Are you interested in getting to know about some of the best rare indoor plants? Do you want to know about beautiful houseplants and the benefits of rare indoor plants? Read this article to the end to get to know about the beauty and uniqueness of indoor plants. And also what benefits we can get out of keeping plants around our daily life at home and workplace!
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The Rarest and Unique House Plants
From the past some decades, as the world has evolved into a global village worldwide, people interchange information, cultures, and interests, and I think nature is the beauty of it. Due to modern technology, unusual and uncommon indoor plants are available to most of the public.
Lately, exotic indoor plants are getting more and more popular, and people are showing interest in rare indoor plants more than ever. They are looking for unique and beautiful rare indoor plants and finding ways of keeping and taking good care of them. Collecting indoor plants of great uniqueness and beauty has become people’s obsession.
Houseplants do not take much space and are easy to tend to. They keep the environment of the house or any other place of yours clean and fresh. Rare and unique plant species are exported across the world for their beauty and other qualities.
If you are looking for houseplants, you should research online about them. Also, ask for an expert’s advice as usually every place have their traditional houseplants of interest.
Unusual house plants are easy to care for; that’s why they can be found in stores. Nature is truly unique; houseplants seem to be especially come into life to be kept inside houses and buildings. It is true somehow due to their qualities, structure, and needs.
Some of The Rare and Renown Indoor Plants
Houseplants are not only to add beauty to your place; they bring health and life with themselves. Houseplants keep the environment fresh and also adds to the decoration of your house.
Here’s a list of few rare indoor plants your love to keep around!-
Nerve Plant
Nerve Plant is mostly found in Southern America and it is of great interest to the public because to being immensely colorful. It got its name from the beautiful bright red veins on the leaves, like nerves.
Nerve plant grows healthy in low humidity. Apart from that, it does not need much light and is an easy grower. Being colorful it can make your place look stunning.
Desert Rose
This unique type of rose is named after the desert because it comes from the desert. Its origin is the Middle East and African deserts.
When desert rose blooms, it adds a beautiful pop of color to the indoor space where it is kept. It can be a good addition of beauty to your indoor garden.
Being a desert plant, it is okay if you forget to water it now and then. It is not among the rare indoor plants that need to be watered occasionally, though it will be healthy to provide light more often.
Make sure that the soil dries in between two shifts of watering. In summer, you can put it under sunlight to encourage good health.
Banana Shrub
It is called Banana Shrub because when it blooms, its flowers smell of bananas. And it is not from the banana family but the Magnolia family of plants. It is one of the most preferred rare indoor plants.
Experts suggest that providing Banana Shrub a lot of light will encourage its growth. If you keep it near the window for the natural sunlight, it will be more than just healthy.
Try not to over-water as banana shrubs are open to root diseases. The best thing that you could do is to water it occasionally and keep it under sunlight.
Pencil Cactus
Cactus comes in various shapes and sizes, and this one is named after a pencil because it actually looks like a bunch of pencils. It is not unusual for a plant of the Cactaceae family to be uncommon in shape.
It would help if you were careful as it is not one of the pet-friendly plant/shrubs. The milky sap that pencil cactus produce can be harmful.
Pencil Cactus grows out healthy in sunlight, so make sure to provide the right amount of light. It does not need much water, so you need to water it a bunch of times in a whole month.
Albuca Frizzle Sizzle
Frizzle Sizzle has spiral leaves and can give an excellent architectural look to your place. It looks like some cartoon images out of Dr. Seuss’s book. When it blooms in spring, it produces sweet-smelling flowers, and its leaves turn pale or brown.
You can cut off the spikes to prevent the leaves from turning brown. This is the kind of plant that needs a lot of light, and like many other rare indoor plants, do allow the soil to dry out between watering.
Club Moss
Club moss can be a perfect terrarium plant for a small space. It does not take many sizes and can grow in low light. However, club moss is among the rare indoor plants that need occasional humidity around to grow.
Make sure that you do not overwater it as it will cause root diseases. Though, you need to water it occasionally to encourage its growth in the right way.
