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100 species 350 species aechmea Africa Araceae Araliaceae ASPIDISTRA elatior beautiful BEGONIA Begoniaceae bracts Brazil Bromeliaceae bromeliads bulb ceae climber colour cool cream cryptanthus dark green decoration direct sunlight DRACAENA draughts easy plant easy to grow Family Araceae Family Begoniaceae Family Liliaceae Family Polypodiaceae feed in summer fern FICUS Ficus elastica foliage freely in summer garden Gesneriaceae give given green leaves greenhouse grown heat HEDERA helpful house plants hybrids inches indoors keep leaf cuttings light feed Liliaceae Marantaceae moderately in winter moist moisture Moraceae NEOREGELIA carolinae never be allowed normally peat PHILODENDRON pink plant to grow plenty of light plenty of water Polypodiaceae popular name Propagate by cuttings purple quickly require RHOICISSUS saintpaulia Sedum sieboldii seed shoots soil spray with clean stem temperature tradescantia treatment Tropical America tubers usually variegata variegated varieties Vitaceae warm and humid warmth Water freely window