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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