Show me your house plants!

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Anyone into house plants in here?

I have a slight obsession for them. Gf often says my room looks like a jungle.

If anyone has any rare ones I'd love to see them

Just 4 of my 40ish plants!

Aeschynanthus mona Lisa
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Calathea warscewiczii
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Chlorophytum orchidastrum
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Alocasia sarian
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I have a Mimosa Pudica. Not much to look at right now as it looks dead but it came back with good growth last year.
 
Rannoch said:
I have a Mimosa Pudica. Not much to look at right now as it looks dead but it came back with good growth last year.
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I bought one of these too. Within 3 days it nearly died never had so much issue with a plant!

Interesting. I didn't know they were perennial
 
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Always been into houseplants since I was a kid. At one point I had a monstera deliciosa up to the ceiling, 12ft give or take. My current monstera is about 4ft tall but have been training it around moss poles
 
I would post pics but my OH loves buying them, I can't count how many we have in total, there's 19 just in my immediate direct view and there's no room without any.

Not complaining mind, I love plants and she looks after them.

One of my favourite is actually an outside plant though, it's a fig tree that she nurtured from a tiny piece that had broken off and was on the floor at a national trust place we went to once.

Amazed how well what looked like a tiny piece of twig has done

Nature can be awesome.
 
I bought a lemon in Morrisons 3 or so years ago and germinated the seeds/


I'll post a pic tomorrow, I have an alpine strawberry plant as well thats been making tiny strawbs even during the winter :S
 
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I cut a bunch of small branches off it because they were growing too close together, so it looks a bit bare, but it probably shouldnt have leaves in winter anyway?

the leaves look a bit crap because it's nutrient starved. I have plant food but this thing uses so less water and its in normal compost, which isn't exactly free draining.
I had huge problems when it was still small, even the slightest bit of water would make it drop leaves, I guess they are meant to be in sandy compost that dries out fast
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adidan said:
One of my favourite is actually an outside plant though, it's a fig tree that she nurtured from a tiny piece that had broken off and was on the floor at a national trust place we went to once.

Amazed how well what looked like a tiny piece of twig has done

Nature can be awesome.
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My mum used to do this - it's very much not permitted but she would pinch off a leaf or two from somewhere like Kew Gardens and bring it home in her purse. A year or two later she'd have a full on healthy plant!

I can see why stately homes and gardens say not to do it though. It's a bit like taking stones from the beach - if everyone did it, the beauty would be damaged.
 
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My mum used to do this - it's very much not permitted but she would pinch off a leaf or two from somewhere like Kew Gardens and bring it home in her purse. A year or two later she'd have a full on healthy plant!

I can see why stately homes and gardens say not to do it though. It's a bit like taking stones from the beach - if everyone did it, the beauty would be damaged.
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Oh indeed. This bit was already broken and on the floor, wouldn't dream of snagging something off.
 
LuckyBenski said:
My mum used to do this - it's very much not permitted but she would pinch off a leaf or two from somewhere like Kew Gardens and bring it home in her purse. A year or two later she'd have a full on healthy plant!

I can see why stately homes and gardens say not to do it though. It's a bit like taking stones from the beach - if everyone did it, the beauty would be damaged.
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I jokingly did the same to a tiny shoot (1cm) I pinched off of a £1600 Olive tree at the local garden centre and a few years later (after pushing into a pot full of soil) and it is now a 20cm giant.
 
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