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National Houseplants Day Half-assed Holiday





 - overhaul all of the houseplants
 - modify stuff to be houseplant pots
 - coleus seeds
 - plant edible stuff, maybe herbs
 - add plant shelves and grow lights
 - experiment with self watering stuff



Dez reported from the 2021 event that:

it was super fun connecting with these beautiful beings that give us so much oxygen and aesthetic appeal around the house.. we re-potted some, made new pots for others, and pruned their malfoliage.. (not sure if that's a real word.. disturbed leaves, per say)..



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Looks like they are thriving now!  That is great!  thanks!
 
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Spider plants like a weaker sun exposure.  They love the morning sun.
 
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Love the aloe! I have an aloe plant that I harvest every year for my soap making. I repot it's babies so I constantly have a supply. I also have a geranium in my kitchen window that crawls everywhere. It's probably due for a change in soil since it's about 5 years old. I need to add spider plants for sure...
 
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Here are a few of my houseplants (there are many more ...)

 
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It is the start spring of spring in the southern hemisphere so wiped down the yucca plant leaves, checked the plants for scale insects and wiped off any honey dew from the leaves.

Looking forward to flowers on the epiphyllums, no signs of any buds yet but the fishbone cactus (disocactus anguliger) has a seed pod growing.

A few flowers are out on the moth orchids and zygocacti.
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Disocactus anguliger seed pod
Disocactus anguliger seed pod
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Disocactus anguliger flower
Disocactus anguliger flower
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Dark pink zygocactus
Dark pink zygocactus
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Light pink zygocactus
Light pink zygocactus
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phalaenopsis (moth) orchid
phalaenopsis (moth) orchid
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phalaenopsis
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phalaenopsis
 
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So in such a different climate we can have the same houseplants!
I saw your photo of the 'zygocactus'. I know those flowers, although I know this plant with a different name.
Here's a photo of how it was blooming a few years ago. After that it had some bad years, but I think it's coming back ...

 
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Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:So in such a different climate we can have the same houseplants!
I saw your photo of the 'zygocactus'. I know those flowers, although I know this plant with a different name.



Inge, your plant is glorious

Even more interesting is that they originated in Brazil!

I knew them as schlumbergera but they keep changing the name. The are also called holiday cacti because in the northern hemisphere they flower at Easter, thanksgiving and Christmas.

There are a couple of different varieties with slightly different leaf (cladodes) shapes - pointed teeth on the edges, rounded edges etc.

I have one with a peach coloured flower that has the jagged edges, the two pinks have the rounded edges like your plant.

 
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My indoor plants go outside in summer time. Shady ones stay under the trees and receive a few hours of sunlight, that gives the variegated leaves more intense colors. The fruit trees and potted flowers are in a sunny spot and they are all very happy.
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Indoor plants go outdoors from May to Oct
Indoor plants go outdoors from May to Oct
 
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May Lotito wrote:My indoor plants go outside in summer time...


Most of my houseplants were outside all summer long. But now they're all back inside. Most of them look like they were very happy in the back yard (not too sunny spot).

Happy Houseplants
 
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My Christmas Cactus blooms every few months.  I'm just glad it's not expecