Which are indoor ones?


Whee haw, you're stepping into a pile of worms with that question.
There is no such thing as an "indoor plant"; just plants that can
tolerate indoor conditions better than others.

In the middle ages, there were cloister gardens, where, enclosed by
the four wings of the monastery, monks kept figs, oranges, and herbs
in climates they otherwise could not survive. The plants had shelter
from cold, but plenty of sun and ambient humidity. The plants kept
by the Victorians, parlor palms, orange trees, camellias, heather,
were plants that needed fair amounts of light, high humidity, and
coolish conditions. But Victorians had no central heating or
cooling, and their "conservatories" were designed for high light.
Today, if you examine plants that do well indoors, such as african
violets, philodendron, figs, and prayer plants, you will discover
that they are mostly plants adapted to the understory of tropical
rain forests. That is, they can survive in warm, dim conditions,
such as are characteristic of the modern house.

So: an indoor plant is a plant that will live under the conditions
you provide for it. It all depends on the "indoor". If you have a
glassed-in porch or some other good environment, you can grow
serissa, natal plum, orange jasmine, olive, gardenia, camellia, figs,
and so on. If you have a north-facing windowsill, you may be limited
to a raggedy geranium.
--
Nina Shishkoff

Frederick, MD

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