This plant is a vigorously branching creeper with succulent stems and leaves, rooting freely at the nodes. Its leaves are ovate, short acuminate. The upper surface is dark green or purple, with broad silver band at the side; lower surface is purple. Its flowers are small and purple. It is native to Mexico, and grown as ground cover or as a hanging plant.
Zephyrantes rosea
A plant of small bulb approximately 1 inch in diameter, globose, perennial bud, with a small stem on the base where the leaves and the flower arise, leaves; long, slender, shiny, overlapping, flowers; in various colors from red to pink to white, radiating 6 petals, veiny, oblong lanceolate. Native to South America, cultivated as an ornament. Distributed in some gardens in the Philippines. Synonymous to the Zephyr varieties.
Zingiber spp.
Nearly upright succulent stem overlapping 0.5 to 2 meters high, terminating with a leaf, large radiating leaves; alternately opposing, longer than wide (12 inches broad), lanceolate to elliptic, peduncles with green bracts, many, orbicular, use to hold water but turns to red as it aged where small white flowers are enclosed, some rhizomes are edible. Common representative; Z. zerumbet and Z. officinale. In thickets; commonly cultivated for ornamental purposes. Widely distributed throughout the Philippines probably introduced to the tropics.
Zinnia elegans
The Zinnia is a low, erect annual herb, to 30 cm or taller. Its leaves are opposite, ovate or linearly elliptic, with base clasping the stem. The flower head is terminal, the flowering stalk 2-5 cm long. Its ray flowers are reflexed, of various colors except blue and green, with disk flowers that are usually yellow or orange. It is native to Mexico, and widely cultivated in the Philippines; propagated by seeds.