Family: Acanthaceae
Scientific Name: Justica brandwgeeana Yellow Queen
Common Name: Yellow Queen Shrimp Plant
| Description | This version of the Shrimp plant has yellow bracts. |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Flowering Plants |
| Sunlight | bright, indirect |
| Moisture | average, likes higher humidity levels |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | a spike of over lapping yellow bracts, actual flowers are small, white and push through the bracts |
| Leaves | wiry stems |
| Stems | wirey |
| Maintenance | pinch to maintain shape, has a tendency to get leggy, has a problem with spider mites in low humidity conditions |
| Propagation | stem cuttings in the spring |
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