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Floricuture
Plant ID
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Silver Vase Bromeliad | stemless plant - stiff, arching, broad, strap-shaped, silvery-green leaves - leaf margins have black spines - white scales on leaves can be rubbed off. |
| Ageratum | Fluffy flowers in flattened to slightly rounded clusters atop compact, mounted plants - leaves typically rounded, cordate-at-the-base, hairy, slightly quilted, soft green. |
| Peruvian Lily | Top slender, upright stems in bushy clumps - flowers yellow or orange often with spotting and streaking in terminal clusters of small, lily-like flowers - narrow, twisted, lance-shaped leave, veins run parallel to margins. |
| Anemone | Leaves are medium green with basal leaves biternate and involucre leaves deeply divided - solitary, showy, poppy-like flowers with 6-8 sepals. |
| Dill | Aromatic, lacy, delicate, blue-green leaves pinnately divided into fine, thread-like segments - taller plants may flop - scented, yellow flower bloom in large, flattened, compound umbels. |
| Angelonia | Oblong to lanceolate, green, slightly aromatic leaves with toothed margins - bluish-purple flowers that bloom in narrow terminal spikes - two-lipped flowers - available in white, blue, light pink and bicolor |
| Flamingo Plant | Long-lasting, waxy, palette-shaped, bright-red spathes with a yellow spadix - drooping, heart-shaped, dark green leaves arise on long stems from plant crown. |
| Snapdragon | Upright form - dragon-shaped, tubular, two-lipped, closed flowers - flowers come in both pastel and bright colors - lance shaped, glossy dark green leaves. |
| Zebra Plant | leaves are ovate to elliptic in shape - dark green leaves with zebra-like white veins - spikes of yellow-bracted flowers |
| Norfolk Island Pine | has needles on stems as well as branches - needles are modified leaves - tree form - can be very tall. |
| Sprengeri Fern | Dense foliage forms arching mound that matures - leaflets create bushy tail - plant has small thorns |
| Monte Cassino Aster | Compact, clump-forming aster that forms rounded foliage mound tall and wide - profuse daisy-like asters with violet-blue rays and yellow center - narrow, oblanceolate to linear medium green leaves. |
| Astilbe | Graceful, fern-like mounds of mostly basal, compound leaves with sharply-toothed leaflets - tiny flowers densely packed into erect to arching, plume-like panicles rising above foliage on slender, upright stems. |
| Wax Begonia | Waxy leaves gives glossy look - leaf margins look like torn paper, rough, ragged edges - leaves can be green or bronze. |
| Tuberous Begonia | Brightly colored, waxy-petaled flowers - colors ranging from white to yellow to apricot to pink to rose to red - leaves are simple and have wavy or serrated margins. |
| Caladium | one leaf per stem - arrowhead-shaped leaves various shades of green mottled and red blotched with pink, red, white or combinations thereof; distinctively colored veins - flowers are usually hidden. |
| Million Bells | Flowers look like small petunias - compact, mostly trailing stems - flowers colors include shades of violet, blue, pink, red, magenta, yellow, bronze, and white |
| China Aster | Ovate, toothed, medium green leaves - single daisy-like flower heads or fully double flower heads with shaggy to pompom form - colors can be white, red, pink, violet, blue, purple, and yellow. |
| Campanula | Drooping, tubular, bell-like flowers - flowers purple, pink, and white - erect to slightly arching stems. |
| Garden Canna | Leaves come in variety of colors from green to red - large flowers - flowers are orange, red, yellow. |
| Ornamental Pepper Plant | Lance-shaped to oval medium green leaves - star to bell-shaped white or yellow flowers give way to edible peppers - attractive peppers in bright red, yellow, purple, orange, and brown. |
| Vinca | Flower bud has pinwheel shape - colors are pale pink, rose, hot pink, red, lilac, and white, often with contrasting darker eye - oblong to ovate glossy, green leaves with a white midrib. |
| Cockscomb | Midrib gets progressively lighter in color toward end of leaf - large crested flower heads, resembling a rooster comb - colors include bright orange, red, purple, yellow, and pink - stems clad with spear-shaped green to red purple leaves. |
