How plants and fungi grow in the wild, and where cultivars came from.

Caladium bicolor

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Homalomena rubescens

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Miltoniopsis vexillaria

Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light

Guarianthe aurantiaca

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Ficus elastica Rubber plant

Intermediate · Dry air · Bright, filtered light

Homalomena humilis

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Rhyncholaelia digbyana

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Maranta leuconeura Prayer plant

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Miltoniopsis roezlii

Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Warm-growing · Very humid air · Dappled light

Xanthosoma sagittifolium Tannia

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Chlorophytum comosum Spider plant

Intermediate · Dry air · Dappled light

Caladium hortulanum

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Aspidistra elatior Cast-iron plant

Cool-growing · Dry air · Shade

Dieffenbachia seguine Dumb cane

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Goeppertia roseopicta Rose-painted calathea

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Anubias barteri

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adelonema wallisii

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Tradescantia fluminensis

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Tradescantia zebrina Inch plant

Intermediate · Dry air · Dappled light

Hapaline celatrix

Warm-growing · Very humid air · Shade

Homalomena wallisii

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Ficus lyrata Fiddle-leaf fig

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Goeppertia lietzei

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Pothos scandens

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Goeppertia ornata Pinstripe calathea

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Caladium praetermissum Hilo Beauty

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Goeppertia kegeljanii Network calathea

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Gomesa flexuosa Dancing lady orchid

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Adelonema crinipes

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Amorphophallus atroviridis

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Bucephalandra kishii

Warm-growing · Very humid air · Shade

Bucephalandra diabolica

Warm-growing · Very humid air · Shade

Bucephalandra forcipula

Warm-growing · Very humid air · Shade

Bucephalandra pubes

Warm-growing · Very humid air · Shade

Dieffenbachia longispatha

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Rhyncholaelia glauca

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Ficus aurea Florida strangler fig

Intermediate · Dry air · Full sun

Ficus macrophylla

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Full sun

Ficus rubiginosa

Intermediate · Dry air · Full sun

Zamia integrifolia

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Ficus insipida

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Full sun

Ficus maxima

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Full sun

Ficus obliqua

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cannabis sativa Hemp, cannabis

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Full sun

Oxalis stricta

Cool-growing · Dry air · Bright, filtered light

Oxalis tuberosa

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Full sun

Dracaena cinnabari Socotra dragon tree

Intermediate · Dry air · Full sun

Encephalartos woodii

Cool-growing · Dry air · Bright, filtered light

Ficus benjamina Weeping fig

Intermediate · Dry air · Bright, filtered light

Ficus microcarpa Chinese banyan

Intermediate · Dry air · Full sun

Ficus religiosa Sacred fig

Intermediate · Dry air · Full sun

Ficus sycomorus Sycamore fig

Intermediate · Dry air · Full sun

Macrozamia glaucophylla

Cool-growing · Dry air · Bright, filtered light

Macrozamia riedlei

Cool-growing · Dry air · Bright, filtered light

Oxalis corniculata

Cool-growing · Dry air · Bright, filtered light

Chamaedorea radicalis

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Cycas micronesica

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cycas revoluta

Intermediate · Dry air · Full sun