Indoor plants are mostly very easy to grow. Among the easy-going are some in a family known as bromeliads. The pineapple is a typical, though tall, member and because a bromeliad other plants belonging to this family are known as room pines. While it is possible to grow ordinary pineapple indoors and even to have it bear fruit, it is the lovely variegated forms which are most often seen. The best known of the family is Aechmeafasciata the Greek vase or urn plant. The vernacular name comes from the shape of the plant, where the leaf bases overlap and form a vase in which water will remain. In the home, where they are mostly grown in pots of soil they can still take their water this way though it is also possible to grow them on wood.
Easy to Grow Indoor plants
There are several species and varieties of bromeliads. Cryptanthus species are flatter and more star-like than tall aechmeas. Vriesa and neoregelia come between the two. All have strange, handsome markings and some are vividly coloured with brilliant reds and coral pinks.
Resembling the teller bromeliads in some ways with its long pointed leaves and handsome leaf maekings, the sansviera, a member of the lily family, share their agreeable toughness and adaptability. Its right to included in the easy plant group is due to the fact that they can water it in the same way as you water cactus, once a month from October to March and once a week.
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Another member of the same family, Aloe variegate, sometimes called the partriged plant because of its bird- like bars and dots, is also easy. These are very easy plants to grow and once you have coaxed it into flower it will continue to bloom each year.
A group of plants which have been standing around indoors, in many countries, for a very long time are the so-called potted palms. These really are tolerant. They will flourish under the most difficult conditions. The palms you can find on sale are the chamaedorea elegams, a graceful, slow-growing little beauty which just the right size for many arrangements although it looks very well on its own, especially if it can be silhouetted in some way.
A tall fig is extremely striking in appearance and well deserves the term architectural which is often applied to it. So long as one observes a few simple rules, this handsome plant is easy to grow. It likes shady position and it likes to be left to grow in the one place.
Like the bromeliads, philodendrons are also tree growing epiphytes. Of all the philodendrons, P. scandens, with deep green heart shaped leaves, is possibly the easiest of all to grow. It is also tolerant and can be moved around more than most.
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