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Pavonia or Triplochlamis
Pavonia
Pavonia multiflora – native to Brazil – the only species cultivated indoors
Plants
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Pelargonium
Pelargonium
One of the most widespread plants; as a rule, pelargonium or geranium is encountered not in the collection of an experienced amateur grower, but on the windowsill of any grandmother who, without particularly knowing wha…
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Pellaea
Pellaea
About 80 species of this genus are found in nature. Pellaea are ferns but are not considered easy to grow.
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Peperomia
Peperomia
Among Peperomias grown as houseplants there are both small, small-leaved species and large potted specimens, trailing forms, or shrub-like types.
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Pepper
Piper
This extensive genus includes about 1000 species in nature. Among the peperomias cultivated as houseplants there are small small-leaved species, as well as large potted specimens, trailing forms or bushy ones.
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Perennial Gloxinia
Gloxinia perennis (L.)
Perennial herbaceous plants 50–70 cm tall, with fleshy shoots, growing in patches. Leaves ovate, 10 cm long and 7 cm wide, pointed, glossy, green above, with sparse bristles, reddish beneath.
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Pereskia
Pereskia
Pereskia is a shrub with true leaves. It blooms with attractive yellow or red flowers. The plant is hardy, cuttings root easily. Often used as a rootstock for cacti.
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Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis Blume
Phalaenopsis are epiphytic plants with a shortened stem and a rosette of 3–5 large, broad, succulent leaves arranged in two ranks.
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Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis
Family Orchidaceae. A genus of epiphytic or lithophytic herbaceous plants. It is a short plant with 4–6 leaves, aerial roots and inflorescences growing from the leaf axils. The flowers are butterfly-shaped.
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Phalaenopsis Orchid
Phalaenopsis
Genus of epiphytic or lithophytic herbaceous plants of the Orchid family. Leaves evergreen, leathery. Inflorescences axillary, long, often branching, in many species with a large number of fairly large flowers. The flow…
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Philodendron
Philodendron
Among the members of this genus there are tall tree-like plants and lianas. Aerial roots form in the leaf axils of all philodendron species. In cultivation, trailing species are the most common.
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Piaranthus
PIARANTHUS R.Br.
Creeping small plants composed of numerous ovate jointed stem segments. Stems 4-5-angled, 2.5 to 5 cm tall and 1.25 cm in diameter, smooth, green or greenish-brown, with 4-5 sharp tubercles on each face. Flowers appear …
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Pilea
Pilea
In general Pileas are fairly undemanding, but they exhibit rather untidy growth, so young shoots are pinched to encourage bushiness, and elongated or bare stems are cut back and the plant is rejuvenated by replanting fr…
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Pineapple
Ananas
Native to Brazil. Some pineapple species are grown as houseplants; they even form fruits, although small and inedible. The main attraction of pineapples is the beautiful rosette of leaves.
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Pisonia
Pisonia
In cultivation, Pisonia umbellifera is common. It is an evergreen tree that reaches 5 m in the wild, with strongly branching shoots.
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Platycerium
Platycerium
This epiphytic fern has an appearance so uncharacteristic for ferns that it stands out sharply against them.
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Platycerium (two-forked)
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr
Epiphytic plant with two types of leaves — spore-bearing and sterile. The former are gathered in a rosette, slightly glaucous (young ones whitish from dense pubescence), 50-70 cm long, cuneate at the base, widening upwa…
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Pleasant alternanthera
Alternanthera amoena
Perennial low-growing plant 10–20 cm high. Stems grooved, branching from the base, pubescent beneath. Leaves oblong-oval or narrowly elliptic, pubescent beneath.
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Plectranthus
Plectranthus
Plectranthus fruticosus (shrubby plectranthus) is a tall shrub up to 1 m high, with strongly branching pubescent quadrangular shoots. Leaves up to 10 cm long, ovate, with a cordate base and doubly serrated margins.
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Plumbago or leadwort
Plumbago
A deciduous ornamental, small, showy-flowering shrub. Flowers light blue, pink, blue or white, in short umbel-like inflorescences. Blooms abundantly and for a long time - from March to September.
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Plumeria
Plumeria
This is an ornamental flowering greenhouse plant of fairly large size - in the wild it reaches 5 m in height, under domestic conditions about 2 m.
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Pod pepper
Capsicum
In nature there are about 50 species in this genus. The hot Mexican pepper is grown as an annual plant.
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Pogonatherium
Pogonatherum
Pogonatherium does not resemble a true reed; it is rather a close relative of sugar cane. This interesting plant has appeared on the market relatively recently. The plant prefers light, warmth, and humidity.
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Poinsettia
Euphorbia pulcherrima
The genus Euphorbia comprises about 2,000 very different species. Indeed, it includes annual, biennial and perennial plants, evergreen or deciduous, as well as trees, shrubs and succulents that in nature grow in a wide …