Dividing into more Plants Did you know that many tropical plants can be divided to give you more plants? Anthuriums and Thai Aglaonemas are good examples. Some Gingers, Alocasias, Caladiums, Bromeliads, some Ferns and many others can be divided as well. Some of us are a bit wary about dividing plants thinking that the plant […]
Part of 1 Focus on Tropical Plants Part 2 Here >>Link<< Tropical plants & sub tropical plants hold a lot of interest for plant lovers. That’s because of their amazing colour, shapes and textures. …not to mention their interesting life cycles. Tropical plants are high energy which you can utilise to energise yourself! What Tropical […]
There is a vast array of plants known as Gingers. They are famous not only for their attractive floral arrangements but also as a source of culinary pleasure ….. often having well known health benefits. They can be small or large structures with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes. The incredible Torch Gingers are just a […]
Amorphophallus titanum Also known as the Titan Arum & Corpse Flower Photo of the Titan Lily Flower with Bob & Shaf. Below is a short video we took as we found a Titan Lily in flower in Sumatra Indonesia. Bob is doing the commentary & Joni is our local contact & Shaf owns part of […]
Bamboos are some of the fastest growing plants in the world…one recorded at 3cm per hour!! They are of immense economic importancein Asia for centuries not only as an ornamental but as a source of food (Bamboo shoots) and as a construction material. Bamboos grow on rhizomes so if you cut it down it […]
Beehive Gingers have fascinated people through the ages with their unbelievably unusual and attractive long lasting colourful basal cones and luxuriant foliage. Named Beehive due to the similar shape to a Skep Beehive. The leaves are long and oblong with that lushe tropical look. Species They occur naturally in Eastern Asia and are in the […]
Maidenhair Ferns all belong to the Genus Adiantum…there are about 200 species and within the species an amazing array of different cultivars. The leaves/foliage can be layered, cut back, tasselled, variegated, lime green, dark green, light green, pink/red tipped,serrated, scalloped, large, tiny. They can be black stemmed, tall upright, tall weeping, compact weeping & compact […]
Calatheas produce some of the most striking foliage colours and patterns of all the ornamental plants. There are only a few dozen in the Calathea genus. This genus belongs to the Family Marantaceae…to which Maranta, Ctenanthe and Stromanthe are a few of 31 genus. They are related to gingers and heliconias. Calatheas are native to […]
Did you know all medicines come from plant extracts. The power of the plant is not improved by the various heat treatments and chemical processes they go through to become tablets …but they are greatly changed. Why did the pharmaceutical laboratory choose that plant…its because of its track record in Chinese & Indian communities over […]
Hoyas are climbing, upright and/or hanging plants native to the tropical and sub-tropical worlds of Australia and Southern Asia. The flowers have varied shapes often star shaped & are thick and waxy in mixed colours. The flowers always have a central corona and 5 petals. The leaves vary from miniature through to large and thick […]
