Archive for the 'Green Plants' Category
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Asplenium australasicum - Bird’s Nest Fern
It took me some times to identify the name of this plant. I only know it as Bird’s Nest Fern. But when I did some research, there are actually many species. I hope I get it correctly after reading the description on the page of Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) - ANPSA - Asplenium australasicum.
At [...]
Published by Hati on October 5th, 2009 tagged Green Plants | 1 Comment »
Aloe Vera - A.barbadensis Mill
I’m sure many of us are very familiar with these Aloe Vera plants. While researching for this entry, I found out that it actually belongs to lily family. The species also has many synonyms : A. barbadensis Mill., Aloe indica Royle, Aloe perfoliata L. var. vera and A. vulgaris Lam.
It has been suggested that the [...]
Published by Hati on October 31st, 2008 tagged Green Plants | Comment now »
Henna - Lawsonia inermis
I took this picture of my henna plant in January and totally forgot about it. Browsing through my whole year of picture collections make me realize that I never mention about Henna in my gardening blog. As a person who love arts and craft, I also love the art of henna tattooing.
This henna plant [...]
Published by Hati on August 27th, 2008 tagged Green Plants | Comment now »
Mother In Law’s Tongue - Sansevieria trifasciata
At first when I edited the picture of this Lidah Mak Mertua plant, I thought it belongs to dracaena family. But after searching for the info, I realized that it is a species of Sansevieria plants. It is also known as snake plant because of the shape of the leaves and mother in law’s tongue [...]
Published by Hati on December 17th, 2007 tagged Green Plants | 2 Comments »
Dracaena
I am sure this is one of the dracaena genus but I still couldn’t find the exact name of it. I have checked in my The Complete Guide to Houseplants book but I couldn’t figure out if this belongs to Dracena Sanderiana or Dracaena Reflexa Variegata.
When I first bought her about 3 years ago, it [...]