Houseplants Encyclopedia
Alocasia amazonica (African Mask Plant)
Alocasia amazonica (family Araceae) is a hybrid of uncertain parentage — likely Alocasia longiloba × Alocasia sanderiana — created in the 1950s by nursery owner Salvadore Mauro in Miami, Florida,...
Alocasia amazonica (African Mask Plant)
Alocasia amazonica (family Araceae) is a hybrid of uncertain parentage — likely Alocasia longiloba × Alocasia sanderiana — created in the 1950s by nursery owner Salvadore Mauro in Miami, Florida,...
Hoya heuschkeliana (Hoya Heuschkeliana)
Hoya heuschkeliana (Heuschkeliana Hoya, family Apocynaceae) is native to Philippines, a wax plant producing small ovate, 2–4 cm, medium green, slightly succulent and pendulous clusters of tiny balloon-shaped (urceolate) yellow...
Hoya heuschkeliana (Hoya Heuschkeliana)
Hoya heuschkeliana (Heuschkeliana Hoya, family Apocynaceae) is native to Philippines, a wax plant producing small ovate, 2–4 cm, medium green, slightly succulent and pendulous clusters of tiny balloon-shaped (urceolate) yellow...
Dracaena marginata (Dragon Tree)
Dracaena marginata (Madagascar Dragon Tree, family Asparagaceae) is native to Madagascar, producing very narrow, linear, 30–50 cm, deep green with red-to-purple margins, on spidery branching canes. The narrow, red-margined leaves...
Dracaena marginata (Dragon Tree)
Dracaena marginata (Madagascar Dragon Tree, family Asparagaceae) is native to Madagascar, producing very narrow, linear, 30–50 cm, deep green with red-to-purple margins, on spidery branching canes. The narrow, red-margined leaves...
Neoregelia carolinae (Blushing Bromeliad)
Neoregelia carolinae (Blushing Bromeliad, family Bromeliaceae) is native to Brazil. The central cup (tank) stores water and nutrients — fill this rather than the soil for optimal bromeliad care. Read...
Neoregelia carolinae (Blushing Bromeliad)
Neoregelia carolinae (Blushing Bromeliad, family Bromeliaceae) is native to Brazil. The central cup (tank) stores water and nutrients — fill this rather than the soil for optimal bromeliad care. Read...
Marcgravia sintenisii (Marcgravia)
Marcgravia sintenisii (Marcgravia, family Marcgraviaceae) is native to Caribbean. A bizarre shingling plant that grows leaves pressed flat against surfaces — fascinating botanical curiosity. Read More →
Marcgravia sintenisii (Marcgravia)
Marcgravia sintenisii (Marcgravia, family Marcgraviaceae) is native to Caribbean. A bizarre shingling plant that grows leaves pressed flat against surfaces — fascinating botanical curiosity. Read More →
Aglaonema commutatum (Chinese Evergreen)
Aglaonema commutatum (family Araceae) is native to the Philippines and northeastern Celebes, where it grows as a shade-tolerant understory herb in humid tropical forests. It is one of the most...
Aglaonema commutatum (Chinese Evergreen)
Aglaonema commutatum (family Araceae) is native to the Philippines and northeastern Celebes, where it grows as a shade-tolerant understory herb in humid tropical forests. It is one of the most...