A flying bat with whiskers?

Have you seen a flower like this? Find out from the next post!⤵️

Tacca Lily - also known as the Black Bat Flower or Devil Flower, looks like something brewed up in a witch's greenhouse.

🛒 Shop Bat Head Lilies - Devil's Flower Tacca

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💚 The fiery plant that fights sugar: Nature secret insulin?

Costus igneus - Insulin Plant, also known as Fiery Costus or Spiral Flag, this vibrant tropical plant is famous for its potential health benefits - especially for people managing diabetes. Nicknamed the insulin plant, it's believed to help lower blood glucose levels naturally.

Its lush, turmeric-like leaves spiral around upright stems, with a glossy dark green top and a striking light purple underside. The plant grows up to two feet tall and forms elegant clumps from underground rhizomes.

In warm months, it produces bright orange, cone-like flowers that stand out beautifully in the garden.

Beyond its beauty, the insulin plant is credited with aiding digestion, reducing cholesterol, boosting energy, improving skin health, supporting weight loss, relieving stress, and promoting heart wellness. A real botanical multitasker!

🛒 Grow your own sugar-fighter - order the Insulin Plant

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Adenium Rainbow, Part 2 🌈

Continued from the previous post ⤴️

🌸 Our Desert roses at Top Tropicals - Adeniums - were planted in March - and the first video posted in April.
Now, in June, they have more and more blooms! We are sharing these amazing colors with you.

🌸 Check out the varieties still in stock and grab yours before they’re gone!

📚 More about #Adenium

🛒 Shop Adenium colors and hybrids

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Adenium Rainbow, Part 1 🌈

🌸 Our Desert roses at Top Tropicals - Adeniums - were planted in March - and the first video posted in April.
Now, in June, they have more and more blooms! We are sharing these amazing colors with you.
To be continued, check back soon!⤵️

🌸 Check out the varieties still in stock and grab yours before they’re gone. Some are already sold out, but you still have a chance to score amazing blooms!

🌸 Why Collect Adeniums?

· Easy to grow indoors or out
· Thrive in sun, shade, and low humidity
· Drought-tolerant, low maintenance
· Not picky about soil
· Stunning blooms and unique caudex shapes

🌸 How Many Varieties Exist?
· Over 200 hybrids at Top Tropicals
· 100+ varieties in stock now
· From doubles to red, purple, yellow, striped, dotted, rainbow, even black flowers - you'll want them all!

🌸 How to Grow a Big, Swollen Caudex - a simple trick with big results:

Each time you repot, raise the plant slightly to expose more of the upper roots. This encourages new root growth downward and helps form a thicker, more dramatic caudex.
· Use a well-draining mix
· Water only when dry - Adeniums love dry conditions
· Feed with Sunshine Megaflor Booster that supports both caudex and blooms
· Grow best in filtered bright light

📚 More about Adeniums:

• More posts about #Adenium
• The First Video of Exotic Adenium Hybrids
• Why Adeniums are the most popular container plants
• How to grow a happy Adenium
• What is the easiest container plant with beautiful flowers
• Multi-grafted Adenium with different colors of flowers on the same plant
• What you need for successful growing Adeniums

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What is the rarest Tacca?

💚 Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Bat Flower, Devil Flower - is the rarest Tacca of them all!

💚 Move over Black and White - this is the green bat flower, and it's in a class of its own!

💚 Tacca leontopetaloides is a collector's dream and is rare in cultivation. With eerie greenish-purple flower clusters perched on tall stalks and long, trailing whisker-like bracts, this plant looks like something out of a botanical fairytale.

💚 Unlike its fussy cousins, the Green Bat Flower is surprisingly easy to grow. It thrives in shady or semi-shaded spots, comes back reliably each spring, and doesn’t mind a bit of neglect. Its glossy, deeply divided leaves die back in fall and return with vigor as the weather warms up. A well-draining pot, occasional feeding, and moderate watering are all it asks for.

💚 Native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, it's more than just a pretty face - this plant has traditional medicinal uses too. But let's be honest: most collectors grow it for the jaw-dropping display.

💚 Very few collectors have this variety - don't miss your chance to be one of them!

📚 Learn more about Taccas:

When Bat Head Devil flower is in bloom
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca
Tacca nivea - White Tacca
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca

🛒 Get the rare Green Bat Flower - easy to grow and unlike anything else in your garden

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