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Keeping Tropical Flowers |
Welcome to tropicalflower.orgTropicalflower.org is a site about keeping tropical plants as house plants as well as in gardens and is provided by a group of tropical flower lovers. Here you'll find information about how to care for different types of tropical flowers ranging from cactuses to hoyas, from orchids to hibiscuses. You will also find tips about different species that we recommend if you are looking for a specific color or type of tropical flower. If you for example are looking for a blue tropical flower you can take a look at our page about blue tropical flowers to find different blue tropical flowers species that we recommend. If you are looking for a tropical flower from the rainforest you can check our tropical rainforest flower page and so on. Below you find some basic info about some of the species that are featured on this site. Tropical flower – BougainvilleaThe Bougainvillea is named after a French admiral in the French navy who discovered this tropical flower in Brazil 1768. It can be found in the tropical and subtropical parts of South America and is a thorny and woody vine that can become at most 40 feet (12 meters) tall, climbing upwards on other plants. Although it mostly is evergreen, this tropical flower can actually shed its leaves and survive if there is a dry season. Known for its wide variety of colors, becoming either pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white or yellow, the Bougainvillea has become a widely appreciated tropical flower all over the world.
You can find a picture of a bougainvillea at the bottom of this page.
Tropical flower – Red GingerThe Red Ginger is a tropical flower with a very special look. Originally from Malaysia the Red Ginger can nowadays be found in many Central American nations and also in Belize, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Also known as Ostrich Plume and Pink Cone Ginger, this tropical flower might seem to bloom long before it actually does. Looking like a brightly coloured and soft pine cones, it is actually just the white top that is the actual flower.
Tropical flower – AnthuriumThe Anthurium was discovered by the Austrian botanist Heinrich Wilhelm Schott and can mostly be found in the wet tropical mountain forests of South-Central America. The leaves of this tropical flower can come in lots of different shapes and can be found growing out of the top of the rather short stem. The extremely small flowers are densely packed on a sort of spike and come on a long variety of colours. Just below the flower there usually is a leathery leaf called a spathe. This spathe is the most impressive part as it usually is brightly colored and changes color over time. This tropical flower has a wonderful exotic scent and can be a fine addition indoors.
Tropical flower – HeliconiaThe Heliconia is a genus of tropical flowers that can be found in the tropical parts of America and on some of the Pacific Ocean islands. A common name for the Heliconia is lobster-claw or sometimes false bird-of-paradise, this because a group of flowers most often resembles claws or bird wings. The leaves can be quite large and the flowers grow on erect or drooping panicles. Although the fleshy and brightly colored panicles are a part of the tropical flower, the real flower can be found peeking out of the centre of it, making it suitable for hummingbirds to feed on.
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