This is my houseplant collection:
3 Philodendrons (Moonlight, Autumn and Prince of Orange)
4 Euphorbia millii (Crown of Thorns)
2 Candalabra type cacti
1 large totem with Epipremnum Marble Queen
Palms:
Lady Palm (Rhapis excelsa)
Areca Palm-Dypsis lutescens-(Golden Butterfly)
Chamaedorea cataractarum (Cat Palm)
Dypsis pembana palm
Spindle Palm
Chamaedorea microspadix (Bamboo Palm)
Chamaedorea seifrizii (a different Bamboo Palm)
Euterpe sp. unknown
Adonidia merrillii (Christmas Palm)

Lipstick Plant
Hindu Roper Hoyas (Hoya compacta, green and variegated)
Donkey tail succulent
Orthophytum vagans (a bromeliad)
3 Anthurium andreanums
Jatropha podigriaca
Alocasia "Purple Prince"
Alocasia loweii
Pony tail palm
variegated pony tail palm
sansevierrias-- about 25 species and cultivars
2 begonias
1 orchid

How do my plants compare in nature to yours?

pothos- 3 plants of unknown variety.
agloenemas- one dark leaved with lighter variegations, and another that has the reverse.
various sans t.
fitonia- can't remember the type
dieffenbachia
nepthytis 'maria'
'devil's tongue' ivy
pachypodium- 'madagascar palm'
parlor palm
dracanea marginata 'tri-color'
dracanea marginata 'magenta'- two of these.
common aloes- four of varying size (and health)
peperomia- don't remember the type
calathea
jade- common type with the red edges.
spathyillium
English ivy 'helen'
pointsettia

I had a parlor palm in th house but decided to plant it in my greenhouse as it is so voluminous.

I want to get some more houseplants, and I am looking for ideas. I don't want ficus, or corn plants. Crotons, Ti leaves etc don't thrive indoors for me so I grow them elsewhere under protection.

I had a huge MOnstera deliciosa in the house, and a very large Strelitzia (white bird of paradise) but they just took up too much space so they live on the porch now.

Forgive the mix of common and scientific names, I'm tired. At home, I have:

Philodendron 'Brasil'
Philodendron 'Moonlight'
Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm) - love this one!
Variegated rubber tree (Ficus elastica)
Sygonium 'Pink Splash' or 'Pink Flash' or something like that
Sygonium 'Trileaf Wonder' - love this one too
Anthurium, red
Variegated ficus
Spathiphyllum 'Domino'
Chlorophyllum 'Fireflash'
Clivia, orange
2 zz plants
2 Christmas cactus, salmon and red
1 hoya
1 ponytail palm
3 small cacti
2 amaryllis
Dracaena reflexa
Dracaena Janet Craig compacta
2 Chinese evergreens
2 snake plants
1 ratty 19 year old ficus tree that has one more summer to get its act together
Overgrown ugly pothos on a pole that I'm giving away
About 2 dozen assorted foliage cuttings rooting in water - homalomena, chinese evergreens, zz's, ming aralia, coleus, not sure what else is up there right now

Orchids:
About 12 phalaenopsis
3 Phaius
1 Phaiocalanthe
2 Spathoglottis
About 6 assorted minicattleyas
Lusidisia discolor

Just overwintering indoors, not really houseplants:
Citronella geranium
Bougainvilla 'Raspberry Ice'
Upright elephant ear (unlabeled variety)
4 tropical waterlilies
2 umbrella palms
1 papyrus
4 Algerian ivies

Whew!

You'll notice probably half of my collection is either variegated or has some other sort of color bonus to the foliage. I'll be collecting orchids with variegated foliage next - I just discovered they exist!

How about some of the aralias - ming, balfour, black, etc.? A bit challenging, but I'm sure you're up for it. Dracaena 'Lemon-Lime' is fun, great color to the leaf. And everyone should own a ZZ plant. Aglaonema 'Silver Bay' or 'Key Largo' or any of the ones with huge leaves. Schefflera 'Amate'?

