My plant flu is progressing

 

My plant flu is progressing nicely (for the plants, not my self-control).

📌Cinnamon & Rice Water Plant Care Tip.

 I wanna leave this for myself. If you're a plant enthusiast, you're welcome to use this tip

Plants taking over the space

 Plants are taking over the space

Plant Fever

 This is not good

REPOTTING YOUR ORCHIDS

Did you know?
In 1731, an English botanist received a dried herbarium species from New Providence in the Bahamas. "The tuber appearing to have life in it," he potted and carefully nurtured the plant. It revived, and the next year brought forth handsome pink- and rose-colored flowers. This was Bletia purpurea.
The name and date are worth noting, for this was the first tropical orchid to flower in England, foreshadowing a mania for orchids that nearly rivaled the tulip madness that swept the Netherlands during the 17th century.
NGM, April 1971

Christmas Cactus.

I love the Cristmass cactuses! Their flowers may be violet, red, pale pink, orange or white. I have a red one, pale pink, and white. Now hunting the orange one.

Milk & Our HousePlants

Can you imagine? What do our indoor plants have common with milk?
Actually, they have noting in common. However, milk may help our lovely plants in terms of disease protection, additional nutrition, and beautifully shiny leaves.  

Fishbone Cactus - Orchid

Scientific Name
Selenicereus anthonyanus (Alexander) D. R. Hunt
Common Names
Fish Bone Cactus, Fishbone Orchid Cactus, Rick Rack Cactus, Ric Rac Orchid Cactus, Zig-Zag Cactus, St. Anthony’s Rik-Rak
Synonyms
Cryptocereus anthonyanus (basionym)

Pereskia Grandifolia

Pereskia grandifolia  is a tree native to the Northeastern Brazil restingas. This plant is often used as a medicinal plant and an ornamental plant. In addition, it has edible leaves.

Ficus microcarpa

Ficus microcarpa has been described in 1782 by Carl Linnaeus the Younger. The species has a considerable number of synonyms. In 1965, E. J. H. Corner described 6 varieties and two forms of Ficus microcarpa var. microcarpa which have all put in synonymy under the name of Ficus microcarpa in the latest Flora Malesiana volume.
Ficus microcarpa was widely distributed as an ornamental plant and is one of the most common street trees in warm climates. The symbiotic pollinating fig wasp, Eupristina verticillata, was introduced along with F. microcarpa. Such an introduction, however, can be delayed: in Brazil - where specimens of the tree had been used in gardening since the nineteenth century, when it was introduced by the French architect Auguste François Marie Glaziou into various public parks of Rio de Janeiro - the appearance of saplings began only during the 1970s.

Ginseng Ficus Bonsai Tree - (Ficus Retusa)

Also known as Banyan Fig and Taiwan Ficus. The Retusa has small dark green leaves which alternate up the stem and which are more oval than the Benjamina. Grey to reddish bark dotted with small horizontal flecks, similar to tiger-like markings. All have heavy trunks with exposed aerial roots. Among the most tolerant, versatile and trouble-free bonsai trees for indoor use.

Punica Granatum "Nana"

In this picture you can see two pomegranates, the first one is Punica Granatum "Nana" and the second one is growing  from a seed of a regular pomegranate which I bought in a store. I think, they need similar conditions to live.
So, what they need?

Laurus or Bay Tree

It’s tough to find an herb with a richer mythological history than bay. Originally from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, the plant can be grown virtually anywhere. While it reaches a stately 60 feet tall in its native lands, the bay tree (Laurus nobilis) is content to be grown in a container as a long-lived houseplant. 

Plants as Friends

Each of the plants in our living rooms tells us its own story.
One may come from a distance forest in New Zealand, where it grows by the side of a clear brook. Another winds itself around the branches of a tree, somewhere in a tropical jungle, sometimes to a hight of dozens of feet. If we delve into the origin of all our house plants and try to imagine the atmosphere of their natural habitat, there is no doubt that the plants acquire an added dimansion.

Pot Plants in History

One of the essential characteristics of a house plant is that it does not grow in the open ground. We place these plants in bowls, pots, tubs, or any other suitable containers. This custom already existed among the Sumerians and ancient Egypt, about 3.500 years ago.

Avoid and Eliminate Indoor Plant Pests

http://www1.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/houseplant-insect-control/

Houseplants are an important element in most indoor environments. We rely on them to add beauty and interest to our homes as well as to public spaces such as office buildings, restaurants, and theaters. Unfortunately, houseplants may be troubled by insects and related pests.

Humidifier for House Plants

Most plants need humid air in order to thrive. That’s because the pores through which they breathe lose most of their moisture when the surrounding air is dry, a loss that the plant can’t always replace through the water its roots absorb. The thinner the leaf, the greater its need for humidity. Thick, leathery, or waxy leaves, or those covered with hair, are usually relatively immune to dry air. 

Cold Hardy Yuccas

A member of the Agave family, yucca plants are hardy evergreens with more than 50 species. They exhibit a variety of forms from short grass like to branched treelike plants.  These plants are drought tolerant and adapt well to most light conditions, from full sun to partial shade.
Leaf color is variable from green to grey-green and even silver.  

Araucaria

Genus of 18 species of evergreen, coniferous trees from tropical rainforest with a pronounced dry season in New Guinea, Australia, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and Brazil. Araucaria heterophylla is the only species sold as s house plant. It is a slow-growing tree.
The leaves are spirally arranged and are usually broadly triangular to needle-like. Male and female cones are green, maturing to brown, and are normally produced on separate trees. The female cones are spherical, ovoid or ellipsoid. The male cone are conical or cylindrical. Araucaria will grow to about 5 ft.

Growing Papaya Indoors

HOUSEPLANTS.
Papaya are not a natural houseplant—which is precisely why you might consider growing them. That, and because the seeds are so plentiful and easy to sprout, they are basically free. A single supermarket papaya will yield several hundred black seeds. Simply dry them out on a paper towel and you'll have enough seeds to sprout papaya for the rest of your life. The plants themselves are beautiful and highly tropical.