Houseplants are plants capable of tolerating indoor conditions.
When we can, we will show you a picture of both the indoor and outdoor look of plants that can be adapted for indoor living. Such plants are shade tolerant in the wild and are specially 'shade grown' by nurseries who offer indoor plants. Many times plants are first grown in full or partial sun then moved to be under under shade cloth. Full blooded 'true tropicals' are plants that typically can not stand any cold weather whatsoever. For example, the Red Sealing Wax Palm is perfectly happy in full sun, but throws a fit if the temperature drops below 55 degrees.