Featured Plant

Freycinetia cumingiana |
located in the Tropical Plant Conservatory |
Blooming in February
The following is a partial list of flowering or fruiting plants located in Fairchild. Plants are grouped by area and listed alphabetically by scientific name, and include a common name when available and the location by plot number. You may refer to the plot map at the bottom of this page. Plot maps are also located at the Visitor Center at the entrance to Fairchild.
Download an abbreviated, print-friendly list for February.
Arboretum
Botanical Name:
Adenium arabicum

Botanical Name:
Arachnothryx leucophylla

Botanical Name:
Bombax ceiba
Common Name:
red silk cotton tree

Botanical Name:
Brownea sp.

Botanical Name:
Brugmansia species & cultivars
Common Name:
angel's trumpet

Botanical Name:
Brunfelsia species

Botanical Name:
Ceiba pentandra

Botanical Name:
Clusia lanceolata

Botanical Name:
Cochlospermum vitifolium
Common Name:
buttercup tree

Botanical Name:
Exostema nitens

Botanical Name:
Gmelina arborea
Common Name:
snapdragon tree

Botanical Name:
Goetzia elegans

Botanical Name:
Grewia occidentalis

Botanical Name:
Guaiacum sanctum
Common Name:
lignum-vitae

Botanical Name:
Gustavia superba

Botanical Name:
Hibiscus species

Botanical Name:
Holmskioldia sanguinea
Common Name:
Chinese hat plant

Botanical Name:
Pachira quinata

Botanical Name:
Parmentiera species

Botanical Name:
Pavonia bahamensis
Common Name:
Bahama swamp-bush

Botanical Name:
Pittosporum campbelli

Botanical Name:
Portlandia species
Plots:
8, 19a, 24, 25, 44, 146

Botanical Name:
Samyda sp.

Botanical Name:
Seemannia sylvatica
Common Name:
Bolivian sunset

Botanical Name:
Sobralia species

Botanical Name:
Stemmadenia litoralis
Common Name:
milky way tree

Botanical Name:
Strobilanthes cusia
Common Name:
Assam indigo

Botanical Name:
Tabernaemontana pachysiphon

Botanical Name:
Triplaris cumingiana

Botanical Name:
Whitfieldia sp.

Botanical Name:
Wigandia urens
Vine Pergola

Botanical Name:
Aristolochia maxima

Botanical Name:
Bauhinia fassoglensis

Botanical Name:
Centratherum punctatum

Botanical Name:
Clerodendrum splendens
Common Name:
bleeding heart

Botanical Name:
Congea tomentosa
Common Name:
shower of orchids

Botanical Name:
Odontocline hollickii

Botanical Name:
Onoseris alata

Botanical Name:
Oxera pulchella
Common Name:
royal creeper

Botanical Name:
Pyrostegia venusta

Botanical Name:
Schlegelia parasitica

Botanical Name:
Solandra species
Common Name:
chalice vine

Botanical Name:
Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum

Botanical Name:
Strongylodon macrobotrys

Botanical Name:
Thunbergia mysorensis
South Florida Butterfly Garden
Plot 19b

Botanical Name:
Calliandra haematocephala 'Nana'
Common Name:
dwarf red powderpuff

Botanical Name:
Chromolaena corymbosa

Botanical Name:
Clitoria ternatea
Common Name:
butterfly pea

Botanical Name:
Cnidosculus acontifolius

Botanical Name:
Passiflora suberosa
Common Name:
corkystem passionflower

Botanical Name:
Scutellaria havanensis
Common Name:
Havana skullcap

Botanical Name:
Zanthoxylum coriaceum
Tropical Plant Conservatory and Rare Plant House

Botanical Name:
Brownea grandiceps
Botanical Name:
Calathea burle-marxii 'Green Ice'

Botanical Name:
Calathea burle-marxii 'Ice Blue'

Botanical Name:
Calathea lutea

Botanical Name:
Costus malorteanus
Common Name:
stepladder plant

Botanical Name:
Freycinetia cumingiana

Botanical Name:
Heliconia chartacea 'Sexy Pink'

Botanical Name:
Heliconia collinsiana

Botanical Name:
Morinda latibractea *Located outside

Botanical Name:
Osa pulchra

Botanical Name:
Pentagonia macrophylla

Botanical Name:
Psychotria poeppigiana

Botanical Name:
Ruellia colorata
Pineland
Plot 176

Botanical Name:
Acacia pinetorum
Common Name:
pineland acacia

Botanical Name:
Alvaradoa amorphoides

Botanical Name:
Asclepias viridis
Common Name:
green milkweed

Botanical Name:
Bletia purpurea
Common Name:
pine-pink orchid

Botanical Name:
Bourreria cassinifolia
Common Name:
pineland strongbark

Botanical Name:
Heliotropium polyphyllum
Common Name:
pineland heliotrope

Botanical Name:
Melochia tomentosa
Common Name:
woolly pyramidflower
Lowlands

Botanical Name:
Cestrum bahamense

Botanical Name:
Corchorus sp.

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia species

Botanical Name:
Mangifera indica 'Julie'

Botanical Name:
Pithecellobium unguis-cati

Botanical Name:
Phyllanthus myriophyllus

Botanical Name:
Reynosia septentrionalis
Common Name:
darling-plum

Botanical Name:
Salmea petrobioides

Botanical Name:
Suriana maritima

Botanical Name:
Tabebuia species

Botanical Name:
Turnera diffusa
Photos by Arielle Simon/FTBG
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