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Thought I’d start a thread for members to showcase their house plants. I’ll start with the latest addition to the collection, an alocasia. Spotted it in IKEA and couldn’t resist; it’s an amazing looking plant.
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Plastic......😎
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Haha, looks it, but it’s a real live plant 😉
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That’s for sure, only £9.00. I leave the plants to my wife, she somehow has the knack. All our plants seem to thrive on healthy neglect.
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Nothing super fancy for me.
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Old favourite
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@FrozenShivers believe it or not your small peace lily could grow quite large, depending on cultivar. The one below was tiny, I think it came in a 4inch pot. A good few years later it stands over 3 feet tall and just as wide.
But there are so many to choose from. It’d be great if this thread gets going then it could be used as a source of ideas. But in the meantime this might help
But there are so many to choose from. It’d be great if this thread gets going then it could be used as a source of ideas. But in the meantime this might help
A-Z List Of House plants - Common and Scientific Names
A - Z List of house plants from our experts. Caring, propagation, descriptions, and other information for each type.
www.houseplantsexpert.com
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Thank you! True I could repot one of them and put them in the living room, they're currently in my office/fish tank room so they grow purely from my aquarium light as my blinds are always closed 🙂@FrozenShivers believe it or not your small peace lily could grow quite large, depending on cultivar. The one below was tiny, I think it came in a 4inch pot. A good few years later it stands over 3 feet tall and just as wide.
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But there are so many to choose from. It’d be great if this thread gets going then it could be used as a source of ideas. But in the meantime this might help
A-Z List Of House plants - Common and Scientific Names
A - Z List of house plants from our experts. Caring, propagation, descriptions, and other information for each type.www.houseplantsexpert.com
Hi all,
Cheers Darrel
<"Spathiphyllum "Mauna Loa"> is the larger cultivar you normally see, but you can <"get much bigger ones">.
Cheers Darrel
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It's loosely on a piece of bogwood but the roots are growing through filter floss helping hold it ,it was originally a small plant placed in cheap plastic caddy hanging on glass edge of another aquarium, but moved it because (as it grew )of blocking light on the aquatic plants. So you can place on wood in the gaps ,gently thread root system through, thoroughly was soil off though
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Had some nice philodendron Brasil in Aldi Leicester the other day £5.99
One plant that caught my eye was the camphor tree -The Camphor Tree - Guide To Growing And Care – MK Library – super unique and adds a bit of spice to any collection. Plus, they're known for their aromatic leaves, which is a bonus! Does anyone here have experience with them? I'm curious to hear your thoughts!
Keep sharing your awesome plant pics – it's inspiring to see how everyone brings nature indoors in their own way. Happy planting!
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I have found the self-watering pots, with, admittedly, the addition of extra medium (hydroponic clay pebbles) between the soil and the water reservoir, work really well with some types of plants.
This Calathea was bought small, split, and grown on until a bit too big for the domestic environment, rehoused with my son's primary school class, with an 8 foot banana plant, also grown, initially at home, to create a classroom jungle. He has a classroom watering monitor and the kids love ducking in and out of the foliage to get to the sink to wash their hands. I also set up a frogspawn tank each year adjacent to the 'jungle', which is also very popular with the kids, especially when the tadpoles are bigger and very greedy.
All houseplants fed in the growing season with Tomato feed. I know, I'm a simple man when it comes to fertilisation regimes.
Also, just a suggestion if anyone else has a light and buyer's regret, a 4 foot Nicrew light I bought some years ago and proved too dim for my aquarium, works a treat to get Pelargoniums and African Violets to bloom during the darkest 60 days of the year.
Might have a photo somewhere, give me time...
This Calathea was bought small, split, and grown on until a bit too big for the domestic environment, rehoused with my son's primary school class, with an 8 foot banana plant, also grown, initially at home, to create a classroom jungle. He has a classroom watering monitor and the kids love ducking in and out of the foliage to get to the sink to wash their hands. I also set up a frogspawn tank each year adjacent to the 'jungle', which is also very popular with the kids, especially when the tadpoles are bigger and very greedy.
All houseplants fed in the growing season with Tomato feed. I know, I'm a simple man when it comes to fertilisation regimes.
Also, just a suggestion if anyone else has a light and buyer's regret, a 4 foot Nicrew light I bought some years ago and proved too dim for my aquarium, works a treat to get Pelargoniums and African Violets to bloom during the darkest 60 days of the year.
Might have a photo somewhere, give me time...
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