exotic houseplants can become an unusual decoration of your home. Consider the most popular plants.

This is a close relative of the well-known money tree, but of an amazing geometrically correct shape. It forms an upright square column with fleshy, pressed together, raised leaves. Several of these columns in one pot, planted close to each other, look very nice. Calmly grow vertically upwards, then they can collapse from their own gravity.

The main thing in caring for this crassula is to quickly transplant it from transport peat into light earth mixed with sand 1 to 1, put it in a well-lit place and do not flood it - it is very drought-resistant. In general, this plant is very hardy, although it grows slowly.

It blooms with a "cap" of small white or pinkish flowers at the top, and the buds are usually red.

Can give "children" from the base or branch.

A small pot is needed, and if a rather large container is used for decorative purposes, most of it is filled with stones.

This crassula is propagated by cuttings (for example, side shoots) or leaves.

The stalk, completely covered with leaves, is placed vertically on barely damp sand, and if there is a bare section of the stem, it is dried (again vertically) for up to 2 weeks and then planted in the same way, deepening to the first leaves.

The leaves are dried for 1 - 2 days and rooted in a mixture of earth and sand in equal proportions.



Dionea (Venus flytrap, Dione's mousetrap)

This (up to 25 cm tall) plant from North America belongs to the sundew family. In nature, it grows in sphagnum bogs, where there is a minimum of nutrients in the soil, so it had to adapt to get nutrients from insects.

At the end of each leaf there is a bivalve trap up to 15 cm in diameter with rather long teeth. The upper side of the opened trap is red and exudes a pleasant sweet aroma. It is equipped with six receptor hairs that "close" when touched again, and the trap slams shut. The victim is digested for 7 - 12 days, but if there was a "false alarm", the trap will open in a day.

The triggering of the trap each time requires a lot of energy, so do not abuse such "pampering". After several cycles of digestion, the trap dies off and is replaced by a young one.

Lighting should be bright, but diffused. Suitable western and eastern window sills, which receive direct sunlight for at least 4 hours a day, in the morning or evening. From a lack of lighting, the leaves thin and stretch, the traps lose their red color.

Humidity should be at least 40%, and better - 70 - 90%. To do this, use a tray with expanded clay and water and a layer of moss on the surface of the pot. Dionea feels best in a glass bowl - a greenhouse, terrarium or the like.

The temperature is optimal +13 - +20 0 C, but +4 - +27 0 C is allowed. Moreover, for the winter you can put the plant in a dark, cool room, but you can also leave it in the living room with additional illumination with fluorescent lamps.

The abundance of watering corresponds to the temperature and phase of plant development: in summer, the pot is immersed in warm water every 3 days, and during cold dark wintering, watering is carried out only in the pan, and very rarely - about 1 time in 4 - 6 weeks.

If the flies do not fall into the traps themselves, once every 2 weeks they can be “thrown” - but only alive, so that they move. This completely replaces traditional Dionea top dressing, but even without such food, the plant can survive up to 2 - 3 months. A sick, damaged, newly transplanted or other plant after stress cannot be fed.

Conventional mineral and organic fertilizers are prohibited - they will burn the tender roots.

A transplant is needed every 2 to 3 years, in March, in a deep pot.

The soil is poor, acidic, light; from peat, sand, it is possible with the addition of sand and moss. Adding ordinary soil is not recommended.

In winter, the aerial part of the plant can die off - this is normal, in the spring it will be reborn, because enough nutrients are stored in the bulbs on the roots.

The Venus flytrap propagates by dividing the rhizome (in July, at least one bulb cut at an angle), leaf cuttings (torn out with a piece of rhizome during transplantation) or seeds.

Root divisions and cuttings are planted in a mixture of peat and perlite under a glass cap.

Seeds can be germinated simply on a flat surface under a film in good light for 15 to 17 hours a day - in about 3 weeks. You can sow them in peat in the fall and also cover with film or glass, but then they will germinate only by February.

Diseases and pests rarely affect this plant, but with stagnant moisture and low temperatures, gray rot or soot fungus can start - then spray with fungicides. Of the pests, aphids, spider mites, mealybugs or mushroom mosquitoes can be seen.



Albuka Spiralina is a very original plant that even a novice grower can handle, but so far very rare. This is a succulent from the asparagus family, native to the deserts of southern Africa.

It is original with its leaves - first 25 - 28 dense, fleshy flattened "arrows" appear, and then they begin to curl strongly in spirals, like curls after curlers. At the same time, they rise no higher than 16 cm above ground level, and in length, if you try to deploy them, they can reach 34 cm.

The flowering of this plant is also interesting: 10-20 flowers appear on a peduncle up to 60 cm, arranged like a lily of the valley. The flowers themselves are fragrant greenish or yellow, with a green perianth of 6 leaves, 3 of which “hug” the flower, and 3 more are bent to the sides.

There is a variety with a small dense bright yellow fluffy inflorescence surrounded by a wide wreath of white flat elongated bracts arranged in one row.

The plant is bulbous, "wakes up" in the fall, leaves grow all winter, and flowering begins in April. In summer, the aerial part dies off, and in the fall, before new periods of growth, the bulb is transplanted into fresh soil.

