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Bright indirect light houseplants

31 plants match.

These plants thrive a metre or two back from an east window, or behind a sheer curtain on a south or west window. Bright indirect means well-lit but no direct beam on the leaves for more than an hour or two.

African violet with purple flowers above fuzzy dark green rosette leaves in a white pot

African Violet

Saintpaulia ionantha Pet-safe
Air Plant (Tillandsia ionantha)

Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha Pet-safe
Alocasia Polly with arrow-shaped dark green leaves featuring dramatic white veining and wavy edges

Alocasia Polly

Alocasia x amazonica 'Polly' Toxic to cats and dogs
Anthurium with glossy red waxy spathe flower above dark green heart-shaped leaves

Anthurium

Anthurium andraeanum Toxic to cats and dogs
Areca palm with arching feathery yellow-green fronds clumping in a large floor pot

Areca Palm

Dypsis lutescens Pet-safe
Bird of paradise with large paddle-shaped leaves and orange crane-like flower

Bird of Paradise

Strelitzia reginae Toxic to cats and dogs
Bromeliad with pink inflorescence rising from a rosette of arching striped grey-green leaves

Bromeliad

Aechmea fasciata Pet-safe
Burro's Tail (Sedum morganianum)

Burro's Tail

Sedum morganianum Pet-safe
Chinese Money Plant with round flat coin-shaped green leaves on long stems in a white pot

Chinese Money Plant

Pilea peperomioides Pet-safe
Christmas cactus with pink tubular flowers and segmented green stems

Christmas Cactus

Schlumbergera bridgesii Pet-safe
Croton with bold variegated leaves in red, orange, yellow, and green on woody stems

Croton

Codiaeum variegatum Toxic to cats and dogs
Echeveria (Echeveria elegans)

Echeveria

Echeveria elegans Pet-safe
English ivy with variegated three-lobed leaves trailing from a hanging basket

English Ivy

Hedera helix Toxic to cats and dogs
Fiddle leaf fig with large violin-shaped glossy green leaves on a tall trunk

Fiddle Leaf Fig

Ficus lyrata Toxic to cats and dogs
Haworthia (Haworthia cooperi)

Haworthia

Haworthia cooperi Pet-safe
Hoya carnosa with thick waxy oval leaves and clusters of star-shaped pink flowers trailing from a hanging pot

Hoya

Hoya carnosa Pet-safe
Money tree with braided trunk and palmate green leaves in a pot

Money Tree

Pachira aquatica Pet-safe
Mature Monstera deliciosa with fenestrated leaves in indoor setting

Monstera

Monstera deliciosa Toxic to cats and dogs
Mature Monstera adansonii in a terracotta pot with fenestrated heart-shaped leaves cascading down, photographed at Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center, Japan

Monstera Adansonii

Monstera adansonii Toxic to cats and dogs
Philodendron Brasil with heart-shaped leaves featuring central yellow-green stripes against deeper green margins, trailing from a pot

Philodendron Brasil

Philodendron hederaceum 'Brasil' Toxic to cats and dogs
Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata)

Ponytail Palm

Beaucarnea recurvata Pet-safe
Rhaphidophora tetrasperma (Mini Monstera) in a small indoor pot showing characteristic split-fingered young leaves

Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma

Rhaphidophora tetrasperma Toxic to cats and dogs
Rubber plant with thick glossy dark green leaves on a sturdy upright stem

Rubber Plant

Ficus elastica Toxic to cats and dogs
Schefflera arboricola with glossy green leaves arranged like umbrella spokes on a slender trunk

Schefflera

Schefflera arboricola Toxic to cats and dogs
Spider plant with arching striped leaves and small plantlets

Spider Plant

Chlorophytum comosum Pet-safe
Staghorn Fern (Platycerium bifurcatum)

Staghorn Fern

Platycerium bifurcatum Pet-safe
String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii)

String of Hearts

Ceropegia woodii Pet-safe
String of Pearls succulent with cascading strands of round green pearl-shaped leaves

String of Pearls

Curio rowleyanus Toxic to cats and dogs
Hoya Kerrii with thick succulent heart-shaped green leaves trailing from a small pot

Sweetheart Plant

Hoya kerrii Pet-safe
Tradescantia Zebrina (Tradescantia zebrina)

Tradescantia Zebrina

Tradescantia zebrina Toxic to cats and dogs
Zebra Haworthia (Haworthiopsis attenuata)

Zebra Haworthia

Haworthiopsis attenuata Pet-safe