Articles tagged with “Plants”
Tropical climbing vine from Central America with cascading lilac-purple flowers. The star-shaped calyx persists after petals fall, turning silvery-lavender.
Tropical shrub from India and Sri Lanka with dense clusters of tubular scarlet flowers. One of the most popular flowering hedge plants in Southeast Asia.
New Zealand flax cultivar with arching yellow-green striped leaves. Māori traditionally used its strong fibres for weaving and rope-making.
Banana — not a tree but a giant herb from Southeast Asia. The pseudostem is formed by tightly rolled leaf sheaths; each plant flowers once, then dies.
Tiger orchid, or "Queen of Orchids" — the largest orchid in the world. A single specimen can weigh hundreds of kilograms; flowers rarely but with large sprays of spotted blooms.
Succulent from Mexico and Central America — the "century plant": can grow for decades, then send up a single flower stalk up to 5–10 m and die after flowering. Provides sisal fiber and raw material for syrup and beverages.
Bird's nest fern — evergreen epiphyte from the tropics of Asia and Oceania. Does not flower, reproduces by spores; accumulates organic matter in the centre of the rosette and creates its own soil.
Desert Rose — a succulent shrub from eastern Africa and Arabia. Milky sap is toxic; the swollen caudex forms sculptural bonsai-like shapes with age.
