Brides Cascade

Alocasia Odora Variegata

Alocasia odora (also called Night-scented Lily or giant upright elephant ear, and commonly known in Vietnamese as bạc hà or dọc mùng) is a flowering plant native to Asia. Its stems are used as a green vegetable in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, and often used to flavor soups (such as canh chua) or stir fried dishes. Bac ha stems should not be consumed raw. It is usually peeled and boiled, sold either frozen, bagged in its own liquids, or canned. The plant is actually inedible when raw because of needle-shaped raphides (calcium oxalate crystals) in the plant cells.

Stapelia Flower

The genus Stapelia consists of around 40 species of low growing, spineless, stem succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa. The flowers of certain species, most notably Stapelia gigantea, can reach 41 cm (16 inches) in diameter when fully open. Most Stapelia flowers are visibly hairy and generate the odour of rotten flesh, a notable exception is the sweetly scented Stapelia flavopurpurea. Such odours serve to attract various specialist pollinators including, in the case of carrion scented blooms, blow flies of the dipteran family Calliphoridae. They frequently lay eggs around the coronae of Stapelia flowers, convinced by the plants' deception.

Pink Cadillac

The botanical name Euphorbia derives from Euphorbus, the Greek physician of king Juba II of Numidia (52-50 BC–23 AD). He is reported to have used a certain plant, possibly Resin Spurge (E. resinifera), as a herbal remedy when the king suffered from a swollen belly[verification needed]. Carolus Linnaeus assigned the name Euphorbia to the entire genus in the physician's honor.[4]

Giant Red Mandevillea

Brazilian Jasmine - Scarlet Pimpernel, Red Riding Hood (Mandevilla sanderi, Dipladenia splendens) Pink variety: Dipladenia Sanderi (aka Mandevilla sanderi) Originally from the hills above Rio de Janeiro, but apparently no longer found in its native habitat.