Placing houseplants in the bedroom as home decoration become a trend to uplifting our lifestyle quality. Bedroom is the most important place in the house where we rest after a long tiring day. Therefore, we have to make sure the bedroom is a comfortable place and without exits any factors that may affects our sleeping quality. So, we should avoid placing those plants which may releasing strong smell and cause us hard to fall asleep like roses, mint, Indian borage etc.

Besides that, some people worried about the houseplant will absorbs oxygen and release carbon dioxide at night. And that reason makes them refuse to place the houseplant inside their bedroom. Actually, those houseplants releasing minutes of the carbon dioxide only and it will not affect the percentage of the overall carbon dioxide in the air and cause difficulty in breathing. However, if you still worried about the point we mentioned above, we may choose those plants which release oxygen at night like CAM (Cassulacean Acid Metabolism) plant.

CAM plants which are recommended to place in our bedroom listed as below:

Aloe Vera

Aloe vera prefer full sunlight and rarely need to watering. It is suitable to place on window sill where will receive abundance of sunlight.

Hoya 

Hoya prefer partial shade condition, drought tolerance plant but need to watering at least once to twice per week. Suitable to place besides window where filter sunlight will reach there.

Orchid

Same as Hoya, orchid prefer partial shade condition, it is usually plant on the charcoal because its roots prefer stay in dry medium. Drought tolerance plant but prefer daily misting with water. Suitable to place beside the window to receive filtered sunlight.

Pineapple Plant (Bromeliad)

Bromeliad prefer full sunlight condition, it may place on the window sill to receiving bright and filter sunlight from the window. Drought tolerance plant and just need to watering once to twice per week.

Succulent plant/cactus (Kalanchoe)

Succulent plants prefer partial shade to full sunlight condition, it may place on the window sill or besides the window. It is tolerance wide range of sunlight intensity, it may receive direct or indirect sunlight. Drought tolerance plant and over watering may cause the stem rotten. So, watering once to twice a week is more than enough. Occasional pruning the kalanchoe may boost for blooming colourful flowers.

Sansevieria (Snake Plant)

Sansevieria may withstand wide range of sunlight intensity, drought tolerance and able to purify many types of volatile organic components in the air. Watering once a week is enough and no need to do pruning, lit is a highly low maintenance plant. It is one of the best choices for bed room plants.

Tillandsia / Spanish Moss Plant

Tillandsia or Spanish Moss plants are no need to watering at all, just need occasional water misting may make it grow lively. Extremely low maintenance houseplant, no need to care at all but need bright sunlight for sustain its growth. 

Cleaning Air Pollutant and Improve air quality

Besides the CAM plants, some of the houseplant which possess of the ability to purify the pollutant in the air are suitable to place in the bedroom too. Although those plants are not like the CAM plants releasing oxygen at night, it may improve quality of air in the room. Create a space with fresh and unpolluted air may help us sleep better at night.

Houseplants with air purifying ability listed as below:

Chlorophytum comosum

May withstand wide range of sunlight intensity, drought tolerance plant and need to watering twice a week only. Low maintenance plants, no need intensive pruning and fertilizing. Grow in medium size could be used as hanging plant or desk plants in the bedroom.

Hedera Helix

Strong ability in filter the impurify and air borne mould in the room, able to improve air quality in the room and make us sleep better at night. Trellis plant and it could be used as hanging plants or desk plant in the bedroom. It is preferring expose to bright but indirect sunlight, and need to watering at least twice per weeks to grow lively.

Spathiphyllum 

Like Hedera helix, Spathiphyllum is also good in air filtering. It may purify many types of volatile organic components in the air. Good quality of fresh air makes us sleep soundly at night and improve our health indirectly.

  
Houseplants could be the best home decoration in the bedroom. So, choose the suitable plants to place in our bedroom may create the pleasure and relax ambient. And most important, it could improve our sleep quality and indirectly improve our health as well.