Add a touch of the tropics to your home with these blooming plants.
Plants from tropical regions often grow well in our warm homes.
Here are the best tropical flower plants to grow andtips for keeping them healthy.
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Petals of this tropical flowering houseplant are ruffled, rounded, or fringed.
Avoid getting water droplets on the leaves, which will damage them.
These plants adapt to low light conditions and erratic humidity and can bloom almost constantly.
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This plant doesn’t like consistently moist soil.
Many begonias produce foliage that’s just as attractive as the clusters of small, colorful blooms.
Size:6-18 inches tall, 6-12 inches wide
Watering:Water when the soil feels dry to the touch.
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Avoid getting water droplets on the leaves, which will damage them.
These plants bloom only once, then slowly form offshoots before the main plant dies.
The offshoots can berepotted as their own plants.
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Empty the water weekly and refill to prevent it from becoming stagnant.
Calla
The elegant flower of thecalla lily(Zantedeschia)isn’t a flower at all.
Clivia
The flowers ofcliviaare similar to amaryllis but smaller and numerous.
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Large clusters of trumpet-shapedorange bloomstop leathery, dark green leaves on this tropical flower plant.
The flowers fade in late spring and are followed by pretty red ornamental berries.
After repotting a clivia,it may take years to bloom again.
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Watering:Water deeply to keep the soil a little moist between waterings.
Let your plant dry slightly before watering it again.
This plant grows long trailing stems, so it’s agood choice for a hanging basket.
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It also needs high humidity and lots of sunlight, so it works best in a cool greenhouse.
Watering:Water when the soil is dry to the touch.
This tropical vine plant may only bloom occasionally when grown as a tropical houseplant.
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Size:3 inches tall, 1-3 feet wide
Light:Medium filtered light
Watering:Keep the soil evenly moist.
It’s one of theeasier orchids to grow indoorsand comes in many flower colors.
It blooms once or twice a year, usually in the cooler winter months.
Lipstick plant.Credit: Dean Schoeppner
It’s a favorite indoor tropical plant for itsattractive deep green foliageand long-lasting blooms.
Size:1-3 feet tall and wide
Watering:Water enough to keep the soil consistently moist.
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