Leaf People: Rare Plant Guide

Aroids. Velvet philodendrons. Rare hoyas. Grown where they shouldn't exist. Real care, real knowledge, a collector's marketplace. Built for people who know.

Born from a field guide to tropical plants grown where they shouldn't exist, Leaf People is the rare plant collector's companion — built for growers who take their aroids, philodendrons, and hoyas seriously.

Whether you're caring for an Anthurium warocqueanum in a challenging climate, tracking a velvet aroid collection, or buying and trading rare specimens, Leaf People brings everything together in one place.

EXPLORE RARE SPECIES Curated profiles for the most coveted tropical foliage plants in cultivation — Anthuriums, Philodendrons, Hoyas, Monsteras, and Begonias. Each profile goes far beyond a care sheet: native range and habitat, full care guides covering light, temperature, humidity, substrate, air movement, and watering, plus growing challenges adapted to your region. Collector forms, clone lines, historical notes, and personal cultivation stories from the Foliology field guide. Not crowd-sourced guesses. Earned knowledge.

GROW WITH CONFIDENCE IN YOUR REGION Select from 10 supported regions — SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, South Florida, Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Texas, Bangalore, Singapore, and London. Every plant profile adapts its advice to your local climate, humidity, and seasonal conditions. Because a Queen Anthurium in San Francisco needs a different conversation than one in Singapore.

TRACK YOUR COLLECTION, EFFORTLESSLY Add plants to your personal collection and let Leaf People manage care for you. Six care schedule types — watering, fertilizing, foliar feed, root inspection, substrate inspection, and propagation check. Set once, forget forever. Customizable intervals, smart 9 AM reminders, one-tap logging, and a Needs Attention dashboard so nothing gets missed.

BUY, SELL & TRADE WITH CONFIDENCE The Leaf People marketplace is built for the collector community — not a generic plant swap. List plants with condition ratings, growth form, photos, and shipping details. Browse Buy, Trade, and Buy Nothing listings from collectors across SF, LA, New York, Miami, Singapore, London, and more. Make offers, message sellers directly, and complete transactions securely through Stripe with Apple Pay.

YOUR COLLECTION. YOUR DATA. YOUR DEVICE. Add plants not in the library with custom entries and your own photos. Request new additions directly from within the app. Everything lives on your device — no tracking, no cloud, no third-party analytics.

ONE PRICE. LIFETIME ACCESS. NO SUBSCRIPTION, EVER. Premium unlocks collection tracking and the marketplace for a single $4.99 payment. All future plant additions and feature updates included. No monthly fees. No upsells. No catch.

Leaf People is based on the Foliology book by Nik Amin — a Bay Area field guide to tropical plants grown by adaptation, not control. (2765 chars)