THE COOLEST PLANTS IN THE RAINFOREST
KAVYA R
U11GT21C0494
I BCom, Second Semester
Government First Grade College, Tumkur -572102
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1. Native to South America monkeys brush is a vine sporting vivid Orange red inflorescence at the tips of the branches. Elongated powder puff flowers are multi coloured: yellow, orange and red. When in bloom, this vining shrub is all covered with them, looks like a fire. It is somewhat similar to its cousine Scarlet comb, but has much more prominent blooms.
2. Hot lips little leaf sage ( salvia microphylla hot lips) has distinctive brilliantly coloured flowers that makes hot lips salvia a special selection. Blooming from spring until hard Frost in fall the flower colour will very seasonally. In the cooler times of spring and fall, the flowers are strongly by coloured red and white. When it's hot the flowers go solid red. Regardless of the time of the growing season this ever blooming selection is a beauty. The plant makes a small shrub with age and thrives in poor soils with plenty of heat and Sun. Plant with lavender and white Apple blossom grass (gaura).
3. Orchids are plants that belong to the family orchidaceae a diverse & wide spread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful & fragrant.
4. Coffee production, cultivation of coffee plants, usually done in large commercial operation the two major species of coffee plant ( coffee Arabica & C. Canephora, family Rubiaceae) are tropical evergreen shrubs or small trees of Africans origin. There grown for the seeds or beans, which are roasted, ground and sold for brewing coffee. This article treats the cultivation of coffee plants and the harvesting and processing of the beans. For information on the beverage see coffee.
5. The bromeliaceae ( the bromeliads) is a family of monocot flowering plants of 75 genera & Around 3590 known species native mainly to the tropical Americas, which several species found in the American subtropical & one in tropical West Africa, Pitcairnia Feliciana.
6. Rainforest are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy moisture dependent vegetation represents of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest but other types have been described.