The substrate is bought for succulents or prepared independently, adding more coarse-grained quartz sand.

Curling leaves are the result of hot dry weather with very bright light, try to create such conditions on your windowsill and this plant will thank you with original beauty.

Albuka is rarely watered, only so that the soil does not dry out completely. During the dormant period, the bulb is not moistened at all.

This flower prefers a cool temperature, +7 - +18 0 C, especially during the periods of the beginning of growth and the laying of buds.

Lighting the entire period of active growth should be maximum.

Albuka propagates by seeds or children from the bulb, but the seedlings will bloom in the 3rd year, and the children - already in the 1st year.



It is interesting for its flowers, which bloom in spring and last up to 1.5 months, and in open field from June until the first frost. The flower is velvety, consists of two "bubbles" - lips, and the lower one is usually much larger than the upper one, it can reach 6 - 10 cm, and up to 55 flowers can bloom on one plant. The coloration is varied: white, bright yellow, orange, red, burgundy or purple background, often with red, burgundy or pink dots or strokes.

The plant is perennial in nature, but in culture it is usually grown as an annual, in a cool room or in open ground.

Varieties of hybrid calceolaria are usually grown in the room - different in color, but with the same flower shape, resembling a pot-bellied purse, with a large oval horizontal lower lip, up to 6 cm.

In the open field, Calceolaria Fotherchilla (Uniflora) is very popular with very original colors: the lower lip is long, up to 10 cm, trapezoidal or almost square, about half closed, reminiscent of a drooping jaw. The color is orange, with a burgundy "chin" and a white wide horizontal stripe along the outer edge of the lip. The upper lip is about 5 times smaller, hangs like a visor over the goiter, has a blurred red spot on the outside.

Also in the flower beds you can find Tripartite, Two-flowered and Wrinkled Calcelaria with smaller solid yellow flowers. The latter blooms the longest.

The main condition for a long and successful flowering of calceolaria is a temperature of +12 - +16 0 С, because at +20 0 С buds and flowers can already fall off.

Watering is needed very plentiful, on average 2 times a week.

Humidity should be high, but calceolaria does not like spraying.

Lighting is bright but diffused. East and West windows.

Top dressing - complex universal mineral fertilizer, every 1 - 2 weeks.

You can try to grow indoor calceolaria in a perennial culture, for this, after flowering, they are cut off and removed for 1.5 - 2 months in a cool (+8 - +12 0 C) bright place until new shoots begin to grow. In winter, it is advisable to illuminate these plants so that they do not stretch

But it is better to buy or sow a new plant every year. The seeds are very small, they are scattered on the surface of peat in June or March (for autumn flowering) and covered with glass. After about 2 weeks, at a temperature of about +18 0, shoots appear and the temperature is reduced by 3 - 4 degrees; when there are 2 true leaves, the seedlings dive, and when a rosette of leaves forms, pinch the top and transplant the flower to a permanent place. Crops and tender shoots are moistened only by spraying from a very fine spray bottle.

Calceolaria is often attacked by aphids and whiteflies, so spray it regularly with insecticides, but no more than once every 2 weeks.



These are quite famous exotic flowers that evoke an association with the Caribbean islands and exotic. Often they are called Frangipani - after the name of the perfumer who actively used their spicy citrus-jasmine aroma.

In fact, this is a tree or bush, which in nature reaches 5m, and in a room - up to 2m. It comes from Central and South America, blooms all summer, filling the room with a wonderful aroma in the morning.

The “classic” plumeria flower is white-yellow: on each petal, snow-white at the end, gradually becomes bright yellow towards the middle. The petals are oval, slightly pointed, collected in corollas of 5 pieces. Inflorescence-shield combines 15 - 20 flowers about 5 cm, less often - up to 10 cm in diameter.

The flowers also look original because the pistil and stamens are not visible - they are short, about 1 mm, hidden in a recess in the center of the flower.

In general, there may be more or less yellow color, and pink tones can also be added (Plumeria tricolor is very effective) or the main tone may not be white, but from soft pink to fuchsia. Often, the petals are slightly curled around the edges, or the whole flower is "twisted", like a eustoma (buds) or like a propeller (open flowers).

The leaves are oblong, rather large (up to 10x40 cm), green, similar to the leaves of white-veined milkweed.

The lighting should be bright enough, at least 6 hours a day, direct sunlight should fall on the plumeria. However, on a hot summer afternoon, it is better to slightly shade it. With a lack of light will not bloom.

The temperature in summer is desirable around +25 0 С, +20 - +30 0 С is acceptable. In winter, the temperature is reduced to +14 - +17 0 С.



Watering directly depends on the temperature and stage of development of the plant: in summer, during the flowering period, it is very plentiful.

Humidity should be high, but when spraying it is undesirable to get water on the inflorescences.

Young plumeria are transplanted annually, in March, the soil is chosen nutritious.

In winter, the frangipani has a dormant period of 3 to 6 weeks, during which old leaves usually fall off.

Plumeria milk juice is poisonous - avoid contact with skin and mucous membranes, and also take care of the inaccessibility of this plant for pets. But due to the toxicity of plumeria, pests do not eat - only occasionally a spider mite can be seen.