| Parlor Palm | Small compact usually single-trunked palm - dense, attractive foliage, compact shape and easy maintenance - arching, green pinnate leaves, narrow leaflets per leaf, |
| Waxflower | Small, woody shrub - erect growing habit - pink, purple or white flower - stems have needle-like leaves. |
| Spider Plant | Linear leaves that are green or striped white - have small, white, starry flowers. |
| Florist's Chrysanthemum | Flowers come in many different styles - lobed, medium green leaves. |
| Clematis | Leaves are compound - grows as a vein with a very thin stem. |
| Croton | Foliage is always multi-colored - woody plant - can be cork screw or slender leaf. |
| Jade Plant | Oblong, fleshy, shiny, evergreen leaves - leaves may be red with grown in direct sun. |
| Sago Palm | Trunk is thick and shaggy - can produce multiple heads of leaves - leaves are shiny and dark green, and grow out feather-like. |
| Florist's Cyclamen | Margin has very fine teeth and a halo of light color - flowers fold up, can be a variety of colors - very coarse leaf. |
| Cymbidium Orchid | Leaves are long and skinny compared to other orchids - 5 petals to a flower - has a rolled up tongue - no stem except for flower spike - sharp midrib. |
| Lemongrass | Leaves have lemon scent - ornamental grass. |
| Dahlia | Bushy habit - leafy stems with one flower head per stem - multi-layered flowers are unscented, bright and widely varied in color. |
| Larkspur | Upright growth habit - long, spear-like flower head - white, pink, lavender, or dark-blue color - deeply lobed leaves with three to seven toothed, pointed lobes in hand shape - leaves can be very fine in texture. |
| Dendrobium | Thick and very apparent stem - smallest orchid flower - leaf is rubbery - roots above soil line. |
| Carnation | Ruffed edges of flower - grayish appearance on leaves and stem. |
| Red Edge Dracaena | Grows on a stalk - large upright plant- edges of plant are red. |
| Barrel Cactus | Almost perfectly round but sometimes oval-like - evenly spaced spine and deeply ribbed lobes. |
| Golden Pothos | Leaves are always marbles green and white or green and yellow - trailing growth pattern. |
| Spring Heather | Broadleaf evergreen - light to dark pink, narrow, bell-shaped -like flowers - needle-like leaves. |
| Silver Dollar Eucalyptus | Large evergreen tree - foliage is aromatic, silver/green and about the size on 1$ coin. |
| Poinsettia | Midrib is usually white - red is the most common color but have other colors. |
| Lisianthus | Erect single to branching stems - large bell-shaped flowers - pale purple petal-like lobes - stem-clasping gray/green leaves. |
| Persian Violet | Shiny green foliage - oval and dense leaves - blue flowers with bright yellow centers - flowers are fragrant. |
| Benjamin Fig | Leaves can be solid green or variegated - this is a tree - have a "tail" on the end - produces white milky sap - woody stem. |
| Rubber Plant | New growth has reddish color - Midrib has reddish color - leaf bud is very distinct. |
| Strawberry Plant | 5-petaled white flowers - leaves are compound 3 leaflets and have serrated edges. |
| Freesia | Fragrance and bright yellow flowers - large-flowered hybrids, funnel-shaped flowers - one-sided racemes atop leafless, arching, wiry stem - narrow, sword-shaped leaves appear in an iris-like fan |
| Gardenia | Veins indented into the leaf - leaves turn bright yellow before fall off - sepals stick up - waxy leaves - very fragrant. |
| Gerbera Daisy | Flowers come in a variety of colors - stays low to the ground - no visible stem. |
| Garden Gladiolus | Flowers bloom stacked on top of each other, variety of colors - flowers alternate on stem - midrib is raised on the leaf. |
| Globe Amaranths | Upright branching habit - true flowers are insignificant, tiny, trumpets that are only visible close up - globe shaped, papery-textured and clover-like flowerheads - narrow, oblong green leaves. |
| Baby's Breath | Large clusters of white flowers, unpleasant odor - usually no foliage - stems are a 45 degree. |
