mealy bugs, aphids

Description:
Anthuriums are very popular foliage plants that have large, heart shaped leaves on slender stems. The leaves are generally naturally shiny and are dark green. The flowers aren’t actually flowers, they’re spathes. Spathes are leaves that flare out on the base of the stem. The flower part is the rough spiky part that forms out of the center of the spathe.

Purple Passion Vine

Common Names: Purple Passion Vine, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Holy Trinity Flower, Apricot Vine, May Pops
Latin Name: Passiflora incarnata
Family: Passifloraceae
Plant Type: Perennial Vine
Origin: America
Blooming Time: June to September
Temperature: *F
Height: 25′
Color: Green leaves, white, violet, purple, lavender blooms
Insects and Diseases: Generally pest free

Description:
The Purple Passion flower is a fast growing vine that can reach up to 20 feet or more. Both the fruits and flowers are edible on some varieties and many food items are made from the plant.

The unique flowers are about three inches wide and they have several petals accented with a purple fringe. The wonderful fragrance this plant gives off resembles that of carnations.

Purple Velvet Plant

Common Name: Purple Passion Vine, Purple Velvet Plant
Latin Name: Gynura sarmentosa
Family: Asteraceae
Plant Type: Tropical Perennial
Origin:  Indonesia
Blooming Time: Spring, early summer
Humidity: High
Temperature: 65 – 85*F
Height: 9′ or more
Color: Green, purple
Insects and Diseases: Aphids, mealy bugs

Description:
The Purple Velvet Plant is a gorgeous plant that has greenish leaves covered with a velvety purple fuzzy hairs. Each leaf has multiple tips and the underside is generally a reddish purple. Blooms are a yellowish orange color and have a very bad odor.

Prayer Plant

Common Name: Prayer Plant, Ten Commandments
Latin Name:  Maranta leuconeura
Family: Marantaceae
Plant Type: Perennial
Origin: Brazil
Humidity: High
Temperature: 60 – 85*F
Height: 12″
Color: Green, light green, shades of red
Insects and Diseases: Mealy bugs, spider mites, aphids

Description:
The Prayer Plant has wide oval shaped leaves are dark green with a white or light green running down the spine of the leaf. The veins that run up the leaves can be several shades of red. The underside of these beautiful leaves is red.

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!