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A photo of a philodendron pink princess with many mostly green leaves with pink highlights and a newly unfurled leaf that is completely pink

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The leaves seem larger and darker than any cultivar I've seen, and I'd really like to acquire one.

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The one with dark, shiny leaves is Alocasia Cuprea, and the one with pretty stems is Alocasia Zebrina. I do hope they like their new home - had a bit of mixed luck with Alocasias in the past...

Alocasia-Cuprea.jpg

Alocasia-Zebrina.jpg

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My Adansonii bush. Not sure where to go from here. I keep chopping the head off, and it keeps sprouting more nodes, making it look a little unbalanced.

Ideally I’d replant the mature tops into the soil on the bottom, for a bushier plant. But it’s already extremely bushy, running out of room down there.

Open to any ideas on how to manage it. I’m already giving away/propagating my top-chops, so I guess that’s the long term plan?

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I actually have an avo tree taller than me that I started this way 10 or so years ago. It is in a pot, and our climate is a bit cold for them, so I move it into the house in winter.

These are normally outside, just hiding from the worst of the winter.

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After moving my lotus seedlings into water pots they were not getting enough sunlight. A friend loaned me a grow light tonight.

Before the grow light:

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Luccus@feddit.org to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
 
 

One of my smaller monstera pots keeps growing these little mushrooms and I'm wondering what exactly they are.

They come after every watering and dry off pretty quickly in about half a day or so.

EDIT: They are 'fairy inkcaps'. Thanks to Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net!

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I might have been a little too ambitious when I set my mind on growing my own wedding bouquet. 2 months after the wedding they are now in bloom. At least they're pretty! 😄🌱

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
 
 

After 15 days of my lotus seeds soaking, I think they and I are ready to plant them. I just ordered two 14” pots with drainage plugs. Now onto finding appropriate substrate for them.

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Should I be worried? I was away for 3 days and this thing grew in the soil of my Monstera. Google told me it's a Shaggy Inc Cap Mushroom, but I'm unsure. How would that get in there? I repotted the Monstera back in March with fresh soil from the hardware store.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
 
 

Any idea what this is? Many leaves are dying on the plant, wondering if there is a way to save it. I have forgotten the name of the plant, but will update when I find it.

Edit Ctenanthe Lubbersiana - thanks @squeezeyerbawdy

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Rovanja@lemmy.world to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
 
 

Anybody know what creepy crawlies is in my attar of roses pelargonium? Had them a few weeks ago, sprayed with soapy water. They died. This morning they were back. The plant is just a tiny little baby, I'm worried it's something that'll kill the plant.

Update: Thanks everyone! I've done a good round of Google -ing now on springtails. Definitely looks like the case . The plant doesn't seem to mind, but I'll keep in mind not to overwater the little baby . Thank you for your advise!

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I was helping a friend move and she said she was having no luck with this plant. She said it barely stays alive and never really does well. She said it might be a hibiscus.

Seek thinks that is a possibility too.

I saved a few other plants recently, hopefully I can save this one too.

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I have a dreamcatcher which I thought had a dying leaf or something, but it looks like this could be something like seeds!? There is a second pod which isn't open to the left in the picture.

I don't really know what it is but I'm excited about it. My other aglaonema hasn't grown at all in 2 years!

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Rescued some half dead roses from a sale rack last year and they've exploded with a little tlc. 🥰

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We are having a pumpking growing competition at work and I live in an apartment, so I'm working with what I have 😆

The plant already produced many male flowers. From what I have read, the male flowers usually come out 10 - 14 days before the female flowers. They open up for a single day and then they close and fall off.

I found out that tey are edible, so I stuffed a few of them with some left overs as a culinary experiment.

And the first female flower has arrived!

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Featuring my cat 😺

More blooms:

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Picture of a Sarracenia with many mouths, one of them being extremely long. There's also a banana for scale

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I just received what I thought was going to be a tiny cute air plant for this tiny cute container I bought. What I received instead is this massive, glorious, curly plant that is 1.5 feet tall. While I'm trying to figure out what to do with it, I've researched and vowed to take care of this super cool air plant that is already growing purple blooms. I'm wondering if there's a specific air plant community or like, something adjacent to that? I'd really rather not get back on reddit to learn about air plants and connect with other air plant people. What are some cool communities I might be missing out on?

Cheers!

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Let me know if you guys Want to see more I have tons of pics and eventually I plan to make a time lapse gif of the whole journey

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I am having a heck of a time trying to research why she is the way she is and what to do about it. She’s definitely alive. I harvested a lot of little baby seedlings in her roots (which are growing beautifully btw). I’d love if someone can help me understand why she is the way she is and what I can do to promote stem and leaf growth.

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Has anyone had any success in growing a SourSop plant outside of the tropics? I'm In the NE United States and I'm going to try.

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