There are plenty of indoor plants out there that are low maintenance and low-light tolerant. A few actually do require a little bit more care, but it’s nothing too crazy for the novice flower lover. Some actually do better in low-light corners and shadier spaces. Low-light houseplants do well in an east- or west-facing room with a window, even if they get no direct sunlight. However, a room with no windows or north-facing windows sometimes makes it hard on even the most shade-tolerant plants. So, in this case, you can help your plants grow and thrive by leaving them on artificial lights for a few hours each day. In this article, we will discuss about top flowers for thriving houseplants that are perfect all year round. We are going to be sharing a couple of different types of blooming flowers that you can keep indoors for a few months to a few years.
Anthurium
Anthurium andreanum and Anthurium scherzerianum bloom from October to March. Indoors, with adequate care, some kinds bloom multiple times per year. The spathe will be red, pink, orange, or purple, and the inflorescence will be erect. Growing a flowering Anthurium doesn’t require a green thumb. All you have to do is keep the soil moist and water the foliage frequently. If the air in the room is too dry, place the pot on a saucer containing wet clay balls. In addition, apply fertilizer to your spring and summer watering to promote long, profuse flowering.
Cambria orchid
The Hybrid Cambria orchid blooms for an average of two months throughout the year. The plant has up to 100 blossoms on its flowering stems. They are shaped like stars and come in red, mauve, purple, or yellow. Unlike the Phalaenopsis orchid, Cambria does not bloom on aged stems. After flowering, cut off the stem and wait for a pseudobulb to form a new shoot. But this is not sufficient. The Cambria orchid requires a temperature change between day and night to produce new flower buds. You can place your plant in an unheated, frost-free space (such as a veranda or greenhouse) and move it to the garden in the summer.
Vriesea
Another bromeliad that gives up its life to give us gorgeous blossoms! This plant’s red, orange, and yellow bracts are particularly striking. The white blossoms are rather tiny. Vriesea blooms in South American tropical woods during the summer. However, if you enjoy it at home, it will flower all year and for several months. After flowering, continue to hydrate and spritz your Vriesea with noncalcareous water. This will result in offshoots that can be planted on the ground to replenish the plant. Repot them in a combination of orchid potting soil, flowering plant potting soil, and green plant potting soil. To increase humidity without drowning the roots, place the pots on a dish packed with moist clay balls.
Guzmania
Guzmania is part of the bromeliad family. It blooms only once before dying, leaving behind little white flowers surrounded by red or orange bracts. Fortunately, the flowering period, which often occurs in winter, lasts several months.
Once your Guzmania has faded, do not compost it right away. Shoots grow from the plant’s base. When they reach ten centimeters in height, replant them in an epiphytic plant-friendly growing medium, such as orchid compost. You’ll have to wait a few years for them to blossom.
Snowshoe Tillandsia
Pink quills begin blossoming in the autumn and end in the spring. For nearly nine months, this air daughter has had a distinctive pink bract-like racket or fan, from which blue-purple blooms emerge.
Tillandsia, like many other bromeliads, produces only one flower. After flowering, the mother plant creates offshoots. After a year or two, the offshoots are mature enough to be repotted after the plant dies. The Tillandsia racket is epiphytic. It does not feed on its roots but rather catches water through its leaves. Its care differs from that of other flowering plants. Instead of watering the substrate, spray the leaves with noncalcareous water. Use a foliar orchid fertilizer to promote growth and flowering.
Impatiens walleriana
Impatiens are grown as annuals in the garden in our latitude. However, they can be cultivated in pots as perennials. They then flower virtually all year long. Impatiens walleriana is a hybrid that produces long, profuse flowers. It is available in single and double flowers and all hues. Can’t decide on white, pink, purple, or red? Select a variety featuring two-tone blooms!
The lighter your plant receives, the more vibrant its bloom. Position your Impatiens beneath a curtained window, away from drafts and radiators. If the flower buds drop off, you’re either watering too much or too little. In the summer, the root ball should be moist but not soaking wet. In the winter, water them only when the substrate is completely dry.
Phalaenopsis
Butterfly orchids, also known as Phalaenopsis, flower twice a year: in the spring and in the autumn. Flowering lasts two to four months and emits a nice aroma similar to the lily of the valley or water lily.
The same floral stalk blooms twice. After the initial flowering, cut the flowering stems two eyes below the dried flowers and let the plant recuperate. If this is the second bloom, the stem will not generate any additional buds. Cut it flush. A new flowering spike will form in the axil of the oldest leaf.
Moonflower
Spathiphyllum wallisii is known as a moonflower because of the structure of its inflorescence, enormous, white, glazed spathes that surround a yellowish spike where the flowers bloom. The bracts are replenished all year, so you can have a flowering plant in your house from January to December.
Moonflower is an ideal variety for novices. It is easy to care for, prefers bright light without direct sunlight, and requires regular watering. To encourage flowering, fertilize it from March to October and prune dry branches and faded blossoms.
Bottom-line
Indoor plants such as Anthurium, Cambria orchids, Vriesea, Guzmania, Tillandsia, Impatiens, Phalaenopsis, and Spathiphyllum produce vivid blooms year-round with minimal maintenance. Anthurium and Guzmania, for example, can bloom numerous times per year if kept in wet soil and fed sparingly. Cambria orchids require temperature changes to bloom, whereas Vriesea and Tillandsia, both bromeliads, benefit from consistent hydration and misting. Impatiens may flower all year inside with proper lighting and treatment. Phalaenopsis, sometimes known as butterfly orchids, bloom twice a year and require minor pruning afterward. Spathiphyllum, often known as moonflower, grows well in indirect light and requires frequent watering. Artificial lighting can promote growth in low-light environments.
