Five Flowering Indoor Plants 

Brighten up any home or office with these five flowering plants that can grow well indoors. These leafy friends are also easy to care for and will add colour to your life.

The Guzmania species and its cultivars is commonly used to beautify landscapes and homes thanks to its ornamental foliage. Its leaves are green and smooth, and soft to touch, arranged in a rosette form. The flower stalk emerges from the centre of the rosette with flower bracts in shades of red to orange, adding the perfect accent to homes. A tropical plant that is low maintenance, this species is ideal for Singapore weather. All you need to do is water once a week or when the top layer of soil gets dry. Place your plant in an area with bright but indirect sunlight and keep the soil well drained.

The Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum wallisi) is a long-time household favourite and there is good reason for that. Its flower is not only elegant to the eye, the plant is also reportedly efficient at cleaning the air, ridding it free of pollutants in addition to oxygenating it! Caring for the Peace Lily is relatively fuss free: simply water once a week, keeping the soil well drained and the plant in the shade.

Not much time on your hands? Meet the Tillandsia, also known as the air plant! It pretty much defines ‘easy to care for’ requiring minimal care and surviving in harsh conditions. Generally, just mist the plant once a week and it should remain healthy. It can grow well under indirect sunlight or with artificial light and should be allowed to dry off in a well-ventilated place after watering to prevent bacterial or fungal infections. Blooms will vary according to the species, but beginner gardeners may choose the Tillandsia ionantha for its pretty leaves and flowers.

Impatient and cannot wait for your plants to bloom? The Wishbone Flower (Torenia fournieri) will not disappoint. While it is a small and compact plant that grows no taller than 50 cm, its flowers come in shades of pink, magenta, blue and purple, with a yellow bi-coloured form introduced recently. This profuse bloomer is easy to grow as a potted plant placed near a partial shady to fully shady area with moist but well-drained soil. The stamens of the trumpet shaped flowers are fused together forming a shape similar to a wishbone, thus the name wishbone flower.

The African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha) has hybrids that come in a plethora of colours like purple, red, white, cream-pale green to yellow, depending on the cultivar. Its succulent leaves are round to oval-shaped, dark green and covered with whitish hairs. The African Violet needs porous soils with good drainage and grows well under partial shade or bright indirect sunlight with high humidity and moderate watering.

Learning More
For more information about the flora and fauna found in Singapore, Visit NParks Flora & Fauna Web here.

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