Exotic PlantsBrief text and color illustrations describe 400 tropical and subtropical plants of exceptional beauty. Includes a glossary, a list of botanical gardens and a list of plant families. |
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air-layers Australia Blooms Botanic Gardens bracts Brazil bushy California calyces Central America CHINESE HIBISCUS climbing shrub Colombia compound leaves deciduous drooping East Indies edible epiphytic erect shrub evergreen leaves fall FAMILY Fast-growing from seeds fleshy Florida flower clusters flowers open foliage fragrant flowers fruits genera grant flowers Grown from cuttings Grown from seeds Grows fast hairy handsome India leaflets leathery leaves leaves to 15 LILY lobed Madagascar Mexico moist soil native to tropical Needs full sun orange orchids ornamental partial shade perennial herb pink plant pods popular Propagated by seeds pseudobulbs purple rhizomes root scarlet seedpods seeds or cuttings semi-shade showy shrub shrub or small shrub or tree shrub to 15 slender small tree South Africa South Wales species spiny sprays stalk stems subshrubs subtropical suckers tall thick toxic tree to 40 tropical America twining vine underside variety velvety warm areas West Indies woody yellow