Probably the easiest plant to care for once you figure it out.

I water it every month or two. Fertilize it every 2 or 3 years. Redirect the arial roots into the pot when I water.

It gets 3 hours of direct sunlight in the morning.

Every 5 or 6 years I haul it outside in the summer. Then leach the pot with the garden hose to remove the salt buildup. I also hack the plant back to a more manageable size.

Edit: I realize this isn't technically a house plant as it is outdoors. Hope that's okay 😅

Have had this one for like 6 months and finally got it to bloom :)

Does anybody know why this is happening on my philodendron billietiae? Most of the roots have grown down toward the reservoir, except for this one. The plant seems pretty happy and is working on a new leaf.

Also, it really needs something to climb. I would like to use something lower maintenance than a moss pole, but I know that’s really the best for aerial roots. I’d like to hear people’s thoughts!

I think I've had this plant since 2018 and it just started growing a stalk for the first time a week or so ago. This afternoon I noticed a sweet scent in the day room where it lives and saw that it started blooming! I didn't even know it could do that and only learned the name of the plant after I saw the new stalk growing out of it. The house smells so nice!!

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And I'm super excited that it does, because it has been a rough road to this point.

I almost massacred most of my collection because I thought mixing hormone propagation paste myself is a good idea, which caused lots of necrosis, and one even completely died.

This one got the least harm and it's finally showing off!

I bought two of them when winter was just beginning, and therefore, they didn't have enough light probably.

I transferred both from the original substrate (looked like peat) into LECA, and then they lost their pitchers. Probably due to stress and low humidity.
I already was afraid that they don't like the substrate.

Now, they get more light, and due to the longer day hours, they now know it's time to catch insects!

They weren't very happy to begin with, but in the last few days, they really look awful. Especially my ping.

I've read they both like lots of light, so I placed them into my growtent.

But this certainly isn't the answer. For me, it doesn't look like sunburn. Sure, the colors now look more bright, but I've also put them a few times outside into the sun.

My problem is, that the lower leaves constantly get mushy, and that both often don't produce lots of dew.
Is the surface/ substrate too dry?

The Drosera alicae is sitting in its original substrate, which was peat with perlite, and I've put a layer of LECA to fill up the rest, which is about 2 cm (1"). It's often sitting in a bit of (pure) water, but I regularly flush it out and let it dry up a little bit in between (spongy texture).

The Pinguicula (probably agnata, unspecified) is looking worse.
I have it sitting in LECA, and water it with a heavily diluted fertilizer (about 1/3 of what my other houseplants get) and regularly soak and flush it with pure water.
It looked way better a week ago, but is slowly declining, even before I put it into the light.
Is it rotting?

My grandma wanted to throw it away, but I'm trying to save it.

It was in a horrible condition, having ALL potted roots being rotten away to mush, and severely dehydrated, with completely limb leaves.
My GF said it probably couldn't be saved, but out of spite I will convince her she's wrong ;)

Here's how it looked like when I got it:

I of course removed all dead stuff and repotted it into LECA.

I then put it into this box, with a bag of moist LECA in it to increase the humidity, sprayed some water into the box, put a small fan in it for air circulation (risk of crown rot?) and misted it with some diluted fertilizer.

This was two days ago, here's how it looks like now:

The lower leaves are still leathery and limb, and will probably be lost when regrowing the roots, but especially the upper parts look way better than before.

I think I might actually be successful, but let's see. Phals are relatively robust, but it really looks stressed.

Anyone out there with similar stories and experiences? How would you estimate this situation?

First, huge shoutout to @restingboredface@sh.itjust.works for the inspiration! You gave me some great ideas, but the spider was perfect because my spider plant had a runner that needed to get planted. Link to the imgur album

🕷️ Say hello to my Happy Spider Friend!

It’s a spider-shaped plant pot with:

Built-in drainage system

Removable tray

Detachable legs for safe shipping

A weird/cute vibe that’s perfect for spider plants or succulents

I made it for folks who love quirky décor, Halloween year-round, or just want something fun on their shelf. Think I'll make one in black and purple next because I think it would be adorable.

