| Description | A plant with colorful leaves and creeping stems. Likes warmer temperatures and higher humidity. |
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| Pronunciation | (pell-ee-OH-nee-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 11 |
| Sunlight | moderate to bright, never direct |
| Moisture | Needs to be kept evenly moist. Needs higher humidity. I grow this on saucer filled with pebbles which is filled with water. |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | average house plus |
| Leaves | fleshy, elliptical, about 1-2 inches long, bronze to olive green with a pale green center, coloration of a watermelon |
| Stems | fleshy, creeping or trailing. |
| Dimensions | A small to medium creeping or trailing plant. |
| Maintenance | As the plants gets older and trails over the pot, lots of dead leaves are produced on the underside of the plant. I like to give a cleaning shake occasionally to remove the dead foliage. Can be cut back as it gets to large. |
| Propagation | division, cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to Burma, Vietnam and Malaysia growing as a creeper on the tropical forest floors. |
| Author's Notes | I found this to be an easy plant to grow. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf) , #70-Indoor Plants (Courtuer and Clark) |
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