Peeked around a plant store and the discounted plants, they gave me 3 rough shape orchids for free!! My coworker wanted one so I let him have it for his gf
Found sedum as a weed on our walk
Now it’s mine I guess lol
Hahah that’s amazing!! And I hope those orchids do well too! Let us know how they do, I’ve been weary on getting any for myself as I’ve heard they’re pretty sensitive and I get far too attached to plants I like a lot. Really grinds my gears when they decide die when I just want to give them eternal life hahah.I'm curious to hear how this works out! Those are what all of the orchids at my mom's look like basically lol. I'm going tomorrow and can take a picture if I remember. One is mine and I'd love for them all to have a happy life again. Neither of us have a clue what to do though!
2 (3) free plants!!! Not sure if they’ll survive after I dealt with the rotten roots and poor potting medium but I can hope !! I like orchid leaves and roots
Got me some plants on my lunch break. 3.50 each!! Not too shabby 
My lil umbrella tree is just so cute. I got it (because it reminded me of my brother) a month or two ago and it’s just trucking along so nicely 
Got 2 Hoyas for 5 dollars off kijijI from an awesome lady!! Before she showed me the plants she made us do a little tour of her garden which was fun. She didn’t speak a lot of English so I just smiled and nodded (as I usually do). I got home and put them in the same pot. I’m stoked to have a hoya That's so cool! I love hoyas.
The bottom pic is a hoya that I really wanted but it was 32 dollars!!! I always need to remind myself that more likely than not, you can find a plant cheaper somewhere else if you can look hard enough
Fish tank water is all my house plants ever get so I am sure you won't overdo it unless you over water plants that don't like to be soggy.
That is great to know because that's what I've done the past couple of weeks! Some plants look happier, some look no different lol.
My most exciting house plant.... cat grass!!Very nice. I have the same exact plants. Can you tell me the names of the broad leaf green and purple plant and the one to the right with the green and white sort of heart shaped leaves. Thanks!
And I got this teeny tiny pot for 50 cents and put a tiny crassula baby necklace in it.
Yes those were the ones Thanks!
I looove mimosa trees. They're messy but smell amazing!My boyfriend and I fought a bit today so he bought me this Begonia Rex... still a little salty but......... it’s a really pretty begonia....I like begonias....
And my blushing philodendron has finally started to do something! I’ve had him for over a year now and he’s only ever had one single leaf. I repotted him to a much smaller pot and it seems to be working in his favor.
My wandering jew is getting bigger every day
And finally this little Mimosa tree I’m starting indoors. It’s closed up for the night but still so neat!
Oh yeah that is so gorgeous!!!Thank you! I really love mimosa trees as well. I took a few of them from my buddy’s house so hopefully I can get at least one or two going good.
The Rex begonia is a “Red Kiss.” I realize the picture I took doesn’t do it much justice. It’s black and velvety, deep red. Think I may have to grab another one of these because it’s so dark and gothic
Um... I want all of the begonias now.
I love my African mask. It’s been being really good to me
52 days of growth Wow! I am still looking one of those haha.
I didn’t even realize how much this dude was growing until I looked at the before pic
I have 14 house plants and then I am propogating more currently lol. They take up a chunk of space so I can see why someone could be annoyed but.... I feel like I need more. They make me happy!
2 (3) free plants!!! Not sure if they’ll survive after I dealt with the rotten roots and poor potting medium but I can hope !! I like orchid leaves and roots
I'm your orchid girl!
Beautiful!! Where do you live?? I mean if you are comfortable sharing. I just want to live in a place with no winter haha!I can't believe I just found this!! I cannot wait to read the whole thing but a quick skI'm (admittedly looking at all the pics but not reading much) has revealed soooo many beauties!
Ermmm, aside from a planted gecko terrarium I don't have house plants... because I keep houseplants outside! This is one of the few things I love about NOT having winters. My collection includes 30 various orchids (there's a thread about 'em), golden pothos, satin pothos, an asparagus fern, sansevieria, and a gorgeous Rex that I just got yesterday. I'm tryin' something a little weird with him and will tell y'all all about it when I can get pics.
For now, just wanted to chime in to say...
I'm your orchid girl!
