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What's inside the Napoleons Hat? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Whats inside the Napoleons Hat?

Napoleon's Hat - Napoleonaea imperialis

🎩 What's inside the Napoleons Hat? False Kola experience!
  • 🎩 Napoleon's Hat (Napoleonaea imperialis), lives up to its name with large, saucer-shaped flowers that bloom straight from the leaf axils or even directly from the trunk!
  • 🎩 The hat-shaped, brightly colored flowers smell like butterscotch!
  • 🎩 The reddish seeds resemble kola nuts and even have a similar taste, giving you a fun, "false kola" experience.
  • 🎩 An instant conversation starter, Napoleon's Hat is a quirky, fragrant addition to your garden - perfect for those looking for something a little different.


🛒 Experience Napoleon's Hat - the most bizarre flower with benefits!

📚 Learn more:
A French Emperor's Hat Blooming in Your Garden
Napoleons Hat - Endangered species from the outgone era of the Napoleon's War

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Heavenly Lotus in bloom - Bua Sawan Adenium. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Heavenly Lotus in bloom - Bua Sawan Adenium

Adenium Bua Sawan pink double flower

Adenium Bua Sawan pink double flower

🌸 Heavenly Lotus in bloom - Bua Sawan Adenium

🌸 Adenium (Desert Rose) Bua Sawan features vibrant double blooms with crisp red edges on soft pink petals, creating a striking and elegant contrast. The name Bua Sawan translates from Thai as "Heavenly Lotus," perfectly capturing the flower's bright, uplifting presence and graceful beauty.

🛒 Add a touch of paradise to your garden with Adenium Bua Sawan

📚 More adeniums

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Dance into prosperity with Ram Ruay Adenium. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Dance into prosperity with Ram Ruay Adenium

Adenium Ram Ruay

Adenium Ram Ruay

🌸 Dance into prosperity with Ram Ruay Adenium
  • 🌸 Adenium Ram Ruay - the name of this Thai Adenium can be interpreted as follows:

    • Ram (รำ) – means "dance" or "to dance," especially in the context of traditional Thai dance.
    Ruay (รวย) – means "wealth," "prosperity," or "abundance."
    So the name Ram Ruay means "Dance of Prosperity" or "Dancing Fortune"!
  • 🌸 See photos of the actual Adenium Ram Ruay in the next post 👇


🛒 Bring home Adenium Ram Ruay - the bloom of fortune

📚 More adeniums

#Nature_Wonders #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts #Adenium

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Black Tacca Lily. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Black Tacca Lily

Tacca Lily - Black Bat Flower, Devil Flower

A flying bat with whiskers. Tacca. It's rare. It's weird.
  • Tacca Lily - also known as the Black Bat Flower or Devil Flower, looks like something brewed up in a witch's greenhouse.
  • The flower isn't really a single flower - it's a full-on performance. Giant black-maroon "wings" stretch out like a bat in flight, while long, drooping filaments dangle like eerie whiskers or jungle jewelry. Some can reach over a foot long!
  • Those weird, wild filaments? They're not just for show - they are believed to help mimic the look of decaying matter to attract pollinators like flies. Creepy? Yes. Clever? Absolutely.
  • The plant blooms best when it feels pampered - think filtered light, tropical vibes, and spa-level humidity. A smart indoor exotic for a bathroom with a skylight!
  • It grows from a rhizome, and while the Black Tacca (T. chantrieri) is prized for its spooky looks, its Green cousin (T. leontopetaloides) is actually used to make a type of tropical arrowroot starch.
  • Some gardeners say it takes a while to bloom (maybe a few months) - but once it does, it becomes the crown jewel of the greenhouse. People will ask if it's real. You'll say, "Yes, and it lives here!"
  • Tacca comes in different species/colors: Black, White, Green:

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

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🛒 Shop Bat Head Lilies - Devil's Flower Tacca

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A flying bat with whiskers? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

A flying bat with whiskers?

Tacca Lily - Black Bat Flower, Devil Flower - cartoon

Tacca Lily - Black Bat Flower, Devil Flower - cartoon

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

#Nature_Wonders #Shade_Garden #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts

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The fiery plant that fights sugar: Nature secret insulin? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

The fiery plant that fights sugar: Nature secret insulin?

Costus igneus - Insulin Plant, Fiery Costus, Spiral Flag

Costus igneus - Insulin Plant, Fiery Costus, Spiral Flag

💚 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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Most interesting edible gingers

#Food_Forest #Remedies #Shade_Garden #Fun_Facts

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Is it real or porcelain? Discover the flower that fools the eye! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Is it real or porcelain? Discover the flower that fools the eye!

Clusia lanceolata - Porcelain Flower

Is it real... or porcelain? Discover the tree that fools the eye!

🔮 Clusia lanceolata - Porcelain Flower has pink blooms so perfect they look fake! This easygoing tree thrives in both sun or shade and even feeds birds with its apple-like fruit. Great undemanding yet unusual flowering plant for container in a shady spot.

🛒Add a touch of porcelain magic to your garden

📚 Learn more:
A flower that looks plastic ceramic

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Gemstone of the Desert Roses. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Gemstone of the Desert Roses

Adenium Ploysai

Adenium Ploysai

🌸 Gemstone of the Desert Roses
  • 🌸 Adenium Ploysai - is named after the Thai phrase for "clear gemstone". Its soft white petals with watercolor-pink edges bloom like a crystal rose at dawn!
  • 🌸 Ploysai features lovely creamy pink petals with soft yellow tones blending around the edges. The flower's layers create a full and elegant appearance, with a gentle gradient effect that adds to its charm. A graceful and vibrant bloom, perfect for brightening up your garden!
  • 🌸 See photos of the actual Adenium Ploysai in next post 👇


🛒 Get your own Adenium Ploysai

📚 More adeniums

#Nature_Wonders #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts #Adenium

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Dramatic and regal: is it Adenium or Amaryllis? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Dramatic and regal: is it Adenium or Amaryllis?

Adenium Black Amaryllis

Adenium Black Amaryllis

⭐ Dramatic and regal: is it Adenium or Amaryllis?
  • 🖤 Black Amaryllis Adenium has many layers of rich, dark red petals with a striking multi-colored border in shades of red, pink, and dark red - almost black.
  • 🖤 The intricate layering and bold color contrast give the flower a dramatic, almost regal appearance, resembling the classic elegance of an amaryllis.
  • 🖤 Its complex beauty makes it a powerful and captivating addition to your garden, combining the best features of both flowers. See photos of the actual Adenium Caramel in next post 👇


🛒 Get your Black Amaryllis Adenium

📚 More adeniums

#Nature_Wonders #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts #Adenium

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Who can handle a quarter of a million plants? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Who can handle a quarter of a million plants?

🌸 Who can handle a quarter of a million plants?

Orchids come in many shapes, sizes and colors. There are approximately between 25,000 species as well as over 250,000 of hybrids. It's one quarter of a million! Learn about these amazing plants from our orchid expert Robert Riefer:
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🛒 Explore orchids and epiphytes

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