I will call this plant Polka Dot because I don't know its actual name. I found this plant growing among the weeds on the roadside while we were holidaying up in Fraser's Hill last year. The leaves of the plant are green and there are pink or light purple dots or spots on the leaves.
We were actually looking for wild impatiens by the roadsides when I chanced upon these spotted leaves.
Using a dead branch I managed to dug up a few small plants with their roots intact. I took some and gave the rests to the other 2 friends and we brought them back to plant in our garden.
From the above photo, you can see the difference of the older leaves when brought back from the highlands and the newer leaves during its growth in the lowland.
As the young leaves matured, the dots or spots increases on the leaves.
Maybe it is because of the soil condition and fertilizer, the new leaves are bigger in size.
The stems tend to grow straight and leggy and I have to trim back the stems to encourage more branches to grow.
I wondered whether it will look good growing as a hanging pot plant.
The shades of green on the leaves depends on the amount of sunlight it receives. Darker shade of green means lesser sunlight, lighter and brighter green means more sunlight.
This Polka Dot plants has very tiny purple flowers.
These tiny pretty purple flowers are very delicate.
Thanks to Ginny Hartzler, my blogger friend, this Polka Dot plant has a name. It is Hypoestes phyllostachya. Not easy to pronounce.
Thanks to Ginny Hartzler, my blogger friend, this Polka Dot plant has a name. It is Hypoestes phyllostachya. Not easy to pronounce.
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Below are photos of another unidentified purple flowering plant from my garden.
The flowers are small and pretty.
If you are interested, you can click here for a post on this plant which I have titled "My Dainty Purple Flower"
Until now, I have yet to know its actual name.
Linking to Floral Bliss.
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