31.   Grossinger and Kirschhoch checked into separate rooms in low-slung wooden buildings surrounded by lush tropical plants.

32.   Huge tropical plants that scrape the ceiling are growing from rectangular planters in the floor.

33.   Hundreds of species of tropical plants in the Jardin de Balata.

34.   In the tea room, large tropical plants shade a tightly packed sea of small tables.

35.   Indonesian furniture was added, along with paddle fans and designer prints of palm trees and other tropical plants.

36.   Inside, sit among tropical plants and sip the sweet drink.

37.   Interest in caladiums has picked up again with the general new enthusiasm for tropical plants of all kinds.

38.   Inside are large palms and ferns, wildflowers, herbs, hibiscus and other tropical plants.

39.   It was midday and sunlight flamed on tropical plants and vines.

40.   Its genus includes six species of annual vines, all of them tropical plants that climb with the aid of tendrils.