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What are these three plants?

Lagerstroemia indica, alias: itchy flower, itchy tree, purple flower, purple orchid, mosquito flower, water hyacinth, zinnia, skinless tree, Latin scientific name: Lagerstroemia indica, deciduous shrub or small tree, 7 meters high; Bark is smooth, gray or grayish brown; Twisted branches, slender branchlets, alternate or sometimes opposite leaves, papery, oval, oblong or obovate, green to yellow when young, purple-black when mature or dry, and ventricular dehiscence; Seeds winged, ca. The flowering period is from June to September, and the fruiting period is from September to June. Lagerstroemia indica has beautiful posture, smooth trunk and bright colors; When it blooms, it happens to be the season when there are few flowers in summer and autumn, and the flowering period is long. Therefore, it is known as "Hundred Days Red" and "Summer Blue and White Flowers Full", and it is a good bonsai for viewing flowers, stems and roots; Roots, bark, leaves and flowers can be used as medicine.

Coloured taro (scientific name: Caladium bicolor (Ait. ) vent. ), also known as colored taro and two-color taro, belongs to Araceae and is a perennial evergreen herb. The basal leaves of colorful taro are shield-shaped arrow-shaped or heart-shaped, with bright colors and various varieties; The spathe is green, and the upper part is blue and white, which is shell-shaped; Spike. [ 1]

There are swollen tubers in the ground, which are oblate and toxic, and the throat is paralyzed after eating. Multicolored taro is native to the Amazon river basin in South America, and it likes high temperature, high humidity and semi-cloudy environment, and is not resistant to low temperature and frost and snow. It requires loose soil, fertility and good drainage.

Coloured taro leaves are colorful and varied, which is suitable for cultivation and appreciation in greenhouse. Summer is the main viewing period of colorful taro, and the colorful leaves are cool. Leaves in autumn gradually become messy, leaves turn yellow in winter, enter a dormant period, and begin to sprout and grow in late spring and early summer. May-September is its vigorous growth period.

Fruit taro is a perennial evergreen herb, which is widely cultivated as a foliage plant all over the world. The stem nodes of taro have aerial roots and grow on other things. There are two kinds of leaves, the young leaves are simple, arrow-shaped or halberd-shaped; The old leaves are palmately 5-9-lobed, with a large leaf in the middle, and auricular leaflets are often inserted on both sides of the basal lobes. The primary leaves are pale, the old leaves are dark green and the leaves are thickened. The spathe is light green or yellow. There are two kinds of taro, one is white butterfly taro and the other is green golden taro. The leaves of white butterfly taro are clustered, shield-shaped, butterfly-winged, mostly yellow-white, with green patches and stripes on the edges and long petioles. Stem nodes are short. Green-gold taro leaves are tender green, with yellow and white markings in the center, long internodes and aerial roots in the stem nodes.