Air Purifier: Pineapple Plant

Indoor Natural Air Purifiers:

Plants

Pineapple Plant/Janet Craig

(Dracena Family; named after a Nursery Owner’s daughter, Janet)

Removing Score= 1328 Micrograms of Formaldehyde removed per Hour

Tropic Perennial
(Origin Africa/Asia, although current Hawaiian species is preferred)

Stats:

• Lighting: Requires Filtered Sun – Low Light (light shade)
• Maintenance: Low
• Temp: Average/Warm
• Soil with pebbles
• Watering: Distilled or Filtered Water preferred; low-average watering
• Low Bug/Pest Infestation: watch for *Mealy bugs and *Thrips (which the later can bite Humans/Animals)
• Over Watering: Stem Rot
  
  
  

For more scientic information, please view Dr Wolverton's Site:www.wolvertonenvironmental.com/

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Bamboo Palm: Natural Air Purifier

Indoor Natural Air Purifiers:
Bamboo Palm
(Parlor Palm of The Chamaedorea Species)

Bamboo Palm’s
(Formaldehyde)
Removing Score=
Removes 1350 Micrograms per hour

Tropical Perennial Palm
(Rain Forests of Latin America to Southern California & Florida)

Stats:

• Available at most Nurseries
• Lighting: Indirect Sunlight
• Low Maintenance; Easy to Grow
• Soil: Moist (not consistently wet/saturated)
• Average Humidity to High Humidity
• Watering: Prefers Rainwater/Distilled Water
• Requires Fresh/Circulated Air
• Low Pest Infestation: Mealy Bug, Spider Mites
• ALERT: TOXIC if ingested- do not have in households with babies/toddlers or gnawing house pets/animals
  
  
  For more scientific information, please view Dr Wolverton's Site:
  http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com
  
  
  
  
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