The well-known "Chinese evergreen" is evergreen but mostly not Chinese.
These indoor plants have been valued primarily for their durability. Thanks to the work of plant breeders in Indonesia and Thailand, we now have a range of luscious new colors, such as red, pink, orange, and exciting combinations.
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Aglaonema commutatum 'Bangkok Dream'The green form of Aglaonema commutatum is a standard in shopping malls and restaurants everywhere; it is durable but less than exciting in its original form. This very rare selection has liberal splashes of cream on the gray-green leaves. The variega...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Christmas Day'This is the first offering of a new Thai aglaonema hybrid. The leaves are broadly oval, glossy, mostly red in the center with some green around the margin. The intensity of the red color depends on intensity of light. The leaf petioles are creamy whi...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Dap Na Rai'New hybrid Aglaonema from Thailand with an upright habit, and leaves about an inch wide, silver with a dark green edge. This is a distinctive combination of color and texture. Easy in moderate light. Plant in a well-drained soil mix and allow to dry ...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Donna Carmen'A new "Chinese evergreen" from Indonesia that will make the old familiar varieties look dowdy by comparison. It was bred by Mr. George Hambali in Bogor, West Java and is a hybrid of A. nitidum var. curtisii and A. rotundum. It has a cream stem and le...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Easter Parade'A very beautiful new Thai hybrid aglaonema that makes the green/silver common aglaonemas look dull by comparison. This cultivar has broader leaves heavily splashed with pink with a green margin. It forms a low, broadly spreading plant. It likes moder...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Fourth of July'A very beautiful new Thai hybrid aglaonema that makes the green/silver common aglaonemas look dull in comparison. This cultivar is heavily splashed with hot red/pink with a green margin. The oval leaves are smaller than Easter Parade, and the habit i...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Moon Festival'This is the first release of a new Thai aglaonema hybrid. It has rather narrow long-oval wavy leaves marked with creamy white, soft pastel pink, and red and green, with a cerise pink midrib. The stem and leaf petioles are creamy white suffused with p...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Ocelot''Ocelot' is another addition to the group of wonderful new Thai aglaonema hybrids. This is apparently a hybrid with Aglaonema brevispatha, with a very short stem and very upright, glossy foliage. The leaves are spotted white, to about 15" tall. In br...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Pride of Sumatra'This new "Chinese evergreen" from Indonesia was bred by Mr. Gregori Hambali of Bogor, West Java (A. rotundum X A. commutatum 'Tricolor'). It is one of a series of new hybrids that make the old varieties look dowdy by comparison. The leaves are deep r...
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Aglaonema hybrid 'Valentine'This exciting new hybrid from Thailand was bred by Dr. Mehta. It is very vigorous, upright growing, with vivid cerise pink leaves with green veins and a partial green margin. It likes moderate to high humidity, warmth and bright light to thrive. Allo...
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Aglaonema modestum 'Faint Heart'Aglaonema modestum is a green-leaved "Chinese evergreen" that is easily grown, but has little ornamental appeal. This rare variegated form has a variable cream or yellow to chartreuse blotch in the center of the leaf that makes it much more interesti...
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Aglaonema modestum 'Spilt Milk'This rare variegated aglaonema is a flamboyant variant of A. modestum, an easy but unexciting species. This form has large segments of pure white scattered randomly on the green leaves. It is an undemanding indoor plant for moderate light if it has g...
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Aglaonema stenophyllum 'Streaker'This exciting new "Chinese evergreen" from Thailand looks, at first glance, like a dracaena. The leaves are extremely narrow, dark green streaked with light green on greenish white stalks. This is a new and exciting variation of a familiar indoor pla...
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