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Show me your house plants!

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corona
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I love me some nice foliage.



a few of mine: (all grown from cuttings)

Aeschynathus specious. in bloom right now!

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Coleus blumei. have way too many of these.

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Pereskiopsis spathulata. really cool plant cause you can graft cacti onto it, used for growing peyote. have about 8 of them now so going to start grafting soon.

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Jul 20 2013 3:08PM
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HolySchimmel
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inb4 some 12 year old kid posts a pic of weed plants
Jul 20 2013 3:13PM
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Backyard.Skier
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you mean mine?

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Jul 20 2013 3:16PM
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corona
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a few more


Begonia rex. one of my favourites. just look at the colours on this bitch. some real nice foliage.

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Chlorophytum comosum

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Schlumbergera sp.. if anyone knows the species, let me know.

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Jul 20 2013 3:21PM
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Bateman
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came here to post this
Jul 20 2013 3:35PM
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Crispy.
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Jul 20 2013 7:15PM
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Crispy.
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Jul 20 2013 7:15PM
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LoathesRaisins
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Just my grow op. in the basment.
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Jul 20 2013 7:19PM
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Titus69
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this thread is begging for pictures of weed
Jul 20 2013 8:13PM
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7-11_Slurpee
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Started Here...
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Now we're here!
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Jul 21 2013 12:51AM
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youngdtay
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I have a potted pine tree in my living room. Pretty rare.
Jul 21 2013 12:54AM
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corona
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that's pretty sweet. what mix do you have at the bottom? mostly sand?
Jul 21 2013 11:51AM
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daannnnieel
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my mom does some gardning stuff inside and out.
Jul 21 2013 4:25PM
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werd.
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Are you talking about her vagina?
Jul 21 2013 4:28PM
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Bateman
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no, he is talking about plants. and gardening.


sorry i missed it but happy 12'th birthday last week.
Jul 21 2013 4:36PM
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werd.
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This is an A B conversation, please C your way out of it.

P.S thanks for the birthday wish
Jul 21 2013 4:38PM
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Bateman
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hey that's almost as clever as your first post in here you simpleton.
Jul 21 2013 5:03PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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lololololoololololol i is so funnie
Jul 21 2013 5:07PM
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Wolfgang.
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My living room:
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My kitchen:


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My washroom:

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And my bedroom:


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The plant life didn't choose me, I chose it.

Jul 21 2013 5:53PM
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daannnnieel
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I wasn't talking to you though. I would much rather have him involved than you.

How about you fuck off you creep.


Jul 21 2013 6:00PM
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7-11_Slurpee
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Its half fluorite substrate for the plants and half basic pebbles. The plants seem to love it and have some great root systems going
Jul 21 2013 6:13PM
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werd.
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lol im a creep? how did your friend know how old i am then?
Jul 21 2013 9:03PM
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Crispy.
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I would never expect someone on NS to be posting this but props on liking aquatic plants.
Jul 21 2013 10:40PM
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youngdtay
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I fucking hate you and every post you make, get the fuck outta here you fucking dooly.
Jul 21 2013 10:47PM
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robotdna
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This is the randomest thread I've ever seen. Lol
Jul 21 2013 11:01PM
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bnewbs6
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My plants are essentially unstoppable.

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Aug 15 2013 2:02AM
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corona
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my Schlumbergera is blooming. Awwwee yeah.


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Jan 31 2014 11:16AM
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corona
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what a splendid flower

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Jan 31 2014 11:26AM
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Darth.Maul
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I used to have a bonsai tree but someone poured something in it at a party (probably a beer) and it died like 2 days later.
Jan 31 2014 11:30AM
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RubberSoul
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never forget



sick thread though OP (seriously)
Jan 31 2014 11:36AM
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safetyhound
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Ive got two monkey puzzle trees that i've been bringing in to dry out. In the market for mini norway spruce.
Jan 31 2014 1:02PM
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HitTheJim
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Hoping to get a cactus for my dorm
Jan 31 2014 1:56PM
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corona
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nice. live on the west coast I guess? you going to plant them outside permanently?
Jan 31 2014 2:08PM
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safetyhound
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I'm going to try them container style until i buy a house. The roots already hate it.

Jan 31 2014 2:36PM
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pmw
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op has no friends so his plants are his friends
Jan 31 2014 3:24PM
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Dr.Dealgood
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I have a bunch of air plants (Tilandasia sp.: xerographica, bulbosa, medusa, streptophyla, other misc), a Corokia, a Ficus varietal, a couple Agaves, African Violet, Bamboo, an unidentified succulent, and a mess of different Philodendrons.

