I was going to suggest the Whitfeldia but u already mention that. That blooms a lot in shady. The Chaemadoreas do well. C Metallica is beautiful and C fragrams is fragrant. Also Lady Palm.

Cast iron plant, wild coffee, Nun's Orchids

Hi
Lots of choices for understory palms was hoping for a shrub type with white flowers since it's such a large pot
morning Think it might be a bit too dark for Nuns. my phals have dropped off considerably and they are half up in the canopy. Suspect i would get good growth but no flowers lol Another that I'm considering is one of the bat plants the white should get large enough to be impressive
and there are no more spectacular flowers lol There are about a gazillion aroids that should do well BUT are winter sensitive of course and flowers are butt ugly lol
Another thing i'm considering is an epiphyte "tree" I have a great piece of driftwood. just maybe my new guinea shingle plant might be happy there along with some low light broms and orchids , maybe some gesneriads ??
thanks for the suggestions gary

How about something with a variegated leaf to add in the white color? I know that there is a type of fern that has silvery leaves but I'm drawing a blank as to it's name. I have a patch of variegated flax lily that's growing a the base of my large oak out back that seems to be doing well and it's been there 2-3 years now without any special care or protection from the cold. I really can't think of anything large that would give you the color you're looking for.

Gary, I would love to see your yard one day. I know you have a super-green thumb. Question about the Nun's Orchid: I thought it was a shade-only plant. Does it need some sun in order to bloom?

I would have suggested Amazon Lilies but I know you already have a slew of them. How about a big Peace Lily - do you already have one of those? I know they bloom profusely when in a happy shady environment.

Another option for white flowering plant in shade: White Butterfly Ginger? Would that be something you might like?

Carol in Jacksonville

karalynn
Are you speaking of the Brazilian ghost fern??, fantastic!!
Where can i find one without mortgaging the house?? lol
LOVE ferns ,have around 25 species but MUST limit the "tree"types due to space lol have a cute little Elephant fern looking innocent in a 6 inch pot but understand it can get 25 foot fronds and it's not even a "tree"lol Have recently moved most of the ferns into a site of their own and it's already overcrowded lol
carol Wish that were true lol i tend to impulse buy have no sense of landscape and worse tend to be a "zone stretcher" The hurricanes completely decimated what little plan i had then got sick lol lost a ton of plants but appears that I'm not going to croak at least for a week trying to organize a "layered tropical ornamental garden" geared to landsacpe rather than collections lol Also with a LOT less maintenence. I have cut my pots almost in half
and have made great progress in organizing BUT along way to go!! lol
Nuns orchids IME t if too dark they tended to grow well but flowered less. Much better luck with water culture in clay sand media in half sun.. this did not work with "Flava x tank hybrids lol
Have 6 kinds of "peace lily' growing in several methods.
grow 25 kinds of ginger 4 kinds of "butterfly" i water culture them in the shady marsh garden. along with WAY too many other species lol
thanks everybody for the suggestions!! gary

I'm not familiar with the brazilian ghost fern. After some research what I was picturing was something more like the japanese painted fern. I love ferns too and wish I could grow some type of tree fern but unsure if one would survive in my yard through a hard winter. Maybe one year I'll take the risk and plant one anyway! Your elephant fern sounds like it is going to be truly impressive when it grows up!

karalynn
You might try the Australian types of tree ferns . i find them much more tolerant of cold than heat. i keep all my ferns in pots including the "trees" because my soil is crummy and sooner or later find they get in the way Also my main source of shade is a deciduous tree lol.Check out the genus Blechnum (spelling) some of these grow large even some florida natives
Willisadi Will check that out.. appears to stay rather short?? have also been checking into the Begonia and gesneriad families begonia nelumbafolia looks like it might be ideal impressive foliage for sure
Think i might have seen some in pics of Annas garden??
Was going to put a Snowflake tree there . Managed to find a variagated form but it croaked lol
Thanks again gary

Forgot one thing........cold hardy! Two foot tall.