Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
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They provide ornamental interest either through an unusually striking leaf shape (ferns, philodendrons), or through the bright coloration of their leaves in the most unexpected combinations (begonias, marantas, crotons, many acanthaceous p…
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This is a comparatively small group of plants that are grown solely for their beautiful, showy flowering. Among flowering houseplants there are shrubs, subshrubs, herbaceous plants, and bulbous plants. Among them one can single out specime…
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Traditional name for a lateral shoot, often with root primordia or already formed roots. Accordingly, the plant on which offsets form is called the mother plant.
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Part of the pistil of flowering plants.
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Fertilizers of plant or animal origin, for example horse or cow manure, soil organisms, which are not absorbed by plants immediately.
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Aboveground shoots formed from axillary buds on rhizomes and roots, easily detached and often possessing their own root system.
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Arrangement of leaves in which two leaves arise from a stem node and are positioned opposite each other.