A good hanging plant with leathery, fleshy, pale green leaves up to 4 inches long. Bears very showy, yellow-orange flowers with green calyces, in clusters at the tips of the vines. Best in a humid hothouse, needs high temperatures to […]
Aeschynanthus parasiticus ( Basket Vine )
A good hanging plant with leathery, fleshy leaves. Bears red or orange flowers in clusters at the tips of the vines. Likes to be misted, but not while in flower. Good for humid area.
Aerangis ellisii ( Aerangis Orchid )
An evergreen, epiphytic orchid with oblong, leathery leaves, and fragrant, star-shaped white flowers that appear in winter. The pendant flowers are 2 inches across, with 7 to 11 inch long orange spurs. From Madagascar, this warm-growing orchid should be grown […]
Aeonium arboreum ( Stonecrop )
A succulent houseplant, reaching 6 feet tall with rosettes of dark green, fleshy leaves at the end of thick stems. Flowers are yellow and rarely seen on indoor plants. Cactus food every two weeks, and very minimal water during the […]
Aeonium arboreum ( Atropurpureum Stonecrop )
A succulent houseplant, reaching 3 feet tall with rosettes of purple, fleshy leaves at the end of thick stems. Flowers are yellow-green to red, rarely seen on indoor plants. Cactus food every two weeks, and very minimal water during the […]
Aegopodium podograria ( Bishop’s Weed )
Perennial groundcover with silver-margined, light green leaves. Adds color under shade trees or in shady gardens. Can be used as erosion control. Proper care involves mowing 2 or 3 times a year to keep plants low and even. Best growth […]
Aechmea involucrata ( Circle Bromeliad )
A 1-foot long cylindrical spike rises from the green foliage, bearing circular bracts of lilac-rose flowers. This plant can adapt and grow on a variety of surfaces such as the forest floor between rocks at the rivers edge. Native to […]
Aechmea germinyana ( Count Germiny Bromeliad )
This open rosette habit has leaves that reach up to 2 1/2 feet. Twenty to thirty vivid green leaves with red tinting at the base. The stalk rises above the foliage, bearing green bracts ending in a thick vivid red […]
Aechmea fosteriana ( Fosters Bromeliad )
This plant can adapt and grow on a variety of surfaces such as epiphytically on trees in the coastal forest and terrestrially on the sands of the seashore. It is 2 feet tall, tubular, with textured, erect, purple-brown dotted and […]
Aechmea fendleri ( Fendler Bromeliad )
Beautiful foliage, long lasting color and vivid berry-like fruit. Native to the area near Tovar, Venezula. This is an epiphytic plant whose natural environment is in the cloud forests at elevations of 900 to 4,500 feet. ‘Fendleri’ is a 3-foot, […]