Houseplant Quiz with Emphasis on Seasonal and Festive Plants

Gardening Quiz - Houseplants - Houseplants 3 (Questions)

This is the third quiz in the Education Quizzes series on houseplants and it concentrates on seasonal and festive plants. More often than not these are flowering plants that are given as presents at Christmas and other celebratory occassions.

It is usually difficult to persuade a plant to flower for a second time in the home and therefore the emphasis is to keep it in flower for as long as possible before discarding it. Many gardeners will tell you that it is possible to keep a poinsettia in a house and bring it into flower again the next Christmas but I have yet to talk to anyone who has actually done it!

The poinsettia is named after what?

[ ]	An animal
[ ]	A climate
[ ]	A person
[ ]	A region

This houseplant is sometimes known as the China rose or shoe flower but what is its scientific name?

[ ]	Hedera
[ ]	Hibiscus
[ ]	Hypericum
[ ]	Hippeastrum

'Paperwhites' are bulbs that are often grown as a winter-flowering houseplant. To which plant genus do they belong?

[ ]	Crocus
[ ]	Hyacinthus
[ ]	Tulipa
[ ]	Narcissus

How many different species of orchid are documented?

[ ]	Less than 100
[ ]	Between 100 and 1,000
[ ]	Between 1,000 and 5,000
[ ]	Over 20,000

What is the name of this winter-flowering houseplant?

[ ]	Capsicum
[ ]	Cotoneaster
[ ]	Pyracantha
[ ]	Solanum

Anthuriums are often grown as a houseplant. What is the name by which they are commonly known?

[ ]	Cormorant lily
[ ]	Flamingo lily
[ ]	Ibis lily
[ ]	Pelican lily

The plant called wandering jew is known scientifically as what?

[ ]	Cissus
[ ]	Hedera
[ ]	Lamium
[ ]	Tradescantia

Kalanchoes are popular houseplants. How often are they likely to require watering?

[ ]	Every day
[ ]	Most days
[ ]	Two or three times a week
[ ]	Infrequently

These succulent plants are often kept together in groups in the house. What is the plural of cactus?

[ ]	Cacti
[ ]	Cactis
[ ]	Cactuses
[ ]	Cactuseses

10.

The houseplants that gardeners know as azaleas are known as what by botanists?

[ ]	Azaleacea
[ ]	Camellia
[ ]	Rhododendrons
[ ]	Skimmia

Gardening Quiz - Houseplants - Houseplants 3 (Answers)

The poinsettia is named after what?

[ ]	An animal
[ ]	A climate
[x]	A person
[ ]	A region

Named after the first USA minister to Mexico - Mr. Joel Roberts Poinsett (the plant grows wild in Mexico and Central America)

This houseplant is sometimes known as the China rose or shoe flower but what is its scientific name?

[ ]	Hedera
[x]	Hibiscus
[ ]	Hypericum
[ ]	Hippeastrum

'Paperwhites' are bulbs that are often grown as a winter-flowering houseplant. To which plant genus do they belong?

[ ]	Crocus
[ ]	Hyacinthus
[ ]	Tulipa
[x]	Narcissus

How many different species of orchid are documented?

[ ]	Less than 100
[ ]	Between 100 and 1,000
[ ]	Between 1,000 and 5,000
[x]	Over 20,000

Orchids are believed to be the largest family of flowering plants

What is the name of this winter-flowering houseplant?

[ ]	Capsicum
[ ]	Cotoneaster
[ ]	Pyracantha
[x]	Solanum

Its full name is solanum capsicastrum

Anthuriums are often grown as a houseplant. What is the name by which they are commonly known?

[ ]	Cormorant lily
[x]	Flamingo lily
[ ]	Ibis lily
[ ]	Pelican lily

The plant is not a lily at all!

The plant called wandering jew is known scientifically as what?

[ ]	Cissus
[ ]	Hedera
[ ]	Lamium
[x]	Tradescantia

The plant illustrated is tradescantia zebrina

Kalanchoes are popular houseplants. How often are they likely to require watering?

[ ]	Every day
[ ]	Most days
[ ]	Two or three times a week
[x]	Infrequently

Kalanchoes are succulent plants and as such they can go long periods without water

These succulent plants are often kept together in groups in the house. What is the plural of cactus?

[x]	Cacti
[ ]	Cactis
[ ]	Cactuses
[ ]	Cactuseses

10.

The houseplants that gardeners know as azaleas are known as what by botanists?

[ ]	Azaleacea
[ ]	Camellia
[x]	Rhododendrons
[ ]	Skimmia

Azaleacea does not exist! Along with rhododendrons both camellia and skimmia are lime-hating plants