This plant is propagated by cuttings - at least 20 cm long and 2 - 5 cm in diameter, which are cut at an angle, washed from juice and rooted in a warm greenhouse with light soil.

Seed propagation is also possible, but it does not guarantee the preservation of all varietal characteristics of the parent plant, and seedlings will bloom only for 2-3 years.

Today, the choice of plants in any flower shop conquers with variety, which is why violet, orchid or money tree no one is surprised today. At home, exotic plants such as pomegranate, lemon or banana trees are increasingly common.
Consider the most popular such plants and find out what kind of care they need for active growth and fruiting.

Lemon Tree

The lemon tree can be safely called the most popular exotic indoor plant, many flower growers have been able to harvest at least one crop of lemons. On average, at proper care behind this plant you can get a crop of 10-60 pieces, it all depends on the variety of homemade lemon and the age of the plant.

Most species begin to bear fruit in 2-3 years, the main feature of this plant is that it can form a bud, bloom, bear fruit and ripen all year round, while some fruits still hang on the tree and ripen, many buds are just beginning to open.

The lemon tree prefers a large amount of diffused light, temperatures within +18-+23 degrees, in winter it is desirable to find a cooler room for this plant, where the temperature will be + 10- + 13 degrees. You need to water the plant often, but moderately, it is advisable not to overdry the earthen ball, but not to flood it.

Be sure to use settled water for irrigation, at room temperature, once every two days the flowerpot must be sprayed from a spray bottle and wipe the leaves with a damp cloth. It is desirable to maintain a high level of humidity in the room where this tree grows.

In summer, it is best to take the plant to balconies and terraces; this tree needs fresh air.

banana tree

For connoisseurs of exotic indoor plants, breeders have bred several varieties of a banana tree, which is fully adapted for growth and fruiting in city apartments. Let's start with the fact that almost all types of indoor bananas are cold-resistant, they develop equally quickly at a temperature of +15 and at +32 degrees. Also, this plant is able to absorb moisture from environment Therefore, it is desirable to maintain a high level of humidity in the room where the banana grows.

In low humidity and high temperatures, the banana tree should be sprayed daily with a spray bottle and watered abundantly. As soon as the earth ball has dried up, the container with the banana tree is placed in a pan with water for 15-20 minutes, as a rule, during this time the plant manages to “get drunk” with the necessary amount of water and wait for the next watering. In the summer, it is desirable to help the plant with top dressings and fertilizers, which are applied every 3-4 weeks.



Date palm

This plant, even at home, can grow up to 1.5-2 meters in height, thanks to this size, the date palm is used for zoning large rooms. Those who wish to grow a date palm at home need to provide it with suitable care, first of all, you should find a suitable place, partial shade is ideal, but direct sunlight is contraindicated for this plant.

The decorative properties of this plant appear at the age of 5-6, at the very beginning the palm tree looks rather unsightly. Date palm should be watered abundantly, especially in spring and summer, and watering can be reduced in winter.

The optimal temperature for this exotic plant +15-+20 degrees, it is especially difficult to maintain such a temperature regime in the summer, because if your apartment does not have an air conditioner, then this plant will have a hard time.



indoor feijoa

To date, the cultivation of indoor feijoa has become possible only thanks to self-pollinating species that breeders have recently bred. The temperature regime in summer should be within +19-+22 degrees, and in winter the temperature can even drop to +12, but feijoa does not tolerate excessive heat well.

A necessary attribute for active growth and fruiting is high humidity in the room where the plant is located. It is necessary to water the indoor feijoa very plentifully, as soon as the earthen lump dries up and the plant feels a lack of moisture, it will immediately throw off the leaves and stop development. A place for planting should be chosen with the expectation that this plant is photophilous in autumn and needs a lot of diffused light.

Eucalyptus

Among many other exotic houseplants, home eucalyptus can be called an easy plant to grow, to begin with, it easily adapts to indoor temperature. It is desirable that it be above +10 degrees. Also, this plant is not picky about indoor air humidity, the only thing that is vital for home eucalyptus is an abundance of light, you can even direct sunlight and moderate watering, which is done as the soil dries up.

Due to its medicinal properties, the eucalyptus plant enjoys unprecedented popularity among flower growers and, with proper care, not only pleases with green fragrant leaves, but also with flowers that appear in early spring.



Tea tree

It would be superfluous to describe all the healing properties that the leaves of the tea bush have, but imagine that this exotic plant can be grown at home without much hassle and, if desired, throw a couple of fresh petals into your tea. To grow a tea tree bush at home, it will be enough to regularly water the plant abundantly with settled warm water, spray tea tree leaves at least twice a week, and also ensure high humidity in the room where this flowerpot lives.

The optimum temperature in the apartment should be within +12-+20 if the thermometer mark rises higher, then you should increase the amount of water for irrigation and constantly spray the flower from the spray bottle.

Olive Tree

For many, this may come as a surprise, but at home, with proper care, you can get a crop of 2 kg of olives. Growing an olive tree in an apartment, you need to provide this plant with a sufficient amount of sunlight, preferably scattered, non-acidic soil, a good drainage layer that will help avoid water stagnation and regular abundant watering. The permissible room temperature can range from +15 to +30 degrees.



