Here's a few you can check out

ZZ

Palms

Corn

Snake

Silk.

If it's going to be in a corner, I have to second Ricky's suggestion to get whatever plant you like the look of that's fake. Unless you plan on giving it supplemental artificial light, a corner will not give a plant enough light.

Like Grace said above. Not all corners are created alike. Light quality will depend on a lot of different factors, including; your geographic location (Las Vegas vs. Seattle for example), season of the year, interior paint color, window treatments, window size, number of window, use of interior lighting, etc... In my own living room, I have windows on the south, east, north and west, so all year long there is some direct sun coming through at least one of three different directions. And if there is snow cover outside it's bright even in the corners with sunny skies. But getting back to your potential choices (assuming your corner offers bright indirect light), I would suggest the following...

Dracaena fragrans

Dracaena Warneckii

Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm); expensive but worth it!

Chamaedorea (many species of this palm would work)

Spathiphyllum

Howea (Kentia palm); also expensive but well worth it

Strelizia nicolae

It really helps also if you could rotate your plants, have a few plants that could take turns in the lower light of the corner.

I would not, however, suggest 'Areca' (Dypsis) palms, they are not easy despite their popularity..., they need good sun, and prone to spider mites indoors.

Aspidistra elatior, the best of them all for a shady place in a room.

3-5 foot plant is quite a big mature plant (that can be costly).

FLFig is an amazing plant, but a 5foot one could not be easy to come by and can get expensive. Also FlFig is a little choosy plant, (noting you cannot overcome even as a novice).

A great altrenative is its cousin the Rubber tree or Ficus Elastica, much easier to grow, comes in colors ranging from dark green to burgundy black.

"a punch of color" made me think of Croton Plant (rushfoil). It is also not a very easy plant to grow and it is a slow grower. take a look into it.

Crotons need very high light (and humidity). It will most certainly not do well in any corner, no matter how well lit someone may believe that corner to be. They don't do well in most home environments for any significant amount of time.

Unless it's fake, then it is exactly what they want. The ease of care and color on those things is second to none.

Marguirite, I've been looking for those for years and have yet to find one, in person. :(

While it is true that not all corners are created equal, it is also true that very few corners will prove suitable for many plants. What would be helpful would be for the OP to provide more info:

1. How far from the window(s) is this corner?

2) Where are you?

My contingent is that light doesn't bend. I have been known to use mirrors to increase the available light in my house but the necessary possitioning of the mirror is not very aesthetically pleasing.

Thanks Paul. I live in the Bay Area, CA. The corner is about 10' from windows. There are two windows and 2 sets of sliding glass doors on the opposite wall. I have curtains there but try to keep them open. The house seems to be at an angle regarding where the light comes in so there's morning light some afternoon so i think the windows are at the south east and the corner at the east. the room itself gets light so its not a completely dark corner but it also isn't right next to the window. i hope that helps! thank you to everyone for your suggestions.

Peace lily would do just fine. Pothos will love the room, but closer to the window somewhere. I wonder about parlor palms.

Do you have any prior experience w/ plants? Otherwise you don't seem to realize that's a large plant & not necessarily a wise start for beginners. As Paul said that's quite large. Seems kinda like going from 0 to 200 miles an hour in an instant. Ambitious yes, but seems overreaching if you ask me.

I'd get something cheapish &/or common like Sans or Dracena. I'd learn some plant basics first, before making such investment.

Aspidistra are very common in the UK and Ireland. There is nothing to beat a shiny, healthy one for shady room corners. The variegated ones need a little more light. I've seen them in US catalogues too.

I second Karen's opinion, and urge the original poster to scroll through the first few pages in this forum to see all of the "First time plant owner, and I bought a fiddle leaf fig, and it isn't going so well" threads.

If you have no experience caring for plants, please please understand that growing plants indoors can be especially difficult for a beginner, both because the average indoor location may not be ideal for a lot of plants (low light, low humidity, etc.) and because growing in containers has its own set of challenges, that can excessively stress plants if not properly addressed.

Stressful environment from low light and humidity + stress from someone new that is still learning the ins and outs of container growing = unhappy plant.

Starting with a smaller plant has the advantage that if it doesn't go well, you haven't lost as much.

What about an end table with a smaller potted plant on it, in that corner?

thanks everyone. Perhaps I'll try something smaller and easier to begin with and see how we do.

Pls. understand, we don't mean to be discouraging, we just don't like to set folks up to fail. Plants are a bit of an undertaking, & that's not always obvious at the outset.

Here's an idea. Why not get a large, tall Snake plant (Sansevieria) & see how that goes? It'll adapt to any kind of light you've got to offer, as long as it has good drainage & you water it once in a while, it should do well. Then you can learn basic plant care as a good beginning to further plant growing.

Big Box Stores (BBS) have a nice assortment in recent years, good size, reasonable prices.

We just see so many sad stories here.

As an alternative ... how about a hanging plant in that corner (it would require putting a hook in the ceiling or wall)? There are still very real limitations you would face, but a pothos would be a good candidate.