Houseplants Encyclopedia
Alocasia 'Polly' (Polly Alocasia)
Alocasia 'Polly' is a compact hybrid Alocasia (family Araceae), closely related to and often confused with A. amazonica, characterized by its smaller stature, deep green arrow-shaped leaves with bright white...
Alocasia 'Polly' (Polly Alocasia)
Alocasia 'Polly' is a compact hybrid Alocasia (family Araceae), closely related to and often confused with A. amazonica, characterized by its smaller stature, deep green arrow-shaped leaves with bright white...
Hoya serpens (Serpent Hoya)
Hoya serpens (Serpens Hoya, family Apocynaceae) is native to India (Himalayas), Sikkim, a wax plant producing tiny round, 1–2 cm, bright emerald green with silver spots on long trailing stems...
Hoya serpens (Serpent Hoya)
Hoya serpens (Serpens Hoya, family Apocynaceae) is native to India (Himalayas), Sikkim, a wax plant producing tiny round, 1–2 cm, bright emerald green with silver spots on long trailing stems...
Tacca chantrieri (Black Bat Flower)
Tacca chantrieri (Black Bat Flower, family Dioscoreaceae) is native to Southeast Asia. Produces the most dramatically unusual flowers of any houseplant — near-black bat-shaped bracts with 60 cm whisker-like extensions....
Tacca chantrieri (Black Bat Flower)
Tacca chantrieri (Black Bat Flower, family Dioscoreaceae) is native to Southeast Asia. Produces the most dramatically unusual flowers of any houseplant — near-black bat-shaped bracts with 60 cm whisker-like extensions....
Goeppertia bella (Goeppertia Bella)
Goeppertia bella (Bella Calathea, family Marantaceae) is native to Brazil, a prayer plant producing oval, 15–25 cm, pale silver-green with delicate dark green herringbone feathering along the lateral veins. Like...
Goeppertia bella (Goeppertia Bella)
Goeppertia bella (Bella Calathea, family Marantaceae) is native to Brazil, a prayer plant producing oval, 15–25 cm, pale silver-green with delicate dark green herringbone feathering along the lateral veins. Like...
Saintpaulia ionantha (African Violet)
Saintpaulia ionantha (African Violet, family Gesneriaceae) is native to Tanzania, Kenya, grown for tiny 5-petalled flowers in purple, pink, white, or bicolor clusters above the foliage; blooms nearly year-round. The...
Saintpaulia ionantha (African Violet)
Saintpaulia ionantha (African Violet, family Gesneriaceae) is native to Tanzania, Kenya, grown for tiny 5-petalled flowers in purple, pink, white, or bicolor clusters above the foliage; blooms nearly year-round. The...
Caladium bicolor (Angel Wings)
Caladium bicolor (Angel Wings, family Araceae) is a tuberous tropical plant native to South America, grown primarily for its spectacular, translucent, paper-thin leaves in combinations of white, red, pink, and...
Caladium bicolor (Angel Wings)
Caladium bicolor (Angel Wings, family Araceae) is a tuberous tropical plant native to South America, grown primarily for its spectacular, translucent, paper-thin leaves in combinations of white, red, pink, and...