Houseplants Encyclopedia

Monstera deliciosa (Swiss Cheese Plant)

Monstera deliciosa (family Araceae) is native to tropical rainforests of southern Mexico and Central America, where it climbs forest trees using aerial roots. Its iconic fenestrated leaves — split and...

Monstera deliciosa (Swiss Cheese Plant)

Monstera deliciosa (family Araceae) is native to tropical rainforests of southern Mexico and Central America, where it climbs forest trees using aerial roots. Its iconic fenestrated leaves — split and...

Pandanus veitchii (Screw Pine)

Pandanus veitchii (Screw Pine, Veitch's Pandan, family Pandanaceae) is native to Polynesia. An architectural plant with a spiral leaf arrangement unlike any other houseplant — visually dramatic and uniquely textured....

Pandanus veitchii (Screw Pine)

Pandanus veitchii (Screw Pine, Veitch's Pandan, family Pandanaceae) is native to Polynesia. An architectural plant with a spiral leaf arrangement unlike any other houseplant — visually dramatic and uniquely textured....

Goeppertia lancifolia (Rattlesnake Plant)

Goeppertia lancifolia (Rattlesnake Plant, family Marantaceae) is native to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, recognized by its long, lance-shaped leaves with distinctive dark oval spots along the midrib against a...

Goeppertia lancifolia (Rattlesnake Plant)

Goeppertia lancifolia (Rattlesnake Plant, family Marantaceae) is native to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, recognized by its long, lance-shaped leaves with distinctive dark oval spots along the midrib against a...

Aspidistra elatior (Cast Iron Plant)

Aspidistra elatior (Cast Iron Plant, family Asparagaceae) is native to China, Japan. The most tolerant houseplant for challenging conditions — tolerates low light, drought, cold, and neglect that would kill...

Aspidistra elatior (Cast Iron Plant)

Aspidistra elatior (Cast Iron Plant, family Asparagaceae) is native to China, Japan. The most tolerant houseplant for challenging conditions — tolerates low light, drought, cold, and neglect that would kill...

Peperomia 'Quito' (Quito Peperomia)

Peperomia 'Quito' (Quito Peperomia, family Piperaceae) is native to Cultivar, producing small ovate, 4–7 cm, with quilted, corrugated texture in deep emerald green. A collector cultivar with a deeply corrugated...

Peperomia 'Quito' (Quito Peperomia)

Peperomia 'Quito' (Quito Peperomia, family Piperaceae) is native to Cultivar, producing small ovate, 4–7 cm, with quilted, corrugated texture in deep emerald green. A collector cultivar with a deeply corrugated...

Peperomia incana (Felted Peperomia)

Peperomia incana (Felted Pepperface, family Piperaceae) is native to Brazil, a semi-succulent epiphytic houseplant producing broadly ovate, 5–10 cm, covered in dense white felt (hairy texture), grey-green. A highly tactile...

Peperomia incana (Felted Peperomia)

Peperomia incana (Felted Pepperface, family Piperaceae) is native to Brazil, a semi-succulent epiphytic houseplant producing broadly ovate, 5–10 cm, covered in dense white felt (hairy texture), grey-green. A highly tactile...