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The round
leaf houseplant - Chinese money plant
This is a photo
of our homegrown houseplant. Refered to by many names our Chinese money
plant currently (17.7.2017) stands at around 56cm
tall x 30cm wide, the plantpot is 25cm. I'm thinking it now needs a new position!
Also known as the UFO plant, missionary, lollipop or disc leaved plant
and been described as the water lily houseplant.
It's a gorgeous focal piece for any home and compliments interior
design with its deep glossy green peltate leaves and brittle succulent
stalks that produce a crisp fresh fragrance should one accidentally snap!
The main stem becomes woody after time and if leaves are lost on the lower
part of mature specimens new branches can appear at those lobes adding
a different dimension to the plant.
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We've found they like to have
moist or damp soil, enjoy the occassional misting and do equally well on north
and south facing windowsills (UK Northern Hemisphere) However they also
appear to dislike cold draughts, being trapped between window and curtain
and having dry or overly wet, soggy soil can cause the leaves to drop
off without any prior warning. Fly spray will kill the whole plant :(
19.6.2019 UK only
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p&p and payment through paypal.
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Does a pilea peperomioides
produce flowers? well although we've found this to be fairly rare occurance
(not sure why) this youg plantlet pushed up a lovely cluster or flourish
of yellow green blossom that somewhat resembles the beginning stages
of the Elderberry's flower.
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Reproduction occurs through
off-shoots that run through the compost and once large enough plantlets
can be propogated by separation and pottng on in peat free compost.
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