Gardenia is an evergreen shrub with a leathery, dark green leaf and a large, white, very fragrant, solitary or double flower. The flowering period lasts throughout the summer and autumn, and the fruits are berries. Most often, gardenias grow in the form of small bushes, however, it can also be a standard form. It is excellent for growing indoors. Gardenia should be placed on windows that face south or southwest. In summer, the plant should be outdoors, and in winter it is better to put it in rooms whose temperature is 18-20 degrees. A particularly magnificent view of the gardenia is provided when it is located in the winter garden.

In summer, the plant should be watered in abundance, in winter watering should be moderate with soft water. Two to three times a month, the plant is fed with fertilizers that do not contain lime. Gardenia needs moist air, so the plant should stand on a water-filled tray with gravel. Also, it needs systematic spraying. Closer to the end of the winter period, the gardenia should be transplanted.


Heliotrope is a perennial ornamental houseplant with large leaves and small bluish-lilac fragrant flowers. With good heliotrope care, excellent growth is ensured, perhaps even flowering in apartment conditions. The plant blooms between mid-July and late autumn.

Heliotrope needs a bright, sunny place. In a plant that is grown in the shade, you can see many weak thin shoots with small pale flowers. For the summer period, the heliotrope should be installed outdoors, while during the winter it needs a bright room, the temperature in which will not exceed 5-6 degrees.

In the summer, it needs regular abundant watering, as the soil must always be moist. During the winter, watering is not too often, however, it is worth making sure that the soil does not dry out. Top dressing is carried out between March and October about once every two weeks. Every year, closer to spring, a transplant is required to the substrate, which includes leaf, sod, clay soil and sand. Before planting, the plant should be cut.


Gerbera is a perennial flowering herbaceous plant that has a small rhizome with deeply penetrating roots, basal leathery leaves and straight bare peduncles with flowers. Gerbera has an inflorescence - a basket, and the flowers have a bright color - white, yellow, pink, red and purple. With proper care, the flowering period of gerbera can last for all year round. Gerberas need light, sunny, warm and well-ventilated areas. In winter, the temperature of the soil should be the same as the temperature in the room and be at the level of 20-24 degrees. If the temperature is lowered to 10-12 degrees, then the gerbera will be in a calm state and flowering will end.

Gerbera watering occurs regularly, however, not too much, and the core is not moistened so that fungal diseases do not begin to develop. Every week it should be fed with flower fertilizers. Every year the plant needs to be transplanted to the substrate, which includes high-moor peat and perlite. Also, gerbera can be grown on acidic azalea soil.

There are approximately 250 species, and in Russia it is used as indoor crops. The plant has dark green serrated leaves, however, you can often find a variegated form. The flowers are large, single, double, red, orange, pink, purple, lilac, yellow or white. The period of life most often lasts no more than one day, however, due to the abundance of buds, it constantly blooms. Most often, the color of hibiscus can be seen in the summer, but with good care, it blooms in the winter.

Hibiscus needs a bright, sunny place, but that the plant is not exposed to direct sunlight. In summer, it is desirable that the plant be taken out to fresh air, while in winter it needs a bright room, the temperature in which will be 14-16 degrees. In the spring-autumn period, it should be watered abundantly, while in winter - moderately. During the summer, it is required that it be sprayed with water twice a day, thanks to which the hibiscus is able to keep its leaves green and prevents the buds from falling off.


Gimenokallis exists in nature in 50 species. Many of them are distributed as indoor culture, differing only due to the conditions in which they should be kept. Most of the plants retain foliage during quiet periods.

Gimenokallis is more photophilous than the main part of amaryllis, so they need shading only at the very peaks of heat in the summer. During the growing season, the optimum temperature will be 17-20 degrees. In a state of calm, the bulb of the plant can be stored at a temperature of 10 degrees, but in a dry room. Species that do not shed foliage require a temperature of at least 14 degrees during a calm period.

The plant needs abundant watering during the period when it blooms - at this time the soil must be constantly moistened. In a calm period, watering can be very limited, if you feel a lack of moisture, the leaves will be sluggish. However, if you overwater the soil, it will kill the plant. If the air in your room is dry, it will be better if you spray it from time to time. Do not allow water to fall on the flower, leaf or bulb during quiet periods. Also, 1-2 times a month, top dressing is carried out with the help of liquid mineral fertilizers.


It is an epiphytic ampelous plant with sluggishly branching shoots. The leaves are opposite with a short elliptical petiole, and at the same time they are fleshy, green with a glossy sheen. The length of each of them is 3-4 centimeters. The flowers are axillary, solitary or instead of 2-3 pieces. Also, the hypocyrta requires bright diffused light with shading from the sun. In winter, it is worth providing him with good lighting. In summer, it is located in rooms with a temperature in the region of 20-25 degrees, while in winter the temperature is 12-14 degrees.

In the summer, he needs to provide abundant watering, while in the fall it will be reduced, only not to allow the earthen ball to be completely dry. In the summer, hypocyrtu loves very humid air, so it should be moistened with frequent spraying.


