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This looked almost like a flame. (white Spathiphyllum (lily)

The Peace Lily is related to other aroids, including anthurium and alocasia. These plants are native to the rainforests of Central and South America. Spathiphyllum is a genus of about 40 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas and southeastern Asia. Certain species of Spathiphyllum are commonly known as Spath or Peace Lilies.

Spathiphyllum is mildly toxic to humans and animals when ingested. The Peace Lily contains calcium oxalate crystals which can cause skin irritation, burning sensation in the mouth, difficulty swallowing, and nausea.

However the plant is considered to be an excellent air purifier. Some species of Spathiphyllum are known to remove traces of methyl, acetone, toluene, benzene, ammonia and ethyl from the atmosphere.

These cacti are huge, way taller than I am.

Bromeliad.

Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3,170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa.

The bromeliads are a varied group of organisms, adapted to a number of climates. Foliage take different shapes, from needle thin to broad and flat, symmetrical to irregular, spiky and soft. They range in size from moss-like species of Tillandsia to the enormous Puya raimondii from the Andes which produces a flowering stem up to 5 m tall.

Most bromeliads are epiphytic - that is they grow supported on other plants but without harming their hosts by abstracting nutrients from them as a parasite would. Many of them grow perched on trees in the tropical rainforests and cloud forests where atmospheric humidity or rainfall is high enough for them to obtain the water they need to survive. A number of the epiphytic bromeliads, including Billbergia, Aechmea and Neoregelia, are known as urn plants because their overlapping leaves form funnels in which water collects. Plant debris, dead insects and small animals are also trapped in the funnels.

Bromeliads are popular as house-plants because they are relatively easy to grow and many of them have attractive foliage or spectacularly coloured flowers. They grow best in fairly warm humid conditions although their tough leaves enable them to withstand the dry atmosphere prevalent in many houses.

There are many uses of bromeliads in folk medicine, too many as they relate to individual plants to put in here unfortunately.

Taken to show the development.

tried playing with the oil pixel bender.