A
adventitious roots 32
aeonium, black 38
aerial roots 32
African mask 42
African violet 122
agave, wax 71
air fresheners 124
air pollutants, cleaning 8
alocasia, jewel 42
aloe
Curaçao 43
Amazonian elephant’s ear 42
angel’s wings 104
antelope ears 116
Areca palm 67
arum, fern 141
B
baby toes 80
baby’s tears 89
bamboo palm 120
banjo fig 78
bar room plant 47
begonia, painted-leaf 52
Bellmore sentry palm 87
black aeonium 38
black rose 38
blushing bromeliad 101
brake fern 117
bridal wreath 133
broadleaf lady palm 120
bromeliads 12
watering 24
bunny-ears cactus 104
burro’ tail 131
butterfly palm 67
button fern 110
C
cactus 11
feeding 27
holiday 130
offsets 32
cactus euphorbia 77
calathea 82
candalabra plant 77
Cape jasmine 81
Cape primrose 136
Cape sundew 66
carnivorous plants 13
displaying 68
cast-iron plant 47
cathedral windows 82
ceriman 100
Ceylon creeper 76
Chinese evergreen 39
Chinese jasmine, scented 90
Chinese money plant 115
Christmas cactus 130
cleaning plants 27
clivia 58
compost 20
crab claw cactus 130
creeping fig 84
Curaçao aloe 43
cuttings 28
cycad 60
D
Delta maidenhair fern 36
devil’s ivy 76
devil’s root 96
devil’s tongue 123
displaying houseplants 16, 40, 62, 68, 74
division 31
dragon tree 65
dumb cane 61
dwarf mountain palm 56
E
Easter lily cactus 72
elephant’s baby toe 80
elephant’s ear, Amazonian 42
elephant’s foot 49
elkhorn fern 116
equipment 19
euphorbia, cactus 77
F
fairy elephant’s feet 80
false shamrock 105
feathery fern 46
fern arum 141
ferns 10
compost 22
pictures from leaves 106
table 117
fishbone cactus 73
fishbone fern 103
flamingo flower 45
flamingo plant 89
flower-dust plant 91
flowering plants (general) 13
foliage plants (general) 13
foxtail fern 46
freckle face 89
friendship tree 59
fruit salad plant 100
G
gardenia, common 81
geranium 109
golden ball 71
golden barrel cactus 72
golden cane palm 67
golden pothos 76
good luck plant 123
guzmania 83
H
hanging plants 84
health, houseplants for 8
hearts on a string 55
hedgehog cactus 72
Hindu rope plant 88
holiday cactus 130
holiday care 24
horse’s tail 131
hoya 88
huntsman’s horns 126
I
ivy, devil’s 76
J
jasmine 90
Chinese scented 90
Madagascar 133
jewel alocasia 42
K
kalanchoe, dwarf 91
kentia palm 87
kokedama 112
L
lace leaf 45
ladder fern 103
lady palm 120
lamb’s tail 131
leaf cuttings 28
leopard lily 61
light requirements 14
lily
leopard 61
Natal 58
peace 132
living stones 93
love plant 105
love tree 114
M
Madagascar dragon tree 65
Madagascar jasmine 133
maidenhair fern, Delta 36
maranta 95
missionary plant 115
money tree 59
monkey cactus 54
monkey cups 102
monstera 100
moonstone 108
mother-in-law’s cushion 71
mother-in-law’s tongue 30, 123
mulches 22
N
Natal lily 58
nerve plant 79
New Zealand cliff brake 110
nipple cactus 94
North American pitcher plant 69, 126
O
offsets 31
oil cloth 45
old man cactus 54
old man’s head 54
orchid
feeding 27
Philippines 98
oxalis 105
P
painted-leaf begonia 52
palms 10
cleaning 27
thatch 87
pancake plant 115
parasol plant 128
parlour palm 56
partridge breast aloe 43
peace lily 132
peacock plant 82
pearl plant 86
pebble plants 93
pelargonium 109
Philippines orchid 98
philodendron 114
pictures from leaves 106
Pilosocereus 75
pincushion cactus 94
pineapple 44
pink jasmine vine 90
pink lantern 98
pitcher plant
tropical 102
polka dot cactus 104
polka dot plant 89
ponytail palm 49
porcelain flower 88
positioning plants 13
powder puff cactus 94
prayer plant 95
primrose, Cape 136
Q
quicksilver 91
R
rabbit tracks 95
rabbit’s foot 95
rainwater 24
repotting 22
ribbon fern 117
ric rac cactus 73
rosary plant 55
rose grape 98
runners 31
S
sago palm 60
Saintpaulia 122
Schefflera 128
scindapsus 76
screens with houseplants 50
sea-urchin cactus 72
shamrock, false 105
shield fern 48
silver case 37
silver net plant 79
silver vine 76
spathe flower 132
spiderwort 139
spineless yucca 140
staghorn fern 116
star window plant 86
stem cuttings 28
stephanotis 133
stick yucca 140
streptocarpus 136
string of beads 92
string of hearts 55
string of pearls 92
offsets 32
sugar almond plant 108
sundew, Cape 66
sweetheart plant 114
sweetheart vine 55
Swiss cheese plant 100
sword fern 103
T
table fern 117
tail flower 45
temperature requirements 16, 25
terrariums 117
Thanksgiving cactus 130
thatch palm 87
tongue-shaped guzmania 83
tropical pitcher plant 102
tufted air plant 83
U
UFO plant 115
umbrella tree, dwarf 128
urn plant 37
V
Venus fly trap 64
vine, sweetheart 55
W
wandering Jew 139
watering 23
wax agave 70
wax flower 88
wax vine 88
white sails 132
Y
yukka, spineless 140
Z
Zanzibar gem 141
zigzag cactus 73
zuzu plant 141
ZZ plant 141