Greetings to all my lovely people at Hive Garden! This is my first post in the community. Since I was very young, I've been passionate about the art of planting and caring for plants, even though my profession wasn't related to it. I'm a Senior Technician in Public Accounting and have a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education. I'm 43 years old and work as a primary school teacher at the "María Rodríguez de Vera" Educational Complex in Carúpano, Venezuela. On this occasion, I'd like to share some photos of the ornamental plants I have in my garden. To create this post, I downloaded an app on my phone that allowed me to find out the names of my plants, since I don't know most of them. This way, I was able to enrich my knowledge by researching them.
This plant, known as Asystasia gangetica, is a flowering plant species belonging to the Acanthaceae family that thrives in the tropics. It is very common to find it in parks and plazas as an ornamental plant, although it is worth noting that in some parts of Africa its leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
The following image shows Alternanthera dentata, known as "Joseph's Mantle" or "Coqueta." It's a very pretty ornamental plant that caught my eye because of its beautiful, intense red-purple color that stands out against the greenery of my garden. It's very easy to propagate; simply planting a cutting is enough, or it can also be grown from seed.
Pilea Depressa is a compact variety, native to Mexico, with small, light green leaves. It's perfect for decorating small spaces and adding a natural touch, and although its leaves may appear artificial and it spreads like grass, it's very beautiful.
Aglaonema is a genus of 20 species of flowering plants belonging to the Araceae family, native to the humid tropical rainforests of southwest Asia from Bangladesh to the Philippines and northern and southern China.
As we can see in the image, it's a plant that appears to be artificial. It's called Zamioculcas, a monotypic genus of flowering plants. It's considered a tropical plant native to East Africa, from southern Kenya to northeastern South Africa. In Venezuela, it's customary to keep them in the home as a sign of good luck and to attract money.
This image shows the ornamental pineapple, or Annananas lucidus, native to the tropical climates of countries like Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. It attracts a lot of attention from visitors because of the inedible fruits that grow at the top, giving it a special appeal.
And of course, I couldn't leave out the Ixora among my plants. It's a genus of plants with 529 species, belonging to the Rubiaceae family, and it blooms year-round. It's also known as Maltese cross, coralillo, Santa Rita, rangan, kheme, ponna, and other names.
The photos are my own and were taken with a Remix 10c phone.