Tropical trees and shrubs

Justicia brandegeana ‘Red Flowers’ (Acanthaceae)
~~Brazilian subshrub. Highly clumping species. Stems thin, reddish. Leaves ovate-lanceolate with a subcuneate base, pubescent....

Gardenia thunbergia (Rubiaceaae)
Compact shrub up to 5 m in height. Leaves elliptical, glossy green, waved at the margin. Flowers 10 cm in diameter, white turning yellow...

Peperomia polybotrya (Piperaceae)
Stems succulent, up to 25 cm high. Leaves fleshy, peltate, roundish-ovate, acuminate at apex, 9 cm in diameter. Colombia and Peru. Very...