Norfolk pines are nice.
Braided Figs are nice looking trees that do well indoors. They take a ficus, and braid the individual branches together into a single trunk that fuses together as it grows. They handle mistreatment pretty well too - i've butchered my share of them trying to prune them, and they always bounced back.
Personally, I stay away from the bamboo shootish or palm frond type plants in Calgary's climate - they are either getting dried out too quickly, or drowned in an effort to keep them moist. They really need a higher humidity environment to thrive (like the greenhouse at Sunnyside, but they neglect to mention that, of course)
-Scott
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