Forum: Houseplants

Dave -you must really really be looking for spring---is it 2 weeks or 2 months :-) What's on your planting/seed starting list for 2010 ? ...

Ann, How do you do christmas castus? Like africian violets?

Hoya CV mathilde Royal Hawaiian Purple...different color buds on a same plant. Hoya carnosa Fungii Hoya finnlaysonii Ripple leaf Hoya...

So many peducles!!!:D Should be pubycalix.

The bud has opened plus a couple more and the bloom is definitely in sharp contrast to the lovely pink foliage! Almost hurts my eyes! ;) 6866...

Got this with a gift card from my boss. I like the flower form and picotee :

Oh my, when I look at these little beauties it makes my heart sing ! Found them on sale in Home Depot..I guess they were Valentine's Day overstock....

When I went to the Dr. for a recheck on my cataract surgery this week they gave me this lovely plant. I thought that that was so nice. I had seen...

Also bought the Hoya(waxplant) and a "looks like" but isn't 'corkscrew/shell plant'. Question is: what is that plant ? It is not a shell vine but I...

Wasn't looking for it...just wandered over to the Floral dept at the grocery store today....saw this on the floor and immediately said 'come to...

Just a reminder...depending on zone .....it's time to debug them and bring them in ! :p

Last year, Rebecca gave me two clivia seedlings. They are doing well and are quite happy in my 'special' room. I remember Tom posting about his...

Kalanchoe daigremontiana These are in a planter at school and have survived several hard freezes. The are somewhat protected by their location. ...

Hi, Everyone! It is that time of the year when my focus turns toward my favorite houseplants, and, Gee, I have many.... One of my long time...

UGH! I just discovered(and would have sooner if I could see!) that my Gerbera Daisies which I am overwintering indoors have aphids ! They are on a...

I have an album set up on Photobucket with all the images taken so far plus a tight shot of my regal Gasteria. Here is the link for those...

I took these photos of bananas that are growing at my youngest son's place on the Big Pine Key. The Key Deer have eaten the young bananas before they...

This crazy African Violet blooms only at Christmas. It didn't bloom last year as it had been repotted. This year it is just beautiful with clusters...

I'm debating when to bring in my Houseplants(peace lilies; gingers). It will be 48 tonight and 38 tomorrow night; are those too low to stay out(next...

I have more than a few, actually, but most are too big to be shipped and be cost effective. here's what I know I have: Hoya - 4 small...

I fell in love with this beauty last year, but opted not to purchase it because of the price. This one is in a smaller pot, so was reasonably...

I've had a huge rescue peace lily for a year now. I'm never sure about amount of water. Sometimes it droops and the soil feels moist so I won't water...

I believe this one is E. Strictum. My mother gave it to me. She obtained it from Augusta Evans School which is a school for very special children. ...

This was given to me several years ago and has never bloomed before. It was kept in a basement window all winter with only occasional watering. I was...

This is a picture of my baby jade. It is just like the regular jade in miniature size. This one is several years old. I am waiting for someone...

This could actually go under "Sub-tropicals", but I figure more of us either grow them as house plants or greenhouse plants than try to grow them in...

This one amazes me.... It's in a hanging pot and melted to nothingness this past winter, but a little at a time, I watched it come back to life. ...

This is new plant in my collection. Bloom is approx. 11/2" and seems to last longer than regular Epiphyllum oxypetalum. Bloom opened Saturday...

This one is Chlorophytim bichetii. I was mistaken - it has the marginal and streaked white variegation but just grows like a clump of ornamental...

This is NEAT! Last year, I ran out of room and some of my older plants had to spend the winter outside in hopes of recovering. The Dracaena were...

As Ann will confirm, I have this attitude toward non-performers when it comes to plants. So it shouldn't come as a surprise to her that last fall,...

Hey, ALL! I am always thrilled when a house plant produces a healthy, ripe seed pod, and NOPE, I didn't hand pollinate this one. Just to have...

Well, the thread title says it all ! It was an Easter (Church) rescue. Part of it is dead but there were two buds on the other half. One has opened...

Thought I would start a new thread to tell you what's been happening with the indoor garden so far this winter; here goes. Not much of anything! ...

I love it when these things bloom. This is a bloom on one of my variegated Hoya.

I propagated some Penta from the flower bed at work in the late fall. It is currently blooming in a pot in my basement. Small bright purple flowers....

My favorite... Memoria Crupin Rosalis --- nice fragrance!

A couple of years ago, Gary and Arlene (sewfarsewgood) sent me a package with cuttings of the succulent known as Epiphyllum. It was then that I...