| English Ivy | 3 main lobes - comes in solid green and different variegated pattern. |
| Sunflower | Coarse, hairy, leafy - flower head shapes vary - large, ovate to triangular, sandpapery leaves. |
| Daylily | Funnel-shaped to bell-shaped - each flower has 6 segments, ruffled edges - grass-like to sword-like foliage. |
| Amaryllis | Bulb should be seen - leaves are opposite and usually same number on each side - large flowers, multiple flowers from one point. |
| Hosta | Bell or funnel-shaped flowers - vertical, unbranched, usually leafless stems - flowers rise up toward the crown well above the foliage mound |
| Wax Plant | Trailing stems will climb counter clockwise around wire or thin structures - glossy, elliptic, fleshy, dark green leaves - tight rounded, white flowers - star-shaped red center - may include 10-30 flowers per cluster. |
| Hyacinth | Flowers come in different colors - leaf folds into a boat shape - very fragrant flowers - bulb has purplish tint with very flat bottom. |
| Big Leaf Hydrangea | Large clusters of sepals make large flower heads - serrated edges on the leaf - leaf veins very noticeable and opposite. |
| Impatiens | At the end of every vein is a small soft thorn - stem is translucent - looks like the flower has two stems but only one attaches to the plant. |
| Ornamental Sweet Potato | Purple, variegated-leaved cultivators - leaves are heart shaped. |
| Dutch Iris | Smaller flowers compared to regular irises - bearded can be purple/blue or yellow and white - leaves are very slim and silvery on the inside. |
| Dusty Miller | Leaves silver or gray in color - lobes leaf - leaves are fuzzy and soft to the touch. |
| Shrimp Plant | Very long internode between leaves - flower is pink with yellow markings - shrub has an open airy look - leaves are opposite. |
| Kalanchoe | Has a spike of flowers that come in different colors - leaf is waxy, scalloped on the edges. |
| Shasta Daisy | Flower is always white with a yellow center - had a long leaf with teeth on the margins. |
| Pin Cushion Protea | Evergreen shrub - leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery - leaves are simple, linear and have serrated margin or serrated at the leaf base only - flowers are produced in dense inflorescences. |
| Liatris | Grows one flower per stem - flowers are usually purple - foliage is very dense, grass-like leaves |
| Asiatie or Oriental Lily | Blooms come in many different colors - the "stem" is longer than an Easter Lily. |
| Statice | Purple is most common but also come in blue, white, and yellow - stem and flower are very papery like - stem has winged edge. |
| Alyssum | Very small delicate flowers, can be shades of white, pink, or purple - grows in mounded shape - smells very sweet. |
| Prayer Plant | Coloring in between veins of leaves is always a reddish tint - new leaf is rolled as it starts to emerge - shape of the leaf is very wide and leaf turns up at the margins. |
| Stock | Flowers come in different colors, blooms are in clusters - fuzzy leaf, leaves are long and slender - very fragrant. |
| Split Leaf Philodendron | Leaves are solid green - deep "cuts" start almost at the midrib and move to the edge of the leaf - actually grows out as a vine |
| Daffodil | Flower resembles a tea cup and saucer - are usually yellow, white or a mixture of the two - leaf is flat with a round end - bulb is tear drop shaped. |
| Boston Fern | Typically in a hanging basket - fern leaves are known as fronds - fronds are solid green in color - droop over to cover the pot. |
| Basil | Leaves are opposite, light green, silky - flowers are small, white, and arranged in a spike. |
| Prickly Pear Cactus | Flat, pad surface - has thorns - pads correct directly on top of each other. |
| Peony | Leaves are compound, large and deeply lobed - flowers vary in colors ranging from purple red to white or yellow. |
| Lady's Slipper Orchid | Slipper-shaped pouches of the flowers - the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up to the flower to deposit or collect pollen thus fertilizing the plant. |
| Zonal Germanium | Un-opened flower buds face down - stem rises above foliage - fragrant flowers, bloom in clusters - leaves are round-oval and ruffled. |