This plant needs humidity more than the usual indoor plants, so ensure that you do your research before purchasing. You should stay away from buying club moss if you are living in a place of dry weather.
Also, check out these low-maintenance shrubs if you are running low on budget! These can be a really great addition to your home.
Polka Dot Begonia
There is a wide range of begonia plant species than you can imagine. The difference and similarity between two begonia plants can make you wonder.
Begonias are mostly native to the tropical climate. Polka dot begonia needs not much light, so it is okay to keep it somewhere inside your house. Though occasionally you can take it out into the sun, once or twice a week will do fine.
Black Bat Flower
Black bat flower is one of the strangest flower plants, very much like its name. It blooms from late summer into fall, around the time of Halloween. Its flowers are black, beautiful, and look like bats, and that’s why it is named after a bat.
Black bat flower is a tropical plant and grows healthy in temperature of above 60 degrees on average. It does not need sunlight that much; low light will do it no harm. Ensure that you water it on time and, like most indoor houseplants, let the soil dry out between watering.
Night Blooming Jasmine
Night-blooming jasmine is one of the most fragrant and beautiful houseplants that you should consider to keep. The tiny white fragrant flowers and glossy dark green leaves are stunning. It blooms around night time and enriches the surroundings with its strong romantic smell.
Make sure that you water it occasionally, and it needs more water than usual houseplants. It favors the sun, so now and then, keep it out to absorb sunlight.
Tweedle Dee Begonias
This plant does not seem like it is from the family of begonia, but it is a begonia. It has cute little leaves with beautiful silver markings on the edges.
Rare indoor plants need mostly the temperature above sixty, so make sure that you keep it in mind. Also, keep the inside of the house humid as it does great good to the plant.
Water it occasionally and let the soil dry every time before you water it again. This type of begonia plant do fine in partial sun, so you need not worry about providing it sunlight occasionally.
Benefits of Indoor Plants/ Houseplants
Houseplants are getting popular as they are luscious and promising in adorning your place beautiful. They provide aesthetics, healthy environment by recycling carbon dioxide. It adds humidity to the environment and is suitable for psychological health.
Beauty and Aesthetics
Plants are beautiful, mostly flowery plants. It’s in our human nature to feel comfortable around nature. The fragrance of flowers and greenery moves every sane human.
Also, houseplants provide an excellent way to adorn your house and affect the environment healthily around.
Like outdoors, rare indoor plants serve many purposes like providing a healthy view, humidity, and fragrance. Plants keep the environment clean and provide beauty.
Being unknown to the benefits, you can choose an indoor plant/houseplant just by its stunning looks. Besides its appearance and aesthetics, a houseplant has many other health causes to serve.
Cleaning the Air
Houseplants clean pollutants from the air and make it fresher and safer for us to breathe. If you look at it, due to deforestation worldwide climate is changing.
A global threat is knocking at our door because oxygen is becoming less and carbon dioxide more.
It is suggested that one plant per 100 feet is healthy and effective in cleaning the air. NASA states that plants and trees help us in being healthy by lowering the level of carbon and other toxic gases.
A harmful gas like benzene is found around books and papers; houseplants/indoor plants can reduce its level.
Plants assist us in breathing by reducing harmful gases like carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and providing fresh oxygen through photosynthesis.
Orchid and succulent plants are beneficial in providing oxygen and are recommended by health and environmental experts.
Humidity
Through the process of transpiration, plants release moisture, which increases humidity. Around 97% of the water is estimated that plants release in the form of moisture through leaves.
Plant produced humidity can be very healthy in the dry season. Houseplants decrease common cold, the likelihood of dry skin, and sore throat.
Better Mental Health
Indoor plants/houseplants can work a charm for psychological health as they generate happiness. Houseplants have a beneficial impact on life around them.
Plants in our surroundings can lower the likelihood of depression, so it is indeed healthy to keep plants at home and in the workplace.
A study of Michigan university shows that plants in our surroundings healthily affect our concentration and memory. So, you can say that plants help us work better and more efficiently/productively.
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