Also have a couple bonsais my buddy is babysitting for me since I moved to the city: Chinese Elm (~20 years old), Lodgepole Pine (~12 years old), and Chamaecyparis obtusa "Spiralis" (~3 years old)

I thought no one on here liked plants, nice thread OP!

I don't have pics of my darlings but I'll try and get some.

That's some sweet aquascaping (can't remember SN)!

Anyone do terrariums or paludriums?
Jan 31 2014 3:47PM
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GayWolf420
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I herd somewhere that certain plants make the air in your house really good. not sure doe
Jan 31 2014 3:55PM
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Willgum
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Anyone have experience with bonsai trees? I really want to get one but they seem pretty tough with regards to training them and whatnot. They look so cool though
Jan 31 2014 4:02PM
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Dr.Dealgood
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Some are easier than others.

Certain species can survive with "relatively" little care, others are incredibly hard to cultivate.

Bear in mind that you are essentially creating a micro ecosystem for a tree, which is a pretty complex plant. Because trees you're hugely limited a tree's ability to uptake resources from a large area (rootzones can sprawl out over many hundreds of feet and often acres and reach incredible depths for something like a mature Douglas Fir or a Sycamore, Oak, etc). This being the case, the bonsai must be maintained carefully to not oversoak, dry up, or burn the roots with too heavy a fertilizer application. Knowing your microclimate where the tree is kept is the first step.

However, not all plants are difficult to cultivate as bonsais. Bear in mind, vines and shrubs are also trained into bonsai; for example Wisteria or Rhododendrons.

Probably the easiest to grow and find at nursery/plant store/plant section would be a Ficus or a Jade. Ficus is a big family of plants, but they're all relatively simple. Jades can be found all over the place and can be grown from a small cutting or even just a leaf. Strong light, a good soil mixture, and appropriate training and fertilization will give you success.

There's lots of little books out there from Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Reader's Digest, and DK Books that are pretty accessible and give you all the pertinent basic info. You could probably get one cheap through abebooks.com or wandering a used book store.

I would suggest browsing books or the internet until you find a plant you'd like to work with, once you've made your selection, the appropriate container, soil mixture, etc can then be gathered.
Jan 31 2014 4:16PM
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Dr.Dealgood
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http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/stories/best-air-filtering-houseplants-according-to-nasa

Article goes over the plants NASA studied. A lot of these are commonly available at any good nursery and many can often be found at Home Depot.

You rescue a little green guy from the plant slave trade.
Jan 31 2014 4:20PM
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arnie_grape
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this ones been going strong for months
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I put this one over my fireplace, I think it's about to bloom
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Jan 31 2014 4:20PM
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OregonDead
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My ficus has been totally crispy for about 6 months now. When it first started to dry out and get brown I read that they can be saved. Does anyone think it has any hope now or should I just compost it? I got the ficus in 2007 as a gift and it was doing great until last summer.
Jan 31 2014 4:29PM
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corona
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I'd cut back all the dead vegetation and keep the soil moist (water just as it dries out) and it might just put out new shoots. But if you haven't seen any signs of life in 6 months then it's probably totally dead.
Jan 31 2014 4:59PM
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corona
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At least they don't make fun of me.
Jan 31 2014 5:01PM
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arnie_grape
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plants are great listeners
Jan 31 2014 5:17PM
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CaptainObvious.
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I have a black thumb. Hide yo plants, hide yo trees.
Jan 31 2014 5:33PM
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Cheeko
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http://www.medinilla.ca/

My parents grown this plant, Largest grower of it in North America, Its pretty sweet.

We also grow about 100 other varieties of plants fram Alyssum to Zinnias. :)
Jan 31 2014 5:33PM
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paige.
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Newschoolers meet Fred the aloe vera
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I also had a happily flowering lemon basil but he didn't take well to being abandoned for 3 weeks over Christmas. Fred didn't give a fuck. I may reward him with a bigger pot soon.
Jan 31 2014 5:43PM
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OregonDead
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Thanks, I'll give this a try and see cutting back all of the dead vegetation will help. I have a coffee plant that is getting root bound and it has dibs on the planter if the ficus doesn't pull through.
Jan 31 2014 5:46PM
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GayWolf420
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im gonna have to check this out for sure. my friend got a few plants in his room and he said it helped him sleep like 10x easier.
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