Thank you! I don't mind sharing at all... I've spent nearly my entire life in SoFlo, lol, south Florida that is. Grew up in Key Largo but darnit, housing prices there are through the roof. Hubs works in Key Largo and we live about 30 minutes north in Homestead... which in turn, is about 40 minutes south of Miami.
Haha my dream is to move to Gainesville, FL. I suppose I would miss tulips and daffodils. Didn't even think of that.... But the bougainvillea I could grow!!!
I'm sure Gainsville is really nice. I've visited Tallahassee and the Panhandle, Jacksonville, the theme park area and, of course, the Keys and the Everglades. Just about a week ago, for the first time ever, I traveled across and explored the center of the state starting in Cape Canaveral and stopping in Spring Hill, which is north of Tampa and where my parents live. That area is beautiful, full of hills, woods, and enormous old live oaks that are positively dripping with spanish moss. I wouldn't mind a move north myself.
My bougainvillea lives on my porch in the summer and my bathroom the rest of the year lol. It is not very impressive. I want a monstrous tree bougainvillea though!! I look at pictures of them and they're just so pretty. I don't mind the thorns! My dad tries to kill my mom's every year apparently (or so the joke goes) because he hates them so much. That is heartbreaking that someone would take an axe to them and chop them down!! I'm glad they appear to be recovering.I'm sure Gainsville is really nice. I've visited Tallahassee and the Panhandle, Jacksonville, the theme park area and, of course, the Keys and the Everglades. Just about a week ago, for the first time ever, I traveled across and explored the center of the state starting in Cape Canaveral and stopping in Spring Hill, which is north of Tampa and where my parents live. That area is beautiful, full of hills, woods, and enormous old live oaks that are positively dripping with spanish moss. I wouldn't mind a move north myself.
Idk about spring bulbs but I'd imagine bougainvillea would grow there just as well as it does here... which is often too well. That beast needs a firm hand around here or it grows into a gnarly and very dangerous... idk what to call it when it is too wild looking to be called a shrub, tall as a house, with huge, evil looking thorns. Gnarly is the word that comes to mind, and I learned to give this plant it's space at a very young age. Lol, more recently a buddy shared a picture of a tiny one, artfully grown into a bonsai-like shape and in full bloom. This friend lives in the UK, found it in a fancy conservatory at a museum, and had no idea what he was looking at. He posted a pic and seemed in awe of this 'rare' tropical plant. It was gorgeous, of course, but all I could do was laugh, then show him a picture of a neighbor of mine that had also artfully grown bougainvillea over many years. They were in huge pots and also shaped like bonsaI trees... if bonsais were ever nearly 10 feet tall. Just gorgeous... so much so that I cried a little when driving past his home one day a few weeks ago and seeing the trees in pieces, pots turned over, and dirt all over the ground. Idk them well at all, and don't know what that man did to deserve this, but his woman got mad enough one night to go at them with an ax. They were soon cleaned up, most of them re-potted and looking pretty rough, but ready and capable of being gorgeous again. I've got a few orchids like that and this strength to keep on keeping on is one of the many things I love about plants.
And there I go talking too much again. So, how about more pics?
Dendrobium lindleyi, who was a birthday gift from Mom this past March.
Dendrobium cuthbertsoniI I do not own this beauty. She was awarded, displayed, and drooled over by me at a recent expo. I would like to try someday but she will not tolerate being outdoors in my climate... yet needs constant humidity which can be difficult indoors. Hmmm, I do have a lovely large jar/terrarium that is currently unused, but she also needs good air circulation.
I know this is a houseplant thread but I've gotta show my first attempt at an outdoor container garden. It quickly went from this...
to this. That's a dwarf papyrus hybrid called prince tut, surrounded by daybreak charm petunias, and goldilocks creeping jenny. All are hybrids I guess. This was also my first online order for plants I would keep out in the Florida sun and all were purchased from Proven Winners. That's my pineapple over on the left.
Okay, lol, back to houseplants. Here's the terrarium. Eeek, I didn't do proper research on that fern, later learning that it could grow to be dangerous with thorns and is mildly toxic, perhaps not so mildly for a baby gecko. It's since been removed and a nice portion of the Sansevieria is being prepped for terrarium use to replace it.
I really like the Calathea lancifolia, aka, Rattlesnake plant. The lichen growing on thin flakey bark just beneath it is pretty rad too.
Love Fittonia too.
