yes, Bhagyashri... aslo called polka dot plant.. yours is the white variety.. usually more common is the pink and green leaf...
makes a nice potted plant indoors in winters in the western hemisphere... BUT IN TROPICS>>>> one has to be very careful with how you dispose of the houseplant.. there are reports from Australia, Hawaii etc where these are considered NOXIOUS weeds... toxic to cats and cattle, /// AND CROWDING out native shrubs... somebody mentioned that it is reported as weed in INDIA too, but I cant find a reference ... ... on google there are 47,100 results when I searched just now for " Hypoestes phyllostachya a weed in india".. could not go thru ALL THAT!! ** I remember in the 1990s the decade... we had a profusion of these, cuttings root very fast in a day or two in summer... at NYBG family garden we could not give it away FREE .as a starter plant ... in the beginning children loved the pink colored leaves... soon parents (in a couple of years) would say no, thanks... .. go figure !!! SO NOT EVERYTHING THAT"S BEAUTIFUL TO THE EYES IS DESIRABLE IN THE GARDEN... ** BUT MADHURI>> IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE BEAUTY OF YOUR PLANT>>> just dont root more cuttings than you need for your own use... and dont throw away plants in garbage heap.. only throw them in compost... CHEERS == Usha di ============== On Nov 4, 1:02 am, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes I think you are correct Madhuri ji > This is ineed Hypoestes phyllostachya > Tanay > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can this be Hypoestes phyllostachya? but it had yellow flowers. > > Date Oct 2011 > > Private garden > > ht about a foot > > green leaves with white spots > > yellow flowers > > > -- > > Regards > > Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:*http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