Check it out here: Support Artisans Co-op Or on that other retailer

Would love to hear what you think or see your own weird planters too 👇

Last year I managed to fertilize a single flower on my cherimoya tree, which is a bit difficult as the flowers are female in the morning and turn male in the evening. This year I will hopefully be able to have the tree in a south-facing window. So I'm hoping for proper fruiting next year.

Also, strangely enough, cherimoyas seem to do well in an indoor environment and don't seem to have any pest issues at all.

I’m still a novice when it comes to houseplants. I’ve had this baby philodendron florida ghost for a little over a month, and we’ve been having some issues.

So when I got her, I transferred to a semi hydro setup in perlite (she had sad, spindly little roots, and I was thinking it would be gentler than pon as the semi hydro roots developed). Then I put the thin, fragile thing under a grow light and scorch the few tiny green leaves that are actually photosynthesizing.

Anyway, yesterday I noticed mold on top of the perlite and it finally clicks that the perlite was holding way too much moisture. All my other plants that I transferred directly into pon are showing really impressive root growth.

I take it out of the pot and realize that there is zero new root growth. Zilch. So, I panic and repot in a very chunky mix.

As you would imagine, she is not happy, and I’m not sure what to do. I’m worried that the shock of going back into soil will cause the plant to croak, but I’m also afraid to mess with it anymore. Any advice would be appreciated!

I have a Tradescantia fluminensis growing in a hydroponic Kratky/ wick setup in an old bottle.

I never fill the bottle with more than 1/3 nutrient solution, but it lasts for more than a month, in winter even two.

Zero maintenance you think? Wrong! This plant is only a few months old, and growing like a weed.
I have to trim it every few weeks, and like a hydra, it regrows more twigs than I cut and gets even bushier.

The neon colors only get out if it gets enough sun, but sometimes, it's too much, and it gets a slight sunburn.
I have to rotate it every few days to not get burnt too much on one side :D

The roots also look great

The other one is a bit younger and looks like this:

It isn't even half a year old, and it seems like it has adapted to the new hydroponic environment quite well.

The other ones I bought were in a bit worse condition and struggling a bit more.

This specimen, one with pure white flowers, has been growing quite a bit over the last weeks and regenerated a lot of healthy roots.
Many of them were rotten initially.

Now, in the last week or so, there has been a new secondary flower spike forming on the primary one I didn't cut.
Because this one was in a better condition, I didn't cut off both spikes, only one, to conserve more energy for vegetative growth.

They are all less than a year old, most of them not even a few months.

Even though it was winter the whole time, they all grew like crazy, and I already propagated a lot of them and gifted them to friends.

I bought most of them when they were just two leaves big and I already needed to upsize the pot or split them.

That's why I've called the post "Spring Edition", because I suspect them to be a lot bigger in the end of the year :)

Hey all. One of my hobbies is designing and 3d printing simple plant pots. I usually give the first one to my elderly neighbor because she got me into the idea years ago.

Anyone have an idea or a need for a planter I can try to design? I generally like more minimalist themes.

Hey there! Hoping for some help. I've never really owned plants, but my best friend is moving out of state and gave me 6 plants she didn't want to throw away. 4 of them are looking pretty rough. They are a ponytail palm, a monstera, a euphorbia Trigona, and mystery plant. They are all getting what I think is medium light? In my apartment, which has a north facing sliding glass door and windows, and they have all been being watered once a week. They also have been getting "miracle grow tropical house plant food" once a week, except for the euphorbia which has just been getting water. Any tips to try and save these lil guys?

I had to repot one of my Calatheas, because this one was a bit unhappy with the potting configuration.

It has been growing in semi hydro for half a year now, and has been in soil before when I bought it.
This is why the upper parts of the roots are brown-ish.

They make rhizomes, similar to ginger or potatoes, to store energy for the future. From those bulbs can also emerge new shoots if they are near enough the surface, and can be divided there for propagation if the plant is big enough.