This maple is native to China and Japan. Its botanical name comes from its leaves, which have 5 or more deep lobes and vaguely resemble a human hand. It is a popular bonsai subject in Japan. The bark...
Platycerium bifurcatum is one of the more unusual and challenging house plants. It grows without its roots in soil and produces 2 types of fronds. One type is the branched frond that gives the plant...
Scheffleras are tropical and sub-tropical shrubs and small trees. Some are grown outside in the warm areas. Its leaves grow from long stems and are large, digitate (fingered) and dark green. This...
This plant would haven’t been good looking, if it were not for its orange berries. The leaves are very small and its white flowers very insignificant. After flowering, it produces these orange berries...
There are over 600 species of Ficus, most of them tropical and evergreen, although some, most notably F. carica, the common fig, are deciduous. Ficus produces a unique "fruit" which is actually an...