Billy Rae

I may just go get another Domino from Lowes or HD today for the house. I have 2 big Obake-type Anthuriums I want to relocate to my greenhouse and need something to fill their spots.

Living room:
Pothos
Pothos cutting (...from the above plant. I don't mind it getting leggy, but it was starting to loose alot of leaves)

Kitchen/nook:
Dracaena Marginata
Dracaena Marginata Tricolour
2 Dracaena Lemon Lime (one of them didn't have much variegation when I bought it so I thought it was a different cultivar until it started to look like the other!)
Anthurium (growing on a chunk of lava rock. Nifty idea since it is it's natural habitat but mold is becoming a constant problem)
Christmas cactus
Dumb cane
Coffee plant
Ficus Weeping fig (variegated, not quite as fussy as you'd expect)
Calthea
Peperomia
Neanthebella (Parlour) palm

Fluorescent light garden (not sure if this counts as "indoors." Conditions are more like a greenhouse):
3 Phalaenopsis
3 Paphiopedilum
2 Oncidium
2 jewel orchids
1 Masdevallia
1 Cattleya
1 Dendrobium
1 Maidenhair fern
2 Tillandsia
2 Lucky bamboo (water)
1 pineapple top (rooting)
several christmas cactus cuttings

Bedroom:
Aspidistra
Snake plant
Coleus
Lucky bamboo (dirt)
Amaryllis
2 Jade plants (emergency mid-winter rooting job)
Some other type of crassula (emergency repotting)
Several "minature" succulents (not sure if they're true minatures or bonsaied or seedlings or what. Got them from a guy at the flea market and I haven't seen him since)

Bathroom:
Asparagus fern (going out on the balcony and into a hanging basket come spring. I've also tried actual ferns in here and they just don't do well)

And about 8 small succulents!

Bahia, it's not fair that you can grow so much outside in zone 9 and have a greenhouse, too...LOL Palms soon outgrow my space so now I stick with Cycads which remind me of Palms, except for Chamaedora elegans which doesn't look palmlike at all...LOL josh.

I am surprised to hear that cycads can be used as houseplants! I would think that a lot would get way too big and unweildy.

I have never had any luck trying to keep crotons or cordylines in the house. They whine and moan and drop leaves til I move them outside. Its too dry here in my house.

Yes, I live in zone 9, but its 9A, not 9B. We get 2-3 frosts and at least 1 hard freeze here every winter. So to grow the tropical and ultratropical plants in my collection, a greenhouse that can be kept 50F or above is an absolute necessity. If I could keep all my stuff in the house, I would, in a second! But its hard to use the water hose in the house, LOL.

You guys are definitely a bad influence, I bought an aralia yesterday. I have no idea which one though. I'll have to take a photo and let you guys ID it for me.

I have some Chamie metallica in the greenhouse. Beautiful little dwarf palms. They would make good houseplants.

The palms that probably make the BEST houseplants are Calyptrocalyx palms. They are not everyday run of the mill (that is, you can't pick them up at box stores generally) but they are worth growing from seed or special ordering from somewhere like Hawaii. They are rainforest understory palms, most are small in stature and they tolerate low light very well.

I am not sure on all the scientific names so hang with me.

Pothos (slightly marbled)
heart leaf philo
Philo Selloum
Sago Palm
Rowe Red banana plant ( I think)
10 lucky bamboo stalks
2 Jade plant
some kind of palm
5 african violet
large thanksgiving cactus (pink)
2 thanksgiving cactus 1 pink, 1 unknown (both small)

assorted small cacti
-jade
-haworthia -love this one, want one bigger.
-others I don't know what they are.

