Plant
              
                - Tropical foliage houseplant 
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Stem
              
                - Rhizome (underground horizontal stem)
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Leaf
              
                - 6"-3' long 
 
                - Narrow, sword-shaped
 
                - Tapering to abrupt point
 
                - Green, contrasting stripes of dark and light green, or yellow or white stripes
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Flower
              
                - Tiny, yellow, not showy
 
                - Do not usually bloom as houseplants