Streptocarpus Polka-dot, Night Sky Petunia, Purple Bell Flowers Foxglove, Purple Speckled Vanda Kulwadee Orchid, and Phaphiopedilum Orchid are purple flowers with white spots, rare and gorgeous! Here you can identify them by their images and more.
The purple flowers are symbols of royalty, wealth, and admiration, and the white flowers symbolise purity, elegance, respect and innocence. A flower with a mixture of purple and white can bring all of the above characteristics to your home. Especially if this combination evokes the greatness and glory of a starry sky, bringing a luxury aesthetic visual to your living space.
If you spot one of them and are searching to find its name or want to make a list of plants in your garden, join us in this article to provide you with 5 Purple flowers with white spots with names and images.
If you are ready, let’s dive into it.
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In this part, you can see five common flowering plants whose purple blooms are scattered with white dots. They have the greatness of a night sky. You can find their images and names (including scientific and common names).
In addition, we provide you with more details about their anatomy (the shape of leaves and flowers, especially) that make their identification easier for you.
Streptocarpus Polka-dot: Purple Flowers with White Spots
Other common name: Cape Primrose
Family: Gesneriaceae
It is one of the purple flowers with white spots that you can spot as a compact, evergreen perennial house plant, although other members of the genus Streptocarpus can be annuals, perennials or subshrubs.
The leaves:
- Small
- linear, strappy, lance-shaped to rounded
- Hairy or velvety
- Wrinkled
- Mid-green
The flowers:
- Clusters of tubular or trumpet-shaped flowers
- 5 spreading purple lobes with white edging and speckling.
- Flowers are large and magnificent.
- Flowers can last for a long period (over several months)
Night Sky Petunia
Other common name: Petunia ‘Kleph15313’ syn. Petunia ‘Night Sky’, Petunia ‘Headliner Night Sky’
Family: Solanaceae (Tobacco Family)
Petunias are both annuals and perennial herbs, depending on the hardiness of winter in their growing zone. These purple flowers with white spots cannot tolerate colder climates. Night sky varieties usually grow as annual herbs that you can plant in indoor and outdoor environments, though they are more common in outdoor gardens.
The leaves:
- The Leaves are sessile (without a petiole, or leaf stem)
- They are oval-shaped
- They usually have smooth margins
- The leaves have fine, sticky hairs
- The leaves are dark grey-green
The flower:
- This variety has an unusual flower.
- These purple flowers with white spots are called the night sky because of their stunning purple or dark blue flowers that are speckled with white dots. (Are you interested in Dark Purple House Plants?)
- The flowers are velvety.
- They are funnel-shaped.
- The flowers consist of five fused or partially fused petals.
- They have five green sepals too.
- Blooming is in the summer.
Purple Bell Flowers Foxglove
Family: Plantaginaceae
You usually see these beautiful purple flowers with white spots on woodland edges, roadside verges, heathlands and even in your garden.
The leaves:
- oval-shaped
- hairy
- toothed margin
The flowers:
- The purple flowers with white spots are produced in medium to tall spikes.
- They are large (elongated) and bell-shaped.
- The flowers are purple with brown spotted throats.
- The Stems can grow up to 2m.
- They are thick and sturdy.
Purple Speckled Vanda Kulwadee Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae.
They are Orchid purple flowers with white spots that are non-toxic plants for cats.
The leaves:
You can see the three different shapes of leaves in various varieties of Vanda orchids:
- Strap-leaf: the leaves are broad
- Terete: the leaves are round and pencil-like
- Semi-terete: the leaves are a hybrid of strap-leaf & terete leaf.
The flowers:
- The flowers are purple with white dots.
- They have a symmetrical shape.
- Three equal purple sepals are often confused with petals.
- They have three purple sepals, two of which are equal, and one of them produces a lip that is usually larger and more colourful. It is for landing orchids’ pollinators.
Deep Purple with White Spots on the Petal of Phaphiopedilum Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae
It is one of the most popular evergreen perennial houseplants.
The leaves:
- They are often relatively short
- Their shape is ovate to obovate
- Sometimes the leaves are longer and closer to linear
- Their colour may be solid or mottled
The flowers:
- The purple flowers with white spots are fan-shaped
- Their dorsal segment is large
- The petals are horizontal
Conclusion
In this article, we try to help you identify purple flowers with white spots. We showed you the images of five flowers with their names and characteristics. Did you find your intended flower among them? What was his name? Can you add new flowers to the above list? Have you ever identified plants and flowers with Plant ID tools? Have you ever experienced them? Please share your experience with my readers below this page.
Elahe Rabiei
Hi, I’m Elaheh. My Academic major is plant protection, and houseplants are my expertise. As a houseplant lover, my house is full of indoor plants and it is my passion to take care of them. Hence, I’m here to share my knowledge and experience about growing healthy houseplants. I am also a plant protection advisor, so feel free to ask me any questions you may have.