1 lg, 1 sm peace lilly
1 lg, 1 sm Corn plant
Croton
3 Dwarf Schefflera (solid green)
Solid and verigated spider plants
Norfork pine (small)
Variegated heart leaf kerrii (one of my fav's)
1 lg, 1 sm Hoya Kentiana
2 Hoya Krimson Princess
Hoya Lacunosa
Hoya Brevialata
Hoya Obovata
Hoya Krinkle 8
Hoya Shepherdii (string bean)
2 Hoya carnosa Variegated (Krimson Queen)
Hoya compacta Variegated (Hindu Rope hoya)
1 lg, 1 sm Hoya compacta (Solid Green Hindu Rope hoya)
Hoya Picta
Hoya Marlea
Hoya Chelsea
Hoya Holliana
Hoya Carnosa (I think)
2 Unknown hoya (from friend & family member)
HOYA FUNGII
Hoya Limoniaca
HOYA LATIFOLIA
Hoya Potsii
HOYA INCRASSATA
Hoya Multiflora
HOYA MELIFLUA CV. FRATERNA
Hoya Pubicalyx cv. pink silver
Hoya Cumingiana
2 Rhipsalis
2 unknown orchid (from home depo)
3 Dracaena marginata?(with green edges)
Dracaena (red edged??)

I think that might be it..... In the house at least. Outside is another story.

thanks, shanna

shanna

My Cycads are grown as psuedo-bonsai I suppose you'd say, in that almost all older leaves are removed when the new upright flush appears...keeps them manageable in 10" pots. Since my other main mania is books, Cycads can sit on bookshelves under windows, or atop taller ones. No hose but I find a handful or two of icecubes is easy and doesn't hurt the plants. I'll admit though it gets a little jungly around here in the winter...LOL

Interesting thread...fun to see what everyone grows. josh

That is extremely interesting about cycad bonsai. Can you show some photos?? I'd think seriously about trying that.

Cactus & Sucs,
Crown of Thorns, well, several Euphrobias, Kalanchoes, Aloes, Agaves, Yuccas, Crussulas, Mammorella, Strawberry cactus, Sedums, fat plants, Pachiras, Peperomias, Pony Tails, Pencil Cactus, Kleinia, Mother of Thousands, Portulacarias, Prickly Pear, Haworthias, Gasterias, Screw Pines,Pachypodiums, ZZ, and again, many I can't recall or ID..Toni

Bihai, I'll try for Cycad photos but will need help from my son uploading. I use webtv rather than a computer and while I've attempted photos once or twice it really seemed like a whole lot of grief for my poor photo skills. LOL Really, though, the key is just growing in tight quarters (small pot), and letting them rest during winter...only enough water to survive. Outside in summer where they get watered daily. No fertilizer ever. I like the big corm (?) as much as the fronds so I let that stick up above pot level...and if they have "pups" so much the better, like my Sago (about 14" tall). One reason I remove the older fronds in fall is space but the main reason is to see where those fronds originate. My Cardboard Cycad (about 10" tall) has sadly defoliated (must have missed it once too often with my icecube rounds) but will flush new leaves this summer. C. circinnalis is looking great as are the other 2 whose names I'll have to find.

I noticed Toni listed Cycads too...they really are easy and don't require lots of sun in winter if they get outside in summer. Isn't that your experience, Toni? They just put out one flush of leaves yearly over a period of a week or two...that's it for the year...LOL josh

79 Araceae (Anthurium, Dieffenbachia, Aglaonema, Philodendron, Epipremnum, Homalomena, Monstera, Spathiphyllum, Syngonium, Zamioculcas)
35 Asphodelaceae (Haworthia, Gasteria)
26 Ruscaceae (Dracaena, Ophiopogon, Aspidistra, Beaucarnea, Sansevieria)
21 Cactaceae (Cereus, Echinocactus, Astrophytum, Hatiora, Hylocereus, Schlumbergera)
17 Aloaceae (Aloe)
17 Crassulaceae (Crassula, Kalanchoe, Echeveria, Sedum)
13 Bromeliaceae (Ananas, Aechmea, Guzmania, Vriesea, Tillandsia, Cryptanthus)
12 Agavaceae (Agave, Yucca)
11 Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbia, Synadenium, Pedilanthus)
11 Liliaceae (Chlorophytum, Asparagus)
7 Apocynaceae (Hoya, Pachypodium)
6 Asparagaceae (Cordyline)
6 Moraceae (Ficus)
5 Begoniaceae (Begonia)
5 Lamiaceae (Plectranthus)
5 Saxifragaceae (Saxifraga)
5 Urticaceae (Pilea)
4 Commelinaceae (Tradescantia, Zebrina)
3 Araliaceae (Schefflera, Dizygotheca -- which is also Schefflera)
3 Araucariaceae (Araucaria)
3 Hyacinthaceae (Ledebouria)
3 Pandanaceae (Pandanus)
3 Piperaceae (Peperomia)
2 Arecaceae (Rhapis, Chamaedorea)
2 Asteraceae (Gynura, Senecio)
2 Davalliaceae (Davallia)
2 Gesneriaceae (Saintpaulia, Nematanthus)
2 Marantaceae (Maranta)
2 Myrsinaceae (Ardisia)
2 Polypodiaceae (Asplenium, Cyrtomium)
2 Strelitziaceae (Strelitzia)
1 Amarathaceae (Alternanthera)
1 Amaryllidaceae (Clivia)
1 Cyclanthaceae (Carludovica)
1 Orchidaceae (Ludisia)
1 Portulacaceae (Portulacaria)
1 Rubiaceae (Coffea)
1 Rutaceae (Murraya)
1 Vitaceae (Cissus)

