With colored spots contrasting with the background color, may also vary in color. One can also say that the term designates a leaf stripped or spotted with another color. Plants with variegate leaves generally need good lighting to preserve their bicoloration. Cuttings of certain such plants produce plants with completely green leaves.
Vase
Recipient for plants; the most common type of vase is long and relatively narrow.
Vein
Secondary vein of a plant
Venation
Bundles of veins that irrigate leaves, with a filamentous and branching aspect.
Spathe: Modified leaf that encloses the spadix (which holds the true flowers). Most often, the spathe presents a fleshy structure and, in some cases, exotic colors and shapes, a strategy used by nature to attract pollinators (insects and birds), since the tree flowers are insignificant, grouped in the spadix.