And, of course, I LOOOVE the string of turtles! (Peperomia prostrata)
Satin Pothos and a tiny tail. Also, a silicone beer saver cap/perfect baby gecko feeder as recommended by BReefer97
Can't show off Pan's plants without showing off our gorgeous little Pan the Crestie.
First, I need to say that I know the pics of live oaks and spanish moss don't look quite right. So, I should have said upon posting that it was also raining and very dreary on this day... it rained a lot on vacation. In the original pics, the ferns and the moss all look dark brown to black so I had to brighten the s considerably. In other words, those pics are highly edited.
I don't mind the thorns so much these days either but couldn't keep bougainvillea close because of little ones. Someday I'll have one of those trees though! I'm not sure where you are but I'd take a wild guess that your's probably needs more light and cares less about temperature as long as it's over 65°F or so. Perhaps you might like looking into a dedicated pendant light to hang over yours when it's insude/during less bright times of the year.My bougainvillea lives on my porch in the summer and my bathroom the rest of the year lol. It is not very impressive. I want a monstrous tree bougainvillea though!! I look at pictures of them and they're just so pretty. I don't mind the thorns! My dad tries to kill my mom's every year apparently (or so the joke goes) because he hates them so much. That is heartbreaking that someone would take an axe to them and chop them down!! I'm glad they appear to be recovering.
That's funny about your friend in the UK!!
I would love to go to the Everglades and to swim with manatees and go on a hot air balloon ride. Oh and the Hemmingway house because polydactyl cats. That's my Florida bucket list if I ever do get to move there!
I know you can take bulbs and put them in your fridge (or freezer.... I forget) for a dormancy period, so if you had the room you could do it! I would probably try it.
I want a string of turtles!! It's so cute!! Is that in with your reptile friend?? He's cute!
Okay here are the orchids. I think this one is a goner....
This one looks better.
This one slightly better.
But I don't know how to make them better and my mom admittedly has no clue either. I will take any help I can get!
Thanks! I will look for your orchid thread tonight!! I didn't know there was one. Unless you post here. Either way!
I know it’s just a grocery store orchid, but it does love the fish water!
Hubby really wants to sell a rental house of two and purchase something in the Keys. We are actually quite fond of Marathon but need to do a bit more research.
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If that wasn't enough, lol, I also wanted to share the new Rex with you guys. So, when our crested gecko came home, it was important to keep her in a small enclosure until we were sure she was eating well and gaining weight. So, we turned an old 5 gallon qt tank into a bioactive terrarium for her. This would allow Pan to get used to this kind of enclosure while still maintaining a small space where it would be easy for her to find her food. She stayed there for a few months while here permanent home, a nice big ExoTerra terrarium was planted and made ready for Pan. When she moved... well, I had a tough time just tossing the 5 gallon terrarium but we don't have or want a critter that could live their whole lives in such a small space.
So... the 5 gallon was put out on our porch table, with the lid removed, and Rex was planted inside a few days ago. We'll see how this goes.
Please forgive the horrible glare...
And the potato quality of my top down pic.
The Rex is probably nothing rare or fancy. He was cheap and found at Home Depot. I'd loooove a dark and gothic looking one like BReefer97 was recently gifted with, but my track record with these Begonias is not great thus far. Got my first one several months ago and repotted it into a terrarium appropriate ABG mix, then put it in plant qt, which was a humid environment meant for acclimating plants to terrarium life. That Rex quickly lost leaves, began to mold, and was eventually lost. Guess my acclimation didn't work on that Rex, so I'm now trying again in an open top, less humid environment.
This is starting to feel like advertising, lol, but if you love orchids, you might enjoy a look through the first couple of pages on my orchid thread where there are lots-o-pics of gorgeous plants at my favorite orchid nursery.
Awww, that stinks that you're having trouble, though it's kinda... not funny as in haha but funny as in grrrr with a wry grin... because you're are having trouble with low humidity and my first died from high humidity. Sounds like a rather picky plant to me! So far, so good this time around, but it's too early to say for sure, so we shall see. After molding and rotting the first one, I'm definitely being careful with water, and I do love to talk plants, so I'll definitely let you guys know how it goes.
