Houseplants Encyclopedia

Aeschynanthus radicans (Lipstick Plant)

Aeschynanthus radicans (Lipstick Plant, family Gesneriaceae) is native to Southeast Asia, grown for bright red tubular flowers emerging from dark maroon calyces like lipstick from a tube; produced in clusters...

Aeschynanthus radicans (Lipstick Plant)

Aeschynanthus radicans (Lipstick Plant, family Gesneriaceae) is native to Southeast Asia, grown for bright red tubular flowers emerging from dark maroon calyces like lipstick from a tube; produced in clusters...

Rhaphidophora tetrasperma (Mini Monstera)

Rhaphidophora tetrasperma (Mini Monstera, Piccolo Monstera, family Araceae) is native to Thailand, Malaysia. Produces Monstera-like fenestrated leaves at a much faster rate and on a more manageable scale — the...

Rhaphidophora tetrasperma (Mini Monstera)

Rhaphidophora tetrasperma (Mini Monstera, Piccolo Monstera, family Araceae) is native to Thailand, Malaysia. Produces Monstera-like fenestrated leaves at a much faster rate and on a more manageable scale — the...

Lachenalia aloides (Cape Cowslip)

Lachenalia aloides (Cape Cowslip, family Asparagaceae) is native to South Africa, grown for pendant tubular flowers in yellow, orange, and green in winter — a beautiful combination of colors. A...

Lachenalia aloides (Cape Cowslip)

Lachenalia aloides (Cape Cowslip, family Asparagaceae) is native to South Africa, grown for pendant tubular flowers in yellow, orange, and green in winter — a beautiful combination of colors. A...

Peperomia columella (Column Peperomia)

Peperomia columella (Column Peperomia, family Piperaceae) is native to Peru, producing small, thick, almost semicircular, stacked on upright stems — succulent-like and highly geometric. One of the most architecturally unusual...

Peperomia columella (Column Peperomia)

Peperomia columella (Column Peperomia, family Piperaceae) is native to Peru, producing small, thick, almost semicircular, stacked on upright stems — succulent-like and highly geometric. One of the most architecturally unusual...

Saxifraga stolonifera (Strawberry Begonia)

Saxifraga stolonifera (Strawberry Begonia, Mother of Thousands, family Saxifragaceae) is native to East Asia, a trailing or vining plant producing broadly orbicular, 5–10 cm, deep olive-green with silver veining above...

Saxifraga stolonifera (Strawberry Begonia)

Saxifraga stolonifera (Strawberry Begonia, Mother of Thousands, family Saxifragaceae) is native to East Asia, a trailing or vining plant producing broadly orbicular, 5–10 cm, deep olive-green with silver veining above...

Peperomia prostrata (String of Turtles)

Peperomia prostrata (String of Turtles, family Piperaceae) is native to Brazil, a semi-succulent epiphytic houseplant producing small orbicular, 0.5–1 cm, with a turtle-shell pattern of dark green lines on a...

Peperomia prostrata (String of Turtles)

Peperomia prostrata (String of Turtles, family Piperaceae) is native to Brazil, a semi-succulent epiphytic houseplant producing small orbicular, 0.5–1 cm, with a turtle-shell pattern of dark green lines on a...