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Ti Plant
Cordyline fruticosa
Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is known by a wide variety of common names, including ti plant, palm lily, and cabbage palm.
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Crocosmia
Crocosmia
Crocosmia, also known as montbretia, is a small genus of flowering plants in the iris family, Iridaceae. It is native to the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa, ranging from South Africa to Sudan. One species is endemic to Madagascar.
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Elephant Ear
Colocasia esculenta
Taro is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Caribbean, Oceanian, East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures.
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Caladium
Caladium bicolor
Caladium bicolor, called Heart of Jesus, is a species in the genus Caladium from Latin America. It is grown as a houseplant for its large, heart or lance-shaped leaves with striking green, white, pink, and red blotching. Hundreds of cultivars are available. It can be planted outside in USDA Hardiness Zone 10 as an ornamental. It is a problematic invasive species in Trinidad and Tobago, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Hawaii and the Philippines, and naturalized populations can be found in most of the rest of the world's tropics, including Africa, the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia and Malesia.
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Rex Begonia
Begonia rex
Begonia rex, the king begonia, fancy-leaf begonia, or painted-leaf begonia is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is a rhizomatous begonia first brought to England from Assam, and documented in 1857.
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Stromanthe
Stromanthe sanguinea
Stromanthe thalia is a plant species in the arrowroot family Marantaceae, native to the Brazilian rainforest. It is also known by the synonym Stromanthe sanguinea.
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Ctenanthe
Ctenanthe burle-marxii
Ctenanthe burle-marxii, commonly known as the fishbone prayer plant, is a species of plant in the genus Ctenanthe native to Brazil. Its common name derives from the alternating pattern of stripes on its oval, pale green leaves, while its scientific name is honor of landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. Similar to other plants in the family Marantaceae, it also has a propensity to close up its leaves at night, which is why it is also called a "prayer plant" like Maranta leuconeura. It grows well as a form of tropical ground cover, often in shade.
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Rattlesnake Plant
Goeppertia insignis
Goeppertia insignis, the rattlesnake plant, is a species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family, native to Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil.
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Peacock Plant
Goeppertia makoyana
Goeppertia makoyana, also known as peacock plant or cathedral windows, is a species of plant belonging to the genus Goeppertia in the family Marantaceae, native to Espírito Santo state of eastern Brazil. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Red Veined Prayer Plant
Maranta erythroneura
Red Veined Prayer Plant (Maranta erythroneura)
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Polka Dot Plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Hypoestes phyllostachya, the polka dot plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to South Africa, Madagascar, and south east Asia. The spots often merge into larger areas of colour.
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Coleus
Coleus scutellarioides
Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides)
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Nerve Plant
Fittonia albivenis
Nerve Plant (Fittonia albivenis)
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Purple Passion Plant
Gynura aurantiaca
Purple Passion Plant (Gynura aurantiaca)
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Aluminum Plant
Pilea cadierei
Aluminum Plant (Pilea cadierei)
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Pilea
Pilea peperomioides
Pilea (Pilea peperomioides)
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Watermelon Peperomia
Peperomia argyreia
Peperomia argyreia, the watermelon peperomia, is a species of flowering plant in the pepper family Piperaceae, native to northern South America, including Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The plant is not closely related to either watermelons or begonias. These terms relate to the shape, markings and texture of the leaves. Growing to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall and broad, it is an evergreen perennial with asymmetrical oval green leaves, slightly fleshy, strikingly marked with curved silver stripes, and red stems. Tiny green flower spikes appear in summer.
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String of Bananas
Senecio radicans
String of Bananas (Senecio radicans)
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String of Dolphins
Senecio peregrinus
String of Dolphins (Senecio peregrinus)
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Crown of Thorns
Euphorbia milii
Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii)
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