| Ivy Germanium | Very stout with wavy lobes on the leaf - Not as hairy as regular germaniums. |
| Pentas | A tropical woody-based plant - a manly-branched, somewhat sprawling plant - rounded clusters of star-shaped flowers - dark green leaves - flowers are pink, magenta, lilac, or less commonly white |
| Parsley | Triangular dark green leaves are finely divided into curly or flat leaflets - round shaped clusters of greenish-yellow flowers. |
| Petunia | Trumpet/ tube shaped flower - all the petals are attached together - leaf is pointed and fuzzy, stem is also fuzzy - plant typically grows downward. |
| Moth Orchid | Leaves attach to a main stem and stay low to the bottom of the stem - very hard leathery leaf - flower has two distinct "wings". |
| Heartleaf Philodendron | Leaves are heart shaped - can be variegated or solid green - stem is very smooth and very round. |
| Aluminum Plant | Leaves are arranged opposite one another - textured green and silver foliage - typically grows in shrubby clump - obovate, toothed, dark green leaves - two silver strips on leaves. |
| Portulaca | Flowers in orange, yellow, red, pink, white, and bicolor - spatulate to ovate, flat, fleshy leaves. |
| Ranunculus | Finely-cut leaves - some cultivators have peony-like flower. |
| Florist Azalea | Medium to large shrub - leaves are oval in shape and have small hairs - woody stem. |
| Hybrid Tea Rose | One flower per stem - Petioles have a reddish tint - has thorns. |
| Leatherleaf Fern | Multi compound leaves - has a hairy stem that is very long - sometimes has small, black spores, which look like seeds, on the back of a leaf. |
| African Violet | Simple 5 petal flowers, one per stem in a large cluster - small indentations on the leaves - fuzzy leaf and petiole. |
| Salvia | Flowers is upright on a stalk with lots of blooms on one stem - has a square stem - leaf is triangle in shape. |
| Snake Plant | Plants have a similar pattern to snake skin - upright spiked leaf form. |
| Dwarf Schefflera | Leaves can be variegated or solid green - palmately compound green - green, thick stem. |
| Christmas Cactus | Leaves are actually a modified, flattened stem - leaves attach one on top of the other. |
| Hens and Chicks | Baby plants come out from under the mother plant - thick stem, waxy leaves - soft point at end of each leaf. |
| Cineraria | Come in a various of colors with a contrasting center - seen in clusters - 8-point leaves. |
| Florists' Gloxinia | Flowers are a trumpet shape - very large leaves - leaves are slightly hairy. |
| Solidago | Come to a point and narrows at the base - no leaf stem - small . teeth around the edges |
| Coleus | Leaves come in multiple sizes, shapes and colors - square stem - leaves are opposite. |
| Peace Lily | Leaves can be solid green or variegated - flower is always white - long pointed leaf - veins are cut into the plant. |
| Stephanotis | An evergreen woody climber - glossy, leathery oval leaves - clusters of pure white, waxy intensely fragrant tubular flowers. |
| Bird of Paradise | Bold structure, forms large evergreen clumps, leaves growing up from the base - gray/green banana-like leaves, flowers stand above the foliage at the tips - flowers consist of 3 orange sepals and 3 blue petals. |
| Nephthytis | Veins are different coloration from leaf, usually white - arrowhead shaped leaf. |
| Marigold | Has a very distinct smell to ward off pests - leaves are compound - flowers grow in pom-pom shape - typically shades of red, yellow, and orange |
| Wandering Jew | Always purple in color, comes in darker shades of purple and a purple/green combo - end leaf points straight out. |
| Tulip | Leaves have a gray coating that rubs off - leaf wraps around the stem - small, round bulb with papery skin. |
| Verbena | Stems and leaves are slightly hairy - in small clusters and a variety of color - leaves are triangle shape. |
| Pansy | Flowers have two layers of petals - leaves have scalloped edges. |
| Calla Lily | Flowers and leaves rise directly from rhizomes - large arrowhead shaped leaves - extremely showy flower. |
| Zinnia | Composite, brightly colored flowers - no petiole - grow upright - 3 midribs on each leaf. |
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