Pilea peperomioides is part of the Urticaceae family and its native range is China, specifically SW. Sichuan and W. Yunnan. It’s documented in The Kew Magazine (Vol. 1, No. 1, April 1984) that a specimen was received at Kew in 1978 that caused great confusion, it’s flowers looked like those from the Urticaceae family but the leaves looked like Peperomia.
Pilea peperomioides produce ‘pups’ which you can separate from the mother plant or keep in the same pot. As Pilea mature, it is common for them to shed their lower leaves, especially after they’ve produced a lot of pups.
Genus name comes from the Latin ‘Pileus’ meaning cap. The specific epithet means ‘Peperomia-like’.
Pilea are non-toxic.
Pot: ø 12cm.
Sansevieria zeylanica have been reclassified as Dracaena zeylanica.
Dracaena zeylanica are part of the Asparagaceae family and its native range is S. India, Sri Lanka. Leaves are thick, sword shaped and pointed with grey-green horizontal stripes, they are arranged in a rosette and emerge from a rhizome beneath the soil.
Genus name comes from the Greek ‘drakaina’ meaning dragon.
Pot: ø 12cm.
Dracaena are toxic.