This is starting to feel like advertising, lol, but if you love orchids, you might enjoy a look through the first couple of pages on my orchid thread where there are lots-o-pics of gorgeous plants at my favorite orchid nursery.
https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/stellas-orchid-hobby.353882/
Awww, that stinks that you're having trouble, though it's kinda... not funny as in haha but funny as in grrrr with a wry grin... because you're are having trouble with low humidity and my first died from high humidity. Sounds like a rather picky plant to me! So far, so good this time around, but it's too early to say for sure, so we shall see. After molding and rotting the first one, I'm definitely being careful with water, and I do love to talk plants, so I'll definitely let you guys know how it goes.
Okay, so I have an ID question. This could be considered a houseplant since this far south, if a plant can live outside in shady conditions, then it can be a houseplant for most. Don't envy me... with the heat index, today's feel-like temp is 103°F. Anyhow, this girl is BIG, with lovely bunches of tiny white flowers, but it's the leaves that drew me in. I found her in a deep shade house at a nursery... but after the kind employee came out of her air-conditioned office and suggested we take the golf cart to the hibiscus and sansevieria pots that were only a short walk away, well, I didn't want to ask her to drive clear across the property to name this plant for me, because it was far, and I wasn't buying it without proper research and preparation. So, do any of you guys know who this is?
I have a plant ID App called “PictureThis” and these are the plants it’s giving me. I’m not sure if any of them are correct honestly. It’s hard to tell! This app is generally pretty accurate, I test it all the time with plants I already know. With two “Rubus” options I would think it’s one of those, I’m leaning more towards Thimbleberry. What do you think?
I think if we were purchasing a residence, a quiet, less developed key would be the way to go.Hey, there's nothing wrong with a grocery store orchid. The only difference may be that a nursery would possibly provide better care for the same hybrids. My favorite orchid nursery always has a large collection of Phalaenopsis hybrids that have been bred to provide just the same as grocery store orchids... to be easy care and HUGE flower producers. In fact, I have a Phal from that nursery that looks a bit like yours. Please forgive the potato pic.
I don't have names for the other two but the purple spotted girl on the right is Dtps. Gan Lin 'Melody'. Dtps. means she has Doritis and Phalaenopsis heritage... and perhaps that means nothing at all because all Doritis species are now included in the Phalaenopsis genus. Orchids get confusing but to the person enjoying the blooms, all this means is that the Doritis heritage may provide more flowers that are perhaps smaller, but it also increases the chances of multiple blooms spikes... so again, more flowers.
Marathon, huh? You'll have to forgive me. It's not my favorite Key but really the reasons are quite ridiculous. Marathon's not my favorite because it is big, has everything you need, and it's easy to navigate because a lot of the streets have numbers. Because Marathon has Publix, (my favorite grocery store) Home Depot, a large library, and numbered streets, it kinda comes off as the big city and not as Keysey... that's not to say that when living on one of the smaller Keys, one doesn't need to make regular trips to one of the bigger Keys. When living on Big Pine, my Mom would travel to Marathon most weekends to get the shopping and errands done. Oh! And Marathon, unlike SO many Keys, has a sandy beach! Marathon is great. My favorite Key is probably Upper Matacumbe, which is in southern Islamorada.
Just in case anyone's interested in why that yellow Phal above has such a loooong spike with few flowers... Phals are capable of blooming again on an old spike, provided that the plant is cared for well enough (given sufficient nutrients and minerals), that the old spike remains green. However, there is nothing wrong with a plant that is not provided with 'extra' and basically eats it's spike... meaning as the bloomless spike withers and dies, (again, nothing wrong with this), the plant is absorbing nutrients from it. So... I made a project of maintaining the spikes on the yellow girl and the Dtps./purple spots. Both re-bloomed on old spike but did so differently. The yellow's spike grew longer and longer before producing new buds from the tip (significantly fewer buds than it is capable of.) The Dtps. branched off of its old spike AND grew a new one, which also branched... and each of these branches produces multiple blooms. That's that Doritis heritage I was talking about. It was a fun project but the 'show' (flower display), is much prettier when it comes from a freshly grown spike. Blooming on old spikes make things start to look a little messy. So, when the blooms faded from the recent Dtps. blooming, I cut those spikes off... yellow girl still has pretty fresh looking flowers on the end of a ridiculously long and 90% bare spike. In the off chance that she remains in bloom and/or produces more on that spike all summer long... well, you can bet I'll be cutting the spike away before cool nights arrive because that's when Phals set new spikes
Some quick pics 
