21 Best Brazilian Flowers

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Brazilian Flowers offer the right mix of colors and foliage while growing in a warm and humid environment easily!

Brazil’s rich floral diversity, with over 55,000 plant species, offers a plethora of options that you can add to your garden and home. Here are some of the most eye-catching Brazilian flowers you can grow!


Best Brazilian Flowers

1. Brazilian Fuchsia

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Botanical Name: Justicia floribunda

Brazilian Fuchsia is an evergreen shrub native to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It is compact in shape, with downy leaves and drooping yellow to scarlet tubular flowers.

2. Flame Vine

Amazing Brazilian Flowers Botanical Name: Pyrostegia venusta

Flame Vine is a creeper that can quickly grow to cover an entire house within just one year. Its bright orange flowers grow together in bunches. Look at the picture! They are a common sight in Brazilian homes.

3. Bougainvillea

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Botanical Name: Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea is a vigorous vine popular for its colorful bracts, that come in white, pink, red, orange, or magenta hues. You can easily spot them in arbors, trellises, and balconies in Brazil’s eastern regions. 

4. Angel’s Trumpet

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Botanical Name: Brugmansia spp.

Angel’s Trumpet is a small tree that produces large flowers. The blooms open at night and come in white, pink, peach, or yellow hues. You must handle the plant with care as all parts are toxic if ingested.

5. Amazonian Water Lily

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Botanical Name: Victoria amazonica

The Amazonian Water Lily is native to the Amazon Basin. These Brazilian flowers are known for their size, with leaves that span up to 3 meters in diameter serving as a canopy for the aquatic ecosystem below. The plant also grows pristine white flowers.

6. Bromeliads

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Botanical Name: Bromeliaceae

Bromeliads flourish throughout Brazil and come in various shapes and sizes. Some grow on trees, while others spread across the forest floor.

7. Christmas Heliconia

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Botanical Name: Heliconia angusta

Christmas Heliconia is native to southeastern Brazil and is known for its red and white blooms during the holiday season. It is also famous as an ornamental plant, and does quite well in hot and humid climates.

8. Morning Glory

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Botanical Name: Ipomoea

In Brazilian folk medicine, Morning Glory is popular as salsa-da-praia and is used for its anti-inflammatory and gastrointestinal benefits. This fast-growing vine produces trumpet-shaped flowers that come in a palette of blues, purples, pinks, and whites.

9. Allamanda

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Botanical Name: Allamanda cathartica

Allamanda is a sprawling shrub known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and glossy green foliage. Its color can vary depending on the specific variety, ranging from bright yellow to golden yellow or creamy white. It is a common plant across Brazilian landscape.

10. Brazilian Orchid

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Botanical Name: Cattleya labiata

The Brazilian Orchid thrives in the northeastern states of Brazil. It usually has white or lavender blooms with a dark spot on the lip. These Brazilian flowers do surprisingly well in open atmosphere, as long as they get dappled light and enough humidity.

11. Flamingo Flower

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Botanical Name: Justicia carnea

Also known as the Brazilian plume flower, this plant is common in the Atlantic Forest ecoregion of Brazil. It is widely cultivated for its ornamental value, and features lush green foliage with matching flower spikes.

12. Walker’s Cattleya Orchids

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Botanical Name: Cattleya walkeriana

Walker’s Cattleya Orchids are common in Brazilian homes for their fragrant blooms, which range from pure white to deep purple. They thrive in bright, indirect light and require a well-draining growing medium.

13. Brazilwood Tree Flowers

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Botanical Name: Paubrasilia echinata

The Brazilwood Tree is endemic to Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Its yellow flowers with a distinctive blood-red blotch, have a sweet fragrance that attracts a range of wildlife native to Brazil.

14. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

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Botanical Name: Brunfelsia pauciflora

The Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow plant earns its name from its flowers, which change color over the coming several days. These Brazilian flowers usually start off purple, then fade to lavender, and eventually transition to white.

15. Princess Flower

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Botanical Name: Pleroma urvilleanum

This robust evergreen shrub is from Brazil’s rich landscapes. Its dark green, hairy leaves, marked with prominent veins, set the stage for the main attraction—clusters of large, purple flowers!

16. Manacá-da-Serra

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Botanical Name: Pleroma mutabile

The Manacá-da-Serra tree is from the Serra do Mar in Brazil and is known for its versatility and floral display. Its flowers, which change colors, make it a favored choice for urban landscaping.

17. Mandacaru

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Botanical Name: Cereus jamacaru

It is a resilient cactus native to the arid regions of central and eastern Brazil. Towering up to 15-20 feet, these Brazilian flowers are noted for their night-blooming characteristic, unfolding at dusk and withering by morning.

18. Wax Begonias

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Botanical Name: Begonia semperflorens

Wax Begonias are popular flowering plants known for their waxy, glossy leaves and bright red or scarlet flower clusters. These low-maintenance and easy-to-grow plants are suitable for garden beds, containers, and hanging baskets.

19. Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe

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Botanical Name: Aristolochia gigantea

The Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe is from El Salvador and other portions of Brazil. It is a climbing vine with unusual flowers shaped like pipes or tubes that come in shades of white, cream, and purple.

20. Firecracker Vineunique Brazilian Flowers 6

Botanical Name: Ipomoea lobata

The species of flowering plant, also known as the “Spanish flag,” belongs to the Convolvulaceae family and originate from Mexico and Brazil.

These Brazilian flowers bloom in red and gradually fade to shades of yellow, cream, and white, creating a visual effect similar to a firework, earning it the nickname “firecracker vine.”

21. Christmas Cactus

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Botanical Name: Schlumbergera bridgesii

This Brazilian native grows naturally in the coastal mountains of southeastern Brazil, and does well in humid environment and dappled light. The plant is a festive time bloomer, and gets covered with stunning flower around the year’s end.

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