In nature, the plant is distributed in 9 species. The winter period in the wild is transferred without shelters, and in general sizes it can in some cases be 3-4.5 meters high. In your gradual growth apartment, the wisteria will end up next to the ceiling after a while, and it will either be trimmed or updated. After the summer warm days come, wisteria is installed in the garden, on the balcony or veranda. It is not recommended to cut Galicinia flowers, as they fade very quickly.

Wisteria is a beautiful climbing plant, but not the best option for growing indoors, however, if the conditions for maintenance are respected, good growth and flowering in rooms is quite possible. The color of the leaves is light green with an oblong shape that tapers towards the end. Each young leaf covers the plant, then when it reaches maturity it becomes almost naked. Many flowers are collected in a racemose inflorescence, the length of which is approximately 20 centimeters. Flowers are painted in purple, blue, pink or white.


Gloxinia is a tuberous plant that has almost always green leaves and flowers with pink-red or of blue color. Also, you can find a two-color flower and even terry. The flowering period of the plant lasts from March to August.

Gloxinia requires a bright, sunny room. At the same time, it needs moist air, so it can be grown in a room greenhouse or under special caps. Blooming gloxinia creates a very beautiful view on the south or southwest windows. In summer, it needs abundant watering with water with a temperature similar to room temperature. Every week it is worth feeding with a complete mineral fertilizer, while after flowering, watering and top dressing are stopped. When the leaf of gloxinia dries up, the tuber should be pulled out of the soil, and put for storage in a shallow box with slightly damp sand or perlite, and also installed in rooms where the temperature does not exceed 10-12 degrees. In a room where dry air is present on gloxinia, thrips and aphids may appear. Often, tubers rot due to the fact that people overmoisten the soil or use cold water for irrigation.


Gloriosa is a climbing plant that, with the help of tendrils, can be attached to any other plant. It has a tuberous rhizome, a simple stem and an alternate leaf arrangement. The color of the flowers is bright red, large, and the flowering period lasts between July and August. In order to grow indoors, the plant is quite suitable. However, it needs a bright, sunny and warm place.

In summer, installation in the air is required, while in winter, when the leaves dry up in the plant, it should be kept indoors, the temperature of which will not be lower than 3-5 degrees. In the period between March and August, when active growth and flowering of gloriosa takes place, it is required to regularly water in small doses. After flowering is complete, stop watering the plant. At the same time, it should also be fertilized every week, and towards the end of February, the tuber is cleaned and planted in substrates. In the case when the tuber grew in the ground, then it should be transplanted to a fresh substrate, and the forcing of plants is carried out at a temperature of 25-28 degrees. When the shoots begin to appear, it is worth installing a thin support for the antennae.


Under natural conditions in the subtropical part of the world and tropical in America, the height of Datura in some cases reaches several meters. However, if it is located indoors or on your terraces, balconies, the height will not exceed 1.5 meters. In particular, the development of the plant in the winter garden is well ensured. Datura requires a room that is sunny but protected from the winds. In winter, it should be installed in bright and cool rooms, the temperature in which will be about 10 degrees, and the air will be humid. On any hot day, dope needs abundant watering and mandatory constant spraying.

It is also worth fertilizing no more than once a week. In winter, watering volumes are reduced, but you need to make sure that the earthen ball does not dry out. Each young plant needs to be transplanted to fertile loose soil every year, while for older plants this procedure is repeated once every few years. In some cases, in pots, only the top of the soil layers is replaced.


Datura is very lush, evergreen, semi-lignified ornamental plant, which is also assigned another of the scientific names - it is called fragrant Brugman-Zia.

The shape of the leaves is oblong-ovate and the color is mostly light green. The flowering period lasts between the second half of summer and late autumn, the plant blooms in the form of large white funnel-shaped flowers, very fragrant, especially in the evening. The plant blooms for a long period, even if it is placed in a cool room in the fall. Large leaves of the plant evaporate a large amount of moisture, so during the day the plant needs abundant watering, and every three months it needs mineral fertilizers.

After the flowering period has ended, it is placed in a bright, cool room, and is rarely watered only for the purpose that the stem does not dry out. In winter, you can observe the fall of some of the leaves. You need to repot during February-March before the growth period begins, the shoots need to be shortened. Land use greenhouse, clay-turf together with coarse-grained sand. Reproduction occurs in the form of cuttings, rooting of which occurs within 10-12 days.

The plant was named after the botanist from Italy who discovered it in the 19th century. Among people, you can often hear that the flower is called calla. In total, about 6 species with tuberous perennial herbs were found in nature, which are most common in South Africa. The plant is flowering, perennial and tuberous, as well as herbaceous. It has green, shiny and arrow-shaped leaves. The length of the flower shoot is 40-60 centimeters, and its completion consists of an inflorescence with cobs that are wrapped in a bract, also sometimes called a spathe.

The plant needs bright diffused light, partial shade. Growing at best is provided on windows that face west or east. In the summer, it needs abundant watering, and after flowering has ended, watering should be stopped or severely limited. In winter, keep at a temperature not higher than 8-10 degrees, and in summer - in the region of 15-18 degrees. It is recommended to spray frequently and replant every year towards the end of summer. In this case, a flat, heavy tuber is taken out of a pot with nutritious soil, and it is stored in one of the dry and cool places in winter.

