Graduate from ordinary houseplants to extraordinary ones with these 50 desirable, dramatic plants and expert tips on how to obtain, grow, and propagate them.
If you're bored with the same old entry-level houseplants and long for something new, up your game with Enid Offolter. Called "the Houseplant Queen" by the New York Times, Offolter and her company, NSE Tropicals, are celebrities within the rare plant community, with legions of obsessed Instagram followers and plants that sell in heated auctions for thousands of dollars. In Welcome to the Jungle, Offolter shows you how to grow and propagate some of these exceptional botanicals on your own.
From the king anthurium with its deeply pleated leaves to velvety Colombian beauties known to make collectors drop to their knees, to plants with hot-pink leaves, bizarre corkscrew-shaped flower spikes, lacy fenestration,
and dramatic variegation, these amazing aroids (a family of plants known for its extravagant foliage) bring a lush, tropical aesthetic to your home that will make you the envy of all your plant-loving friends. If you're ready to rise up to the next level,
Welcome to the Jungle is full of tips, professional advice, behind-the-scenes stories from fellow plant collectors, and the inspiration you need to grow plants that make a statement.
通过这50种理想的、引人注目的植物,以及关于如何获得、种植和繁殖它们的专家提示,让普通的家庭植物变得不普通。
如果你厌倦了千篇一律的室内植物入门级书籍,渴望得到一些新的东西,那就和伊尼德·奥福尔特(Enid Offolter)一起提高你的园艺水平。奥福尔特被《纽约时报》称为“室内植物女王”,她创办的NSE Tropicals热植厂在珍稀植物界非常出名,在Instagram上拥有众多粉丝,她的植物在拍卖会上能卖到数千美元。在《欢迎来到丛林》中,奥福尔特向你展示了如何自己种植和繁殖这些特殊的植物。
从有着深褶叶的王花烛到知名的天鹅绒触感的哥伦比亚蔓绿绒,再到叶子呈粉红色,花穗呈奇异螺旋状,有花边,还有引人注目的变色的植物,这些令人惊叹的天南星科植物(一种以枝繁叶茂著称的植物家族)给你的家带来了茂盛的热带美感,将使你成为所有热爱植物的朋友羡慕的对象。本书充满了提示、专业建议、来自植物收藏家朋友的幕后故事,以及你种植植物所需的灵感。如果你已经准备好提升到一个新的水平,那这本书非常适合你。