Unusual indoor plants

For intricate and unconventional housewives, growing a simple ficus is too boring. Housewives with fantasy will come up with more unusual and even exotic plants . At first glance, this is a pretty bold step, because such flowers require special care. But even the most unusual houseplants are sometimes relatively unpretentious and perfectly grow in an apartment.

Flower Venus Flycatcher

Flycatcher refers to unusual houseplants predators. The homeland is considered to be the North American continent, in its kind it is the only species. An adult plant can catch and absorb not only flies, it is able to eat mosquitoes and other insects. The flower trap Venusina flytrapper consists of two halves, which are a bit like shells of mollusks. On the edges are glands, which give off a pleasant smell. On it and fly insects.

For this specimen, the soil consisting of moss-sphagnum and a mixture for rooting cuttings is suitable. A pot with a plant is best placed in a well-lit place, the perfect sill, which is in the light of the first half of the day. Never allow the substrate to dry out, try to keep the cool, cool air.

Indoor mimosa shy

This species is considered to be one of the unusual indoor plants. The flower received its name for very sensitive leaves. At the slightest touch, they immediately fold and fall.

Growing a mimosa at home is not so difficult. She is thermophilic, loves bright sunlight and quite normally suffers direct sunlight. A transplant can be done only in extreme necessity and try not to disturb the plant at all. The only thing you need to constantly monitor is humidity and lighting, otherwise the flower is unpretentious.

Rotating desmodium

It is also called a "dancing" tree. This plant is a family of legumes, it is widely distributed in India, China and Sri Lanka. It has two types of leaves: lateral small and larger at the ends of branches. It is the large leaves that make rotational movements, while they describe the ellipse for about a minute. In the evening the leaves freeze.

This species is grown as an annual by the seed method. Likes the coolness, high humidity and loose nutrient soil.

Rafflesia Arnoldi Flower

This is the most colorful and mysterious flower of all the most unusual houseplants. Rafflesia does not have roots and green leaves. It develops, parasitize the damaged roots and stems of lianas. This flower is one of the largest in the world and its dimensions sometimes reach a meter.