I seem to actually be collecting (somewhat against my better judgment): cultivars of Ficus benjamina, Dracaena deremensis, Anthurium andreanum, and Sansevieria trifasciata, plus hybrids of Aglaonema and Aloe.

One NOID phal, yellow
Nepenthes ventricos
Nepenthes Maxima
Nepenthes Miranda
Broadleaf capensis sundew
Multifork sundew
Variegated pothos
green pothos
Wandering Jew
2 spider plants
Kentia Palm
Alsobia "Cygnet"
Zebra Prayer Plant -Maranta leuconeura erythroneuro

ZZ plant
Calathea roseo-picta and Medallion
Chlorophytum orchidastrum
Crocodile Fern
Peperomia caperata 'Metallic Ripple'
Nepenthes Miranda
Ficus benjamina variegata
Stromanthes sanguinea 'Tricolor'
Justicia schweidweileri
Dwarf Schefflera (cuttings root far easier than I expected!)
Dracaena sanderiana
Dracaena 'Chocolate'
Dracaena marginata
Spathiphyllum Sensation
a dwarf Spath
Syngonium Neon
Tradescantia discolor variegata
2 Black Bat Flowers (rooting but not yet sprouting)
a purple African violet
a Christmas Cactus
a few rex begonia varieties
Strawberry begonia
Sansevieria trifasciatus Futura-like
Hindu rope Hoya
an odd aglaonema variety
a beatup oddity I got at WalMart (thought it was a stressed Cissus rotundifolia but no tendrils on the new leaves)
some Coleus and Alternanthera
Persian Shield

Mr Sub, my your plant list has grown...But there's always room for one more..Toni

My list is going to be getting shorter soonish; I just need to have a day off work and a day with nice weather happen at the same time, and then some of them will be moving elsewhere. But god only knows when that will be.

bihai:

It's both better and worse than it looks. It's not a house, it's a 2-bdr. apartment, which is worse. But, an awful lot of those are still fairly small plants that don't take up a huge amount of room, which is better. On the third hand, they all keep getting bigger, and outgrowing the space they're in, which leads to rearranging of everything, and sooner or later a few of them may outgrow the apartment entirely: I bought a cute little Ardisia elliptica in July, maybe 7 or 8 inches tall in a 3-inch pot, and it's now been moved up twice (to a 4-inch pot and then a 6-inch pot) and is 19 inches tall. At this rate, it'll be brushing the ceiling by Labor Day. I'm not sure what will happen when we reach that point. On the fourth hand, there are lots of shelves and shop lights set up for the plants, which keep them more stacked on top of each other and less covering the whole floor (though they've been encroaching on the floor a little bit too).

Where are they all going on that elusive warm day off of work? To the consignment store? You do have one mightily impressive list!

Add three more phalaenopsis orchids and a streptocarpus to my list - post-Valentine's day treats to myself, also consolation prizes for not landing a really big prospect for my business. Apparently I value my plant expertise a lot more than they do. :(

I'm hoping to get a lot of my duplicates cleared away, one way or another, and make some room for stuff I haven't been able to place anywhere yet. I haven't actually sat down and tried to figure up how many are going where, but I'm thinking one way or another I should be able to get back down to about 250-275 plants, which would make me happy.

Dieffenbachia
Angel Begonia
4 - Philodenderon
Monstera
Imperial White
Mango Illusions
Golden
3 African Violets -
Mac's Blowing Bubbles - varigated leaves- pink
Alan's Fallen Angel - varigatied leaves - white
Unknown solid green leaves
Varigated Ivy
6 Amaryllis -
Apple Blossom
Exotica
Christmas White
Peppermint
Red
Orange
Christmas Cactus - Double Pink
Rosery Vine
Hoya
Clivia - Salmon
Lucky Bamboo
Aloe Vera
2 Airplane or Umbrella Tree's -
1 plain
1 varigated
Croton
Cactus -
1 tall barrel type
Yellow Starfish
Unknown with Large Red Bloom
Unknown tall 5 pointed
Tiger Jaws
2 small barrel- 1 pink bloom & 1 yellow bloom
Blue Spiny
Drunkards Dream
2 small mystery

2 Unknown Succulent -
one hot pink with hard leaves
one round green leafed with woody stems
Euphorbia - Peach Delight
4 Ice Plants -
Violet
Red
Pink
Unknown
Emerald Bush
Angel Fern - Mayii
Bromeliad - Pink blooms
3 Leaf Clover
Peace Lily
Creeping Charlie
5 Living Stones - unknown

I am still looking for a Varigated Monstera, a Pink Princess & one of the Orange Philodenderons. Of course there are more but for now that is what I am really wanting :)

Marie

Houseplants are so addictive, I just don't think its possible to have enough!

x2 Sansevieria trifasciata (one regular, one laurentii)
Spathiphyllum wallisii
Chlorophytum comosum variegatum
Cereus peruvianus
Hoya carnosa
Podocarpus macrophyllus
Dracaena marginata
x2 Codiaeum variegatum pictum (one regular, one Golden Star)
Ficus diversifolia
x2 Howiea (some say Howea) belmoreana
Hypoestes sanguinolenta (had 3 colors, red, white and pink but for some reason the red didn't make it)
Dieffenbachia picta Exotica
x2 Zygocactus truncatus (one with white flowers, the other with salmon)
African violet (grew from a cutting)
Schefflera actinophylla
Citrus paradisi (grapfruit tree from seed ^_^)
Echinocereus pectinatus
Lobivia famatimensis
Lemaireocereus marginatus
An uknown cactus that looks kind of like a Lobivia but yet not...but I call it my snowman cactus 'cause they way it's shaped it looks like a snowman without a head.
Philodendron scandens
Sedum morganianum
Saxifraga sarmentosa
Beaucarnea recurvata
Aglaonema Silver Queen
Tillandsia cyanea
Kalanchoe tomentosa
A succulent whose leaves are bluish green and fuzzy and slightly pointed at the ends. Thought it may have been an Echeveria setosa...but those leaves are waxy...not fuzzy.
Sedum pachyphyllum
Aphelandra squarrosa louisae
Sempervivum arachnoideum
Coleus (just a little seedling)
Araucaria heterophylla
x2 Hedera helix (one Glacier, one sagittaefolia)
Coffea arabica
Gasteria liliputana (one of my personal favs)
Lavandula heterophylla
Radermachera sinica
Dracaena deremensis
x2 Pteris (one ensiformis victoriae, one cretica albolineata)
Zamioculcus zamiifolia (the infamous ZZ plant, another one of my favs)
Crassula perforata (probably not a good reason to buy a plant but I bought it merely for it's common name...string of buttons!)

That's it, that's all. 14 of the plants on that list were added just this month! >_< I went a little nuts, but I couldn't help myself.

I have a few seeds I'm waiting on too though.
Fuschia, Cactus, Salpiglossis, Strelitzia, Passiflora, Musa, Dracaena (forget exactly what it is), Lithops and a Succulent.