What is Callisia?
The genus of plants callisia contains about 20 species and belongs to the Commelinaceae or Spiderwort family. These succulent plants are originally from the southeastern United States, parts of Mexico and tropical South American regions, where it spreads along the forest edges, originally from the southeastern United States and the tropical South American regions. Gardeners choose plants callisia because of their attractive leaves. They generally use plants such as ground cover, border plantings and houseplants. The plants are strikingly connected and poisoned by leaf foundations in the nodes along the stem and the leaves shrink along the stem. Many species have 2 to 4 inches (about 5- to 10 cm) long leaves that have red or purple underside. Some species, such as c. Fragrans , have leaves that grow up to about 10 inches (25 cm) long.
flowers are often white, pink or blue. Typically grow in groups of three in terminal panic or cymes that undressed the scorpion waym. Each flower contains three switches and three petals and generally measure 0.5 inches (about 1.5 cm) across. c. Fragrans has fragrant flowers that some growers describe as a clove. Characteristic of the Spiderwort family, plants callisia have a general spider, hairy stems of flowers.
like many species in the family callisia , c. Usually people often refer to a plant with a striped thumb, because it has long white silver or white stripes on the leaves. The underside of the leaves is purple and therefore many growers depict it as a hanging plant. It is a fraudulent race, which means that with low growing growth, growth tips are growing.
c. Fragrans has two synonyms: Tradescantia Dracaenoides and Spironema Fragrans . People usually refer to this Mexican native as a chain rosTlin or wandering Jew. Like a striped thumb plant, the leaves have purple underside. Long stems of 3 feet (about 1 m) are reddish purple. Long shiny, light green leaves can turn red in sunny areas.
very different callisia is c. Rosea . This upright succulent has thin long leaves that can measure about one eighth of the inch (about 0.5 cm) wide. The leaves grow more in clusters than on the end stem. It is native in the US from parts of Virginia to the Florida region. Small pink flowers have a diameter of 0.5 to 1 inch (1.5 to 2.5 cm) and bloom in summer. Unlike many other plants callisia , the flowers are lonely, one to the flower stem and three switch -on are much smaller than the petals.
While c. Rosea can grow to 16 inches (40 cm) tall and wide, c. White flowers are carried in clusters on tips, curled cyms.The leaves have an ovate shape, bright green color and small - 0.5 to 1.5 inches (1 to 4 cm) long. It is a popular room plant.
Gardeners grow callisia plants outside in climate without frost. Generally, it thrives in shaded areas or in areas that gain sunlight. They make good ground covers because of their vast and creeping habit. In the interior, most gardeners put them in the hanging baskets or place them on shelves where their long stems can hang. Growers usually promote plants by rooting the string chains.