Saturday, May 22, 2010

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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