Plant Growing Guides

Shade-loving Tropical Plants Collection

Various tropical species (mixed collection display)

Shade-loving tropical understory plants

Various species (Alocasia, Anthurium, Philodendron, Rhaphidophora, etc.)

'Ōpelu

Peperomia species (commonly P. obtusifolia or P. polybotrya in Hawaiian cultivation)

Tropical Understory Plants (Shade-Tolerant)

Various species adapted to forest understory

Silver Star

Chlorophytum comosum 'Silvery'

Small Aloe

Aloe vera (and related dwarf/compact species)

Small Echeveria

Echeveria spp.

Small Ferns for Mounted Culture

Various species (e.g., Platycerium bifurcatum, Polyscias filicifolia, Asplenium nidus)

Small-growing native rainforest plants

Various species (not a single species)

Smooth Cayenne Pineapple

Ananas comosus 'Smooth Cayenne'

Gliricidia (Madre de Cacao)

Gliricidia sepium

Spathoglottis Hybrid

Spathoglottis plicata × hybrid cultivars

Gold-lipped Ground Orchid

Spathoglottis plicata var. imbricata

Yellow Spathoglottis

Spathoglottis plicata 'Yellow'

Sri Kembangan

Passiflora edulis

Stachytarpheta

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Stanhopea insignis

Stanhopea insignis

Stanhopea pulchra

Stanhopea pulchra

Starfish Flower

Stapelia

Starfish Flower

Stapelia grandiflora

Starfruit

Averrhoa carambola

Stylosanthes

Stylosanthes spp.

Stylosanthes scabra

Stylosanthes scabra

Pencil Flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Stylo

Stylosanthes macrocephala

Succulents in Hanging Arrangements

Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) plants - various genera

Sweet Cassava

Manihot esculenta

Pink Splash Syngonium

Syngonium podophyllum 'Pink Splash'

Talinum

Talinum paniculatum

Tania Blanca

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Tannia

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Taro

Colocasia esculenta

Taro and Eddoe Malanga

Colocasia esculenta (Taro) / Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Malanga)

Taro and Eddoe

Colocasia esculenta

Hawaiian Taro

Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta

Taro Leaves

Colocasia esculenta

Taro Pink Eddoe

Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum

Taro Tahitian

Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta

Taro, Tahitian

Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta

Tavera

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Medusa's Head

Tillandsia caput-medusae

Terminalia

Terminalia catappa

Thai Silk Mix

Celosia cristata × Celosia plumosa

Ti

Cordyline fruticosa

Tillandsia (Air Plant)

Tillandsia spp.

Ti Plant Kiwi

Cordyline fruticosa 'Kiwi'

Tolumnia kramerianum

Tolumnia kramerianum

Tolumnia Red Imp

Tolumnia × Red Imp