The homeland of the herring, which is also called the "snake fruit" - the island of Java. This is a small palm tree that grows quite quickly, the petioles of its feathery leaves are covered with sharp thorns. Its edible fruits grow in clusters near the base of the trunk above the ground. The scaly, snake-like skin of the fruit is inedible, and the flesh is very tasty, fragrant and sweet, it contains tannin. The plant is propagated by seeds, they should be kept for several days in warm water, and then sown in sand, the temperature regime is about twenty-seven degrees.

The first shoots may appear no earlier than three months, they must be protected from the bright rays of the sun. It is best to plant seedlings in ready soil for palm trees, they need good drainage, frequent top dressing, good, plentiful watering, plenty of sunlight and free air circulation in the room. The ideal temperature is eighteen to twenty-five degrees. It is better to remove old leaves, as well as side shoots, as early as possible, until the thorns have grown, then this can be quite difficult and painful. Under the best conditions, at four years old herring can begin to bear fruit. The fruits are very tasty fresh, they are also boiled in syrup.

Longan is native to China. It is a medium-sized tree, quite warm and moisture-loving. Its name means dragon's eye in Chinese. As a houseplant, it is quite unpretentious, it is enough to know some features. IN natural conditions longan grows in a very humid climate, so it just needs frequent and plentiful watering. In no case should the plant dry out, even with a short drying time, the longan may die, so in this case it is better to overfill than underfill. It also needs frequent spraying.

To bear fruit, the tree needs a dormant period throughout the winter. Longan is propagated by cuttings and seeds, and the seeds remain viable for about two weeks. It is better to plant in a large container, the germination of seeds is quite good, shoots appear together, strong, with large roots, at a temperature of at least twenty-five degrees. After the seeds hatch, you need to build a greenhouse, water them regularly and spray them thoroughly and preferably illuminate them. Fruiting occurs approximately in the third - seventh year of life. The fruits grow in clusters and look a bit like grapes, they are covered with a rather dense brown skin that easily lags behind the pulp. The fruits are sweet and are usually eaten fresh, and also dried and canned. When growing in an apartment, a tree needs pruning and shaping.


This plant is native to tropical America. From its milky juice is obtained natural rubber, which is used as a base in the manufacture of chewing gum. Sapota bears fruit very abundantly, the fruits are a bit like small mangoes of a gray-brown color in shape and have a very refined taste, slightly reminiscent of a pear. They are only eaten fully ripe, as unripe ones have a rather astringent taste. The fruits are both round and oval, their weight is from one hundred to one hundred and seventy grams, each contains two or three black, oval, somewhat flattened seeds.

A tree in natural conditions can reach a height of twenty-five meters, or it can be the size of an ordinary bush. Usually it is very graceful, evergreen beautiful tree with bright green glossy foliage. The natural conditions for the sapote are humid tropical jungles, so it is desirable to provide it with similar warm and humid conditions at home. Despite this, it tolerates short-term drought well and is quite tolerant of shade. It likes soil with a lot of organic matter and requires very good drainage, it does not need pruning. Propagated by seeds, they can be planted at any time of the year, but it is better in summer or spring, at a temperature of twenty-three to twenty-seven degrees, seedlings appear in about a month, sometimes earlier.

Egle is a very beautiful, evergreen, subtropical tree that grows quite slowly. Its height usually does not exceed three meters, but sometimes it can reach ten meters. In India, egle is considered a sacred tree, and its healing qualities have been known to people since antiquity, because its antiseptic and astringent properties are widely used both in folk and traditional medicine in the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The fruits contain carbohydrates, essential oils, gum, carotene, protein.

Egle blooms with yellowish-green fragrant flowers, the fruits are somewhat reminiscent of lemons, at first gray-yellow, and after ripening bright orange. The pulp is very fragrant, sweet in taste, jelly-like, in fruits usually ten to fifteen seeds. The fruits are eaten fresh, and marmalade, drinks are prepared from them, and a salad is made from young leaves and seeds.

Egle is propagated by seeds and cuttings. The plant is quite unpretentious, grows in almost any soil, as long as there is good drainage. He likes a sunny location, in the warm period - moderate watering. In autumn and winter, the plant is best kept in a cool room with almost no watering, but with good lighting. This will give an incentive to bloom profusely and bear fruit well.

Rambutan is fruit tree from the Sapindidae family. Under natural conditions, it usually reaches a height of six - seven, and sometimes twenty-five meters. The fruits are oval, sometimes spherical, covered with hairs, red or yellow. The pulp of the fruit is translucent, sweet-sour in taste, gelatinous. The tree is cultivated for its fruit, and there are many varieties that differ in size, fruit flavor, shape, and ripening time.

Rambutan is propagated by seeds, unfortunately, some seedlings produce fruits of lower quality, and many plants may turn out to be male as a result. The plant should be kept at a temperature not lower than twenty degrees, it needs at least twelve hours of light per day, good drainage, high humidity - not less than sixty to seventy percent and fairly frequent spraying. Watering should be done only with warm water. For seedlings, you need to build a greenhouse and keep it in a bright place, but protect it from direct sunlight. The greenhouse should be regularly ventilated, sprayed with seedlings and watered the soil, in no case should it be allowed to dry out, but moisture stagnation in the soil is also unacceptable.


