r/houseplants

I found this guy at walmart and it was marked down from $25. Such a steal I had to share

My indoor hibiscus, which is special friend gave to me many years ago (I. E. It has high sentimental value), started sprouting all these beautiful leaves this spring, which subsequently over the past six weeks have all been falling off at a fairly alarming rate. I finally took it out of the pot to investigate, as I suspected it was root-bound. Boy, is that an understatement! It’s pretty much all roots, and almost no soil. I’m not even sure how to approach this. I’ve stuck it in a bucket of water for now to try to loosen the matted root tendrils a bit. What do I need to know?

It was love at first sight when I spotted this beauty from across the room. I'm familiar with pitcher plants in the wild, but not so much as house plants. What do I need to know to ensure she thrives? I have her hanging in my naturally-bright bathroom, which is moderately humid during showers. Share your advice/experiences please ...

I adopted this guy and have been meaning to repot him for awhile. Awhile turned into 2 years 🫣. I had to cut the pot off and you can see where the roots have taken the colour off the plastic!

I soaked him in warm water and freed him before repotting in some fresh soil and a larger home. He’s doing well and seems to have forgiven me for the neglect.

Hi! My wife and I love greenery in our house, but chasing careers always had us neglect plants. What do you think about this forever lasting solution? What design can I make next?

I’ve never posted before so I’m not sure if I’m doing this right, but she has so many gorgeous plants!

There’s a wild feline that has made my jade and pothos her home!

I just think this leaf is so pretty.

I didn’t even realize the stark difference until I compared pictures. My plants are sturdier, greener, and thicker now that I’ve added light! Clearly the windows were insufficient.

I’ve done research and it could be a lot of things but at the moment they are stuck where they are. It’s still too cold to put them outside and I don’t have the room to repot them into larger pots :/ is there anything else I can do in the meantime time? Or just leave them until I can put them outside? (1st pic is the lame setup for now, it’s a desk with a clip plant light over them, I have a feeling it’s due to lake of light, maybe the pot??)

Sorry if this type of post isn’t allowed. I was watching Three’s Company and realized how much I admired their houseplant setup even from childhood.

Don’t get me wrong, I know I could google that but I stumbled across a philodendron pink princess at the garden center today which in my eyes is Beautiful

Just a wonderful, beautiful plant

And ofc I bought it, for 9€

Which stunned me a bit because I know that those plants are going for 100s of euros too

So while I know that varigation and stuff plays into that

What makes one plant cost not even 10€ while other plants of the same kind and size cost like 500€?

I just snipped a few mid sections out of my monstera obliqua. I have full confidence that it will produce a few new growths because all of the nodes are well rooted in the moss pole.

I thought it was funny that I'm so proud of this plant when it just looks like a stick that doesn't have any leaves haha.

After a first attempt at using a moss pole ended in root rot, my white Princess has given me a leaf with pink on it. I’m so happy 😁

Found mealybugs on one of my succulent propagations today. I moved the tray into quarantine in another room, and examined all my other plants in that shelf closely. Found two more small plants affected and threw them away.

I have 70% isopropyl alcohol and pointy cotton buds arriving tomorrow, so I'll be able to spot treat any others as necessary. I just wanted to get ahead of it and avoid as much risk as possible to my mature plants. I feel extremely sick and anxious, all of these plants mean a lot to me, but I'm trying not to catastrophize - I tend to be pretty prone to it.

In that spirit, do you have any experiences you could share about finding a pest or disease early? Did you manage to avoid it spreading to your entire collection? Was it mostly okay?

I just got her. Like an hour ago

She was shipped and I do not want to shock her more

She has some obvious bound roots with tubers - nice ones actually coming out bottom- she already has a couple of spiderettes.

Obviously she needs an upgrade despite liking some binding

But I’m thinking I should wait a couple of weeks to be safe.

Or

Do I just double shock her? And get it over in one go then I’m done for a year or two

Advice ?

UPDATE:

I repotted

I just said might as well

And lost very little root as I cut each hole and around then down

Why did I do it at 12:06 am EST on my dim patio?

Cause I’m indecisive till no longer indecisive

I’ll post a couple pics in comments

She was in 3” I went to 5” and that was perfect