I bought a few plants at the local nursery last weekend, and need help identifying it. I usually grow plants from seed but I was out of town last week and the person we told to water the plants did a lousy job. Now they're all gone; and rather than start all over we just bought a few pre-grown plants.

Anyway, all they could tell us at the nursery was that it takes a lot of water and is indoors. I'd like to find out what it is so I can get more information on how to care for it. I've seen these at the garden inside the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

And If possible, if anyone can ID the plant with the purple flowers (lower left corner of picture) that'd be great as well.

Thanks.

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