A beautiful indoor plant-- purple back velvet taro

Purple back velvet taro family, Xiao bamboo taro is a perennial evergreen herbaceous foliage plant. The plant height can reach 80 cm, the leaf blade is large, the plant shape is plump, the leaf surface is thick green and glossy with stripes, the leaf back is purplish red, the panicle, bracts white, membranous; sepals nearly equal; Corolla tube and sepals hard leathery, capsule dehiscent into 3 valves, seeds triangular.

Place of origin, Brazil and other places. Like a warm, humid and semi-shaded environment. Because the plant is shade-resistant, it is very suitable for family indoor decoration and greening. It can be placed and watched for a long time in a brighter room, and it can be placed in a darker room for 4-6 weeks, which does not have much effect on its growth, so it can be placed in a darker room for a long time and grow well. Purple-backed velvet blooms small white flowers in autumn and winter and can be watched for up to 2 months.

Purple back velvet taro flower

Morphological features:

Herbs perennial, rhizomatous; plant 30-80 cm tall, with fleshy rhizome, petiole short, leaf blade broadly long-oval, about 20-35 cm long and 10-20 cm wide; leaves with light green and dark green zebra-shaped stripes and glossy, purple-red back.

Panicles, bracts and sepals white, waxy. Inflorescences capitate or coniform, sessile or stipitate, solitary or accompanied by 1 or 2 ordinary leaves; bracts 2 to several, usually spirally arranged, sparsely arranged in 2 rows; flowers usually more than 3 pairs, bracteoles membranous; sepals 3, subequaling; Corolla tube as long as or longer than sepals; outer whorl staminodes 1, extremely rare, usually larger; 1 stiff leathery similar to it and forming pseudodilip, sparse at flowering time. 1 cucullate usually smaller than outer whorl, with one lobe; developmental stamens with a petal-shaped, thickened appendage not connected to the top; ovary 3-loculed. Capsule dehiscent into 3 valves, petal detached from central axis; seeds 3, triangular, dorsally raised, with 2-lobed aril.

Purple back velvet taro flower

Main values:

Taro has underground rhizome or tuber, and its leaves are solitary and large. In addition to the open leaf sheath at the base of the leaf, there is also a significantly expanded joint at the connection between the leaf and the petiole, called "leaf pillow", in which there are water storage cells, which can regulate the direction of the leaf, that is, the leaf is erect when there is sufficient water at night and when there is not enough water in the daytime. The leaf unfolds, which is a characteristic of the family Taro. In addition, some taros also have "sleep exercise", that is, the leaves spread out during the day and convert at night, which is very strange.

Landscaping:

This species has rich and colorful leaves, strong ornamental, mostly shade plants, strong shade tolerance and strong adaptability, and can be planted in the shade of courtyards, parks or roadsides. More and more species have been used in landscaping in South China. Planting methods can be sheet planting, cluster planting or collocation with other plants. In the northern region, it can be cultivated in the ornamental greenhouse for landscaping.

Purple-backed velvet taro

Interior layout:

Because of its strong negative resistance and beautiful leaf color, it can be directly planted in the corners of public places such as hotels, shopping malls and large-scale meeting places for permanent layout. However, in the process of cultivation and management, light should be properly replenished and water sprayed regularly to the leaf surface to improve air humidity.

Cut leaves in pots:

Because of its beautiful plant type, colorful leaf color, strong shade tolerance and simple cultivation and management, it is one of the most famous indoor foliage plants in the world. Large varieties can be used to decorate the halls of hotels and shopping malls, while small varieties can decorate balconies, living rooms, bedrooms and so on. In the process of cultivation and management, every time it is placed, it should be placed on the balcony, windowsill where the sun is strong, enhance the light, in order to facilitate long-term viewing. Because the leaves are colorful and have eye-catching markings, it is a high-grade leaf-cutting material, which can be directly used as flower arrangement or as a lining material.