Horticulture 232

 List 5 - INTERIOR PLANTS (cont.)

(Aglaonema sp. on wallpaper)

 



 

# Scientific Name Common Name Family Origin
1 Aglaonema sp. Chinese evergreen Araceae So. China 
2 Dieffenbachia sp. Dumb cane Araceae Central & So. Amer. 
3
Epipremnum aureum Pothos Araceae So. Pacific 
4
Philodendron scandens Heart-leaf philodendron Araceae So. America 
5
Spathiphyllum sp. Peace lily Araceae Central & So. Amer.
6
Hoya sp. Wax plant Asclepiedaceae Australia & S. China
7
Opuntia sp.
Prickly pear
Cactaceae
North & South Amer., WA
8
Dracaena fragrans `Janet Craig' Janet Craig dracaena Dracaenaceae Africa
9
Dracaena marginata  Dragon tree Dracaenaceae Africa
10
Aeschynanthus sp.
Lipstick plant
Gesneriaceae
Indonesia
11
Plectranthus verticillatus Swedish ivy Lamiaceae Australia
12 Aspidistra elatior Cast iron plant Liliaceae China 
13
Phalaenopsis sp.
Moth orchid
Orchidaceae
Southeast Asia
14
Peperomia obtusifolia
Baby rubber plant
Peperomiaceae
Tropical Amer.
15
Asgn 2b choice from:
 a. Syngonium podophyllum
 b. Streptocarpus saxorum
 c. Ctenanthe
sp.

a. Nephthytis
b. Cape primrose

c. Ctenanthe

a. Araceae
b. Gesneriaceae

c. Marantaceae

a. Central America
b. Eastern Africa

c. Brazil

Plants repeated from Hort 231:

R1
Corylus avellana 'Contorta' Harry Lauder’s walking stick Betulaceae
England
R2 Populus tremuloides Quaking aspen Salicaceae US; WA


Hort 232 Plant Lists:

#1 #2 #3 #4
#5
#6 #7 #8 #9 #10

Virginia Lohr, Professor, E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
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