Pachystachys
Family: Acantaceae.
Common name(s): Cardinal's quard, Lollipop Plant ...
Pachystachys comes from the Latin words pachys meaning large and stachys meaning spike.
Pachystachys coccinea
(syn. Jacobinia coccinea, Justicia coccinea)
Huge, to 8" high, scarlet pinecone-like blooms are borne in summer atop the large deep green tropical foliage. An unusually large growing variety.
Pachystachys coccinea, Justicia coccinea, Jacobinia coccinea
Family: Acanthaceae
Cardinals Guard
Origin: Northern South America, West Indies ...
Pachystachys spicata
Justicia spicata, Pachystachys coccinea, Pachystachys riedeliana
Acanthaceae ...
Ci Fang Zhu [Chinese]: Chimonobambusa pachystachys
Ci Gan Ju [Chinese]: Anthemis arvensis
Ci Gu [Chinese]: Sagittaria sagittifolia
Ci Guo Fan Li Zhi [Chinese]: Annona muricata
Ci Guo Gan Cao [Chinese]: Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora ...
Pachystachys (Pachystachys species)
Pagoda tree (Plumeria rubra acutifolia, Plumeria acutifolia)
Painted leaf begonia (Begonia rex)
Painted tongue (Salpiglossis sinuata)
Pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)
Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) ...
lutea is the only suitable Pachystachys for indoor cultivation. There is another species, the P. coccinea, but it's a much larger plant that's really only suited for use as a medium shrub.
It is a pretty shrub of 6 feet, with oblong leaves, and narrow crowded spikes of bright pink flowers, 5 to 8 inches long, from July into September. S. pachystachys, ...
 See also: Stachys, Green, Evergreen, Fern, Prune
  
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