Plant Encyclopedia
Care cards, common problems, and fun facts for the plants collectors actually buy. Updated as the library grows.
The most forgiving trailing houseplant in the world. Native to the Solomon Islands, naturalized across the tropics, and famously hard to kill — a Pothos cutting in a glass of water will outlive most relationships.
The icon of modern houseplant collecting. A vigorous tropical aroid native to southern Mexico and Central America, prized for the dramatic fenestrations (splits and holes) that develop as it matures.
A stable mutation of Philodendron 'Rojo Congo' that arose in cultivation in the late 2010s. Striking pinstripe variegation on each leaf and a tidy upright habit — one of the easiest 'collector-looking' plants to keep alive.
Architectural, drought-proof, and almost impossible to kill except by overwatering. West African native, now the apartment plant by default.
A classic '70s houseplant making a quiet comeback. Throws plantlets ('spiderettes') on long stems — propagate by snipping and rooting in water.
The plant that survives a forgotten apartment over a long vacation. Underground rhizomes store water for weeks, and the glossy leaves shrug off dust and low light.