ТЕПЛИЧНОЕ (ОРАНЖЕРЕЙНОЕ) РАСТЕНИЕТЕПЛИЧНЫЙ ЦВЕТОК usu.disapprovNPsing onlyusu. this WO a spoiled, overprotected person who is ill-suited for life (as a result of his upbringing, way of life etc): hothouse flower.
Ее невестка оказалась тепличным растением: не умеет ни готовить, ни убирать. It turns out that her daughter-in-law is a hothouse flower, she can neither cook nor clean.