Hello JB, I grow some tropicals indoors in containers. I maybe in California but my location is severely challenged by our very long, dry and hot conditions when it comes. Then during winter we get the cold rain and cold inversion, so pretty much outdoors I have mostly succulents and other drought tolerant plants. But once conditions are better I get to bring out the orchids into my growcamp, still got to protect them from extreme heat here. During winter, I have to hide indoors some succulents and orchids to protect them from the cold.
Some tropicals I have indoors in containers that survive very well:
Hoya shooting star, Clivia, Dracaenas, Zamiaculcas zamiifolia, Chlorophytum comosum, Ficus maclelandii Alii, Phalaenopsis orchids, Carnivorous plants like PInguiculas and Nepenthes, Amaryllis, Spathiphyllum. My Oncidium orchids bloom indoors during winter. My Phal orchids however always stay indoors here. My Hoya kerrii variegata hides indoors from late fall to early Spring, once temps are stable I can bring it out but in the shadiest side of my garden. I also have noid Schlumbergera hybrids, always grown indoors and right now in bloom. I also have Sanseveiras indoors - the typical sword types, and then two other ones, Sanseveira francisii and Sanseveira cylindrica patula.
