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What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?

Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, or Lead Flower is brightest gentian blue - very unusual color in the tropics!

• 💙 Winter heavy bloomer
• 💙 Attracts butterflies and bees 🐝
• 💙 Compact shrub, responds well to pruning.
• 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!

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Would you like to spice Up Your Garden with Variegated Ginger?

• 🌿 Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata is a clumping ginger valued for its beautiful variegated foliage. With its colorful foliage and beautiful flowers, variegated ginger is a stunning ornamental.
• 🌿 Striking Foliage: Glossy green leaves with white striping add a pop of color and interest to your garden.
• 🌿 Unique Flowers: Unlike other gingers, its beautiful, fragrant, shell-like flowers droop from leafy stems, adding summer charm.
• 🌿 Perfect Size: This small shrub grows 2-4 feet tall and can be pruned for size control.
• 🌿 Moisture Lover: Keep the soil moist for happy, thriving plants.
• 🌿 Ideal Conditions: Thrives in shaded garden corners with organically rich, well-drained soil. Mulch for best results.
• 🌿 Low Maintenance: No serious insect or disease problems, making it an easy addition to your garden.
• 🌿 Indoor Option: Can be grown as a houseplant with bright light and humid conditions, reaching 3-4 feet indoors.
• 🌿 Edibe: Like every ginger, this ornamental beauty also has edible rhizomes.

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👻 Spooky! Bat Head - Devil Flower here...

• Bat Head Lily, Bat Flower, Devil Flower - or Tacca Lily - is one of the most exotic and bizarre flowers along with Amorphophallus or Clitoria.
• Curious, bat-like inflorescence both in shape and color, with wide spreading, wing-like bracts of rich maroon-black, accompanied by long trailing filaments or "whiskers".
• Perfect container plant for a greenhouse. Needs filtered light, prefers high humidity.
• Comes in different species and colors: Black, White, Green:

Tacca nivea - White Tacca
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca

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🌺 The Drama you want in your garden: dazzling Medinilla!

• 🎀 Show-Stopping Blooms: The Medinilla plant is known for its spectacular, dramatic clusters of pink, pendulous flowers that cascade like floral chandeliers - perfect for turning heads!
• 🎀 Tropical Flair: With its lush, leathery leaves and exotic appearance, the medinilla adds a touch of the tropics to any indoor or outdoor space.
• 🎀 Conversation Starter: Its unique and eye-catching flowers make the Medinilla a true centerpiece, sparking admiration and conversation among garden visitors.
• 🎀 Low Maintenance: Despite its luxurious look, the Medinilla is surprisingly easy to care for, thriving in indirect light (loves shade!) and only moderate watering.
• 🎀 Pollinator's Delight: The vibrant blooms attract a variety of pollinators, making your garden not only more beautiful but also more buzzing with life 🐞🐝
• 🎀 Year-Round Beauty: Unlike many plants that only shine for a season, the Medinilla can bloom multiple times a year.

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📸 Different species of Amorphophallus

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🗿 The biggest flower in the world - Amorphophallus. The name speaks for itself.

After meeting Sausage Tree and Clitoria, are you ready for the Amorphophallus? Now you have seen everything!

• 💀 Common names of this exceptional plant: Voodoo lily, Devils tongue, Snake Palm, Elephant Foot Yam, Corpse flower.
• 💀 Why Corpse flower? Because of the smell that the flower omits, which is only present for a few hours after the flower opens - to attract pollinator flies!
• 💀 Amorphophallus is the largest flower in the world and one of the most exotic bizarre flowers. Amorphophallus titanum is known for its massive size, its flower can reach heights of over 10 feet and blooms only once every few years.
• 💀 This perennial exotic Asian plant grows a single, elongated center called a corm (that is actually edible) and a single large leaf that wraps around it.
• 💀 The seed stalk is very pretty with the seeds changing colors from green to red. During this time the tuber will not produce a leaf. After the flower and seed stalk dies away, a giant single leaf grows from the tuber.
• 💀 The single leaf dormant in winter, then in spring the plant shoots out this fantastic flower again.
• 💀 It is relatively cold hardy tropical and can survive cooler winters during dormancy.
• 💀 Can be easily grown in a pot as a houseplant.

🎥 Amorphophallus bulbifer and other specials in next post.

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Horny plant hanging in the air...

• 👀 Staghorn fern (Platycerium) is one of those #Nature_Wonders... Everyone who sees it, wants to have one!
• 👀 Showy, tropical looking epiphyte that can be grown on a tree or in a large hanging basket.
• 👀 It is able to grow high in the trees of the rainforest, often grows in large masses.
• 👀 Long, pendulous, much bifurcated fertile fronds produce spores on special cup-shaped appendages. Basal fronds form a crown-shaped basket.

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🍹 Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!

Colocasia sculenta Mojito, a spectacular variety of Elephant Ears, is a must for a rare plant collection:

• 🐘 Striking variegation: bold, mottled leaves in shades of green and dark purple, reminiscent of a refreshing mojito!
• 🐘 Large, impressive leaves: massive, heart-shaped leaves that create a dramatic and tropical look.
• 🐘Versatile: thrives in both sun and partial shade, making it adaptable to various garden locations.
• 🐘 Water-loving: ideal for bog gardens, ponds, or as a stunning addition to water features.
• 🐘 Container friendly: perfect for pots and containers, allowing you to bring its tropical charm to patios and balconies.
• 🐘 Fast growing: quickly establishes, providing lush foliage and rapid visual impact.
• 🐘 Low maintenance: minimal care once planted, making it a great choice for both beginner and experienced gardeners.
• 🐘 Heat and cold tolerant: performs well in warm climates. During cool winters, leaves may die back and regrow in Spring.
• 🐘 Edible tubers: produces edible corms (roots) that are a staple in many cuisines, adding a functional aspect to its beauty.
• 🐘 Unique garden accent: an eye-catching focal point or accent plant.

🛒 Get some Mojito for your garden

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