Thursday, January 26, 2012

Plant Specialists?

I've got these plants:

Spinach

Umbrella Palm

Lettuce

Tradescantia

Peace Lily

Money Plant

Eucalyptus

Ivy

Geranium



Which are xerophytes, mesophytes or Hydropytes??



Please PLEASE help



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Plant Specialists?
Spinach - mesophyte

Umbrella palm - hydrophyte

Lettuce - mesophyte

Tradescantia - mesophyte

Peace lily - mesophyte

Money plant - mesophyte

Eucalyptus - xerophyte

Ivy - mesophyte

Geranium - xerophyte
Reply:I beg to differ:



Spinach - mesophyte

Umbrella palm - Mesophyte

Lettuce - mesophyte

Tradescantia - mesophyte/partial hydrophyte (grows in very wet regions.

Peace lily - mesophyte/partial hydrophyte

Money plant - mesophyte

Eucalyptus -Mesophyte

Ivy - mesophyte

Geranium - Mesophyte
Reply:I go with Lea I think on most of these.

Eucalyptus is a xerophyte as is Geranium - more correctly Pelargonium.

Spinach - meso

Umbrella palm - definite hydrophyte

Lettuce - meso/hydro

Tradescantia - meso/hydro

Peace Lily - meso

Money plant - meso

Ivy - meso



Hope that helps a bit.
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