Cherimoya is a fruit plant native to Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. This lush tree in room culture reaches three meters in height, its young shoots are pubescent and even seem warm to the touch. Flowers greenish, fragrant. Cherimoya seeds remain viable for a long time, they are sown at a depth of one centimeter. Also, the tree can be propagated by cuttings, rooting them in wet sand in the spring. Cherimoya seedlings do not need to be grafted, and in five or six years the tree will delight you with tasty and fragrant fruits. The fruits should be picked when they are still firm and firm. Cherimoyas need frequent feeding and regular watering, as well as plenty of sun. The tree will really like it if you take it out to the balcony or to the garden during the warm period. There is no need to spray it; cherimoya is characterized by a dry environment. In winter, the plant should be kept in a cool room, at a temperature not higher than fourteen degrees. The crown of the tree needs pruning.

Cherimoya is sometimes referred to as the "ice cream tree" because its flesh, when frozen, closely resembles ice cream. And to taste, it slightly resembles strawberries, and bananas, and pineapple, and papaya, and cream combined. Fruit salads, sherbets, ice cream, jelly are prepared from cherimoya.

A very original spike-shaped inflorescence: one of it appearance eliminates additional frills, and in the fall, delicate lilac-purple flowers appear on the lateral ribs of a purple inflorescence.

Grows very slowly. Growth temperature: in winter +18 °C, at other times up to +25 °C. Light partial shade, moderate and occasional spraying. Humidity must be maintained constantly, this is one of the main conditions for growing. A humidifier can easily handle this task.

When planting, good drainage is required, and the planting mix must necessarily include horse with chopped bark, as well as leafy ground with charcoal.


On a different planting mix, it may grow poorly or not grow at all.

2. Euphorbia tirucalli, or rubber spurge

It is a tree plant of the Euphorbiaceae family. Evergreen with bizarre curved bare branches, blooms with small greenish-yellow flowers. Like everyone else, it is the owner of poisonous juice that can cause a slight burn or an allergic reaction.


For planting, purchase a mixture for and succulents. The pot should not be large, otherwise the plant will not grow well. By the way, such spurge grows up to 1 m and grows strongly. Water moderately, do not spray. Choose a bright place, but light partial shade is also suitable. In the sun, the stems are slightly yellowish, in the shade - a more juicy green color. In winter, it needs a dormant period (usually after flowering). During this period, the temperature for it should be +12 ... +15 ° C. In summer, you can take it out into the light partial shade on the street.

3. Hypocyrta naked (Hypocyrta Glabra)

The plant is epiphytic ampelous, a representative of the Gesneriaceae family. On bare stems are small juicy green glossy leaves elliptical shape.


Blooms from spring to late autumn with bright orange flowers. unusual shape which can be seen in the photo below. Dry air and temperature changes during cultivation are unacceptable. When the temperature drops, plant growth slows down.



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The plant loves humid air, the soil for the plant should also be moist, but you should not overmoisten, and reduce watering in winter. Likes a sunny place, preferably direct sunlight during the day. The temperature in the room should be moderate, but in winter it likes a low temperature - +12 ... +15 ° C.

4. Lachenalia aloevidnaya (Lachenalia aloides)

It will give its owner an elegant flowering in the middle of winter - clusters of elongated yellow tube flowers with greenish, reddish, pink or purple hues appear on tall multi-colored stems.


After flowering, it requires rest. To do this, reduce watering 2-3 weeks after flowering, and then completely stop them. In September, the bulbs need to be transplanted into new soil (the top of the bulb should be placed below the soil level) and watered once, when shoots appear, you can continue watering. The plant loves moisture, so it needs to be sprayed occasionally. Lashenalia prefers the sun, especially on the windowsills, where there is direct sunlight for half of the day, but the heating does not accept. It develops well and blooms at a temperature of +7...+15 °C. A closed balcony with low positive temperatures in winter will be just right for her. Plant height 35-45 cm.

5. Wonderful Calathea (Calatea Insignis)

Valued for the decorativeness of the leaves, they can be from white to deep green in color with unusual stains and patterns, and saffron calathea is also grown for the beauty of the flowers. The plant loves care and constant care. It must be protected from drafts, direct sunlight (light partial shade or diffused light), placed in a warm room in winter and high humidity should be organized (constant watering until winter, reduced in winter). It should be transplanted 1 time in 2 years, by dividing the plant.


The most popular forms of calathea:

  • - wide leaves outwardly resemble a paper texture. There is a pattern on the top of the leaves, on the reverse side the leaf is purple.


    • Calathea decorated- on top of the leaves there are pink stripes, gradually turning pale, on the inside the leaf is purple.
    • Calathea Lubbers- juicy green oval leaves with bright green and yellow spots.


  • Calathea is wonderful- large lanceolate leaf about 45 cm with oval patterns.


  • Calathea striped- dark stains on leaves about 30 cm long.


  • Calathea pinkish-colored (Calathea roseopicta)- oval leaves with a central pink stripe.


  • - flowers of this species please the eye for a long time, they are located on straight peduncles. Framed with juicy dark green leaves. On the inside, the leaf is greenish-purple.


