Pellionia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pellionia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pellionia (J. Alphonse Pellion, officer in Frey- cinet's voyage around the world). Urticaceae. Two choice tender creeping foliage plants of this genus are cultivated, suitable for baskets and for the borders of greenhouses under the benches. Herbs, often creepers, rarely subshrubs from Trop. and E. Asia and the Pacific Isls.: lvs. alternate, 2-ranked, unequal at the base, entire or serrate: fls. monoecious or dioecious, mostly in dense cymes; perianth - segms. 5, rarely 4, in fr. sometimes unchanged but usually increased and investing the fr. —Species 15-20. The cult, species require warm temperature and moist atmosphere. Prop, by cuttings and division. One of the species was once advertised as a Peperomia. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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