The RHS Encyclopedia of House Plants: Including Greenhouse PlantsMainly composed of an A-Z section of over 4,000 plants, each entry includes information on the appearance of the plant, its origin, flowering season and needs. The 1,000 full-color illustrations plus the helpful glossary make plant identification simple. |
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annuals arching areoles Australia autumn beneath bipinnate bloom bracts branched Brazil broadly ovate climbers clump-forming clusters colour conservatory cultivars cuttings in summer cylindrical cymes dark green deep green dense derives elliptic epiphytic evergreen evergreen shrubs fern fleshy Flowering stems Flowers white foliage fragrant fronds fruits genus glaucous glossy green Greek grey-green grown hairy hanging basket height hybrid labellum lanceolate late summer leaf axils leaflets leathery length linear lobes margins Mexico narrowly oblong obovate opposite pairs orange orchids Origin ovoid pale panicles pendent petals pink pinnate pot plants Propagate by cuttings Propagate by division Propagate by seed Pseudobulbs purple racemes Radial spines reddish rhizomatous rhizomes rosettes rounded seed in spring sepals shrub Shrubby slender solitary sometimes South Africa Species cultivated species described species of evergreen spikes stalks stamens strap-shaped sub-shrubs succulent tall temperate tepals terminal tips toothed tree tubercles tubular tufted umbels usually veins wide wild winter yellow