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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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