Morphology of Commercial House Plants from Pyin Oo Lwin

Abstract

Twenty two cultivars of commercially cultivated potted flowering plants have been collected from Pyin Oo Lwin Township. These cultivars belonged to 19 genera of 16 families. In these cultivars, Anthurium ‘Rubrum’ and ‘Rubustum’, Euphorbia and splendens Boj., are cultivated for decoration in house by pots. Antirrhinum majus L., Calendula officinalis Lour., Kickxia ramosissima (Wall.) Janch., Petunia hybrida, Phlox drummonidii Hk., Mesembryanthmum crinoflorum 'Sparkle Mixed', Tropaeolum majus L., Viola tricolor L. var. hortensis are cultivated for landscaping plants morphological and agronomical studies have been done and described. Cultivar name, family name, local name, English name, taxonomic characters were studied in morphological description. Preparation of soil, cultivation, fertilizer requirement and containers using were presented in agronomical description