6. Fluffy flowers (Kohleria eriantha)

Once she was extremely popular, now she is not often seen, and in vain! This plant has gained its distribution as, so it is better to choose for it or a pot on a stand, but with the expectation of a long time. After transplanting, the earth from the leaves is extremely difficult to wash out, leaving dark stains. The bush of the plant is quite compact, it has succulent beautiful leaves with pubescence and bright flowers with spots (red, orange, pink).


Koleria has straight, non-branching shoots. In the indoor version, the plant is represented by hybrid forms. It can bloom for about 2 months, with delicate, fluffy patterned flowers. Belongs to the Gesneriaceae family, requires dormancy in winter, so the upper stems are cut off and the nodules are given time to gain strength and grow at a temperature not higher than +14 °C, but not lower than +12 °C. In the spring, a plant can be obtained from each nodule. It likes diffused light and high humidity, but it should be sprayed around the plant, otherwise spots will appear on the leaves, as with a burn. For the same reason, direct sunlight should be avoided.


7. Small-leaved columnar (Columnea microphylla)

Densely leafy ampelous plant with hanging, long, sometimes curly shoots. Stems are brittle, up to 1.5 m long.


Reduce watering in winter. He loves moisture, but it is worth spraying around the plant so that the leaves do not suffer. The flowers are bright, "eared".


Likes warmth and diffused sunlight.

8. Variegated Stapelia (Stapelia Variegata)

It is a small succulent with spotted or striped unusual flower, smelling of rotten meat, which thus attracts flies for pollination.


The plant does not tolerate transplantation, if the roots are damaged, say goodbye to it immediately. The rest is very unpretentious. The temperature for development can be +12...+14 °C. Light-loving, does not need spraying.


It has several bright varieties with a large bright racemose inflorescence.


You can transplant with roots and offspring after a couple of months. You need to transplant when the pot has become cramped for the plant. When flowering ends, be sure to remove the mother rosettes to allow the plant to recover and form new rosettes.


Indoors, it develops at normal room temperature, but in winter it does not like drops below +15 ° C. We choose a place for a flower that is light, but with scattered sunlight.


The soil of the plant should be moist, there should always be water in the middle of the rosette of leaves. Every few months the water needs to be renewed.

10. Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Florists have a popular name "Dione's mousetrap". "Toothy" inflorescences about 15 cm.


Transfer is not required. Sometimes you can spray the leaves, and during the growth period you need good soil moisture, water abundantly. The pot is best placed on a tray with rain or melt water. Grows well in full sun with light shade from the midday sun. Normal room temperature, in winter not lower than 15 °C.


The plant is sometimes fed with dead flies, after which the plant digests food for some time with closed flaps of the petals, while it itself can also attract flies by smell, and then absorbs them.

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Some admirers of green spaces bred at home tend to diversify their collections with something unusual and exotic. They look for and breed the rarest indoor plants, the uniqueness of which is determined by various factors. This may be an original, unlike anything appearance, a low prevalence in artificial conditions, the complexity of growing, etc. Often these representatives flora not even attractive, but highly rated among collectors.

The rarest indoor plants - description and features of care

Spike-shaped inflorescence of bright pink color, on the sides of which flowers of saturated color may appear. purple with purple tint. Differs in slow growth and exactingness to the conditions of detention. The temperature must be maintained in the range from +18°С to +25°С. Humidity is constant, above the norm, familiar to residential premises. As a planting mixture, you can only use leafy soil with charcoal and peat with crushed bark.


An ampelous plant, on the bare stems of which there are leaves of a juicy green color with a glossy surface. The uniqueness of it is given by bright orange flowers of an unusual shape. When growing hypocyrta, temperature fluctuations and air dryness should not be allowed. In summer, direct sunlight is needed, in winter - a moderate temperature in the region of + 12 ° С .. + 15 ° С.


aloe lashenalia

The uniqueness of the flower is that it blooms in winter. With proper care, tubular flowers appear on multi-colored high stems, arranged in whole clusters. Flowering in reddish, pinkish and yellowish tones looks very unusual. After the flowers have departed, the plant should rest until September. The flower loves the sun, but does not allow heating. During the heating season, it is better to keep it on an insulated balcony.

plant with amazing flowers, aged in brown-cream tones, is very demanding on the conditions of detention, so it is very difficult to grow it outside the tropics. Tacca's need for moisture is so high that it can only be grown in a home greenhouse or garden. An additional difficulty in plant breeding is the need for the presence of flies for the pollination process.


Large inflorescences with petals in the form of thin oblong “teeth” look rather ominous, but you cannot deny them unusualness. For fast and good growth, a flower needs warmth, sun, abundant watering and spraying. The plant is unusual in that it sometimes has to be fed, and not fertilizers are used, but dead flies. Flowers themselves can "hunt" for insects, attracting them with a specific aroma and closing the valves.


The decorative appeal of the flower is rather dubious, and its aroma reminiscent of "rotten meat" also repels. Despite this, collectors appreciate the slipway for its unusualness. There is only one requirement for care - when transplanting, you need to act carefully, a plant with damaged roots will not take root.


It is worth considering that the rarest indoor plants are often characterized by high cost, difficult conditions for care or reproduction. Such specimens often simply refuse to take root in an unfavorable environment, flourish in all their glory, or give birth.