#indoor gardening
- Aeschynanthus lobbianus — Scientific name of a perennial epiphytic lipstick plant species from the Aeschynanthus genus, native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, structurally recognized by small, oval, dark green leaves and scarlet tubular flowers emerging from a long, tubular, dark purple-black, heavily pubescent calyx. This variety is extensively cultivated in hanging baskets due to the dramatic ornamental appearance of its inflorescences.
- Alocasia lindenii — The scientific name of an ornamental perennial plant species in the family Araceae, native to New Guinea, also known under the taxonomic synonym Homalomena lindenii. The plant is characterized by large, heart-shaped, vibrant green leaves traversed by bright yellowish-white veins, with long, light-colored petioles, providing a visual contrast highly appreciated in exotic indoor plant collections.
- Green velvet alocasia — A tropical plant species endemic to the island of Luzon (Philippines), belonging to the Araceae family, globally renowned for its velvety, deep dark green leaves, striking white-cream veins. Commonly known as Alocasia 'Frydek' (which usually designates the nursery-grown cultivar), this collector's plant features arrow-shaped leaves with elegantly wavy margins, highly prized for its exceptional ornamental value.
- Lace aloe — A species of perennial succulent plant in the Asphodelaceae family, native to the mountainous regions of South Africa and Lesotho, widely cultivated as an indoor or garden decorative plant due to its remarkable frost and drought resistance. Recently reclassified by some botanists into the genus Aristaloe (as Aristaloe aristata), this plant grows as a dense, low rosette made of lanceolate dark green leaves, covered with white tubercles and ending in long awn-like threads.
- Tiger aloe — A species of perennial succulent plant in the Asphodelaceae family, native to the arid regions of South Africa and Namibia, renowned for its unique leaves arranged in three overlapping ranks that form an erect, triangular rosette. This decorative plant is characterized by dark green foliage marked with irregular white transverse bands and pearly spots, recently reclassified by some botanists as Gonialoe variegata.
- Anthurium andreanum — The scientific name for the painter's palette or flamingo flower, a tropical perennial in the family Araceae native to Colombia and Ecuador, famous for its heart-shaped glossy leaves and bright red waxy spathes surrounding a yellow spadix.
- Ardisia — A genus of higher plants in the Primulaceae family (subfamily Myrsinoideae), comprising over 500 species of evergreen shrubs, small trees, and herbaceous plants, predominantly distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Asia, and Australia. Their main structural characteristic is represented by alternate, often leathery leaves with entire or wavy margins, small star-shaped flowers grouped in umbel-like inflorescences, and globose drupe-type fruits, intensely colored in red or black, highly valued ornamentally.
- Asparagus sprengeri — The scientific name assigned to an herbaceous perennial plant (modernly classified as Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri') in the family Asparagaceae, native to South Africa; it is widely cultivated as an ornamental indoor or garden plant due to its long, cascading, and pendent shoots covered with needle-like cladodes of an intense green color resembling delicate leaves, being highly valued in global floral arrangements.
- Asplenium bulbiferum — A species of perennial fern in the Aspleniaceae family, native to New Zealand and Australia, popularly known as the mother fern or hen and chickens fern. It stands out for its unique ability to develop small vegetative bulbils (plantlets) directly on the upper surface of its finely dissected, fresh green fronds; these bulbils grow, form small leaves and roots, and when heavy enough fall to the ground, giving rise to new independent plants.
- Asplenium nidus — A popular species of epiphytic fern in the Aspleniaceae family, native to tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Oceania, commonly known as the bird's-nest fern. It is characterized by large, entire, lance-shaped fronds of a glossy light green, featuring a prominent dark midrib; the fronds grow arranged in a compact central rosette reminiscent of a nest, possessing the biological capacity to collect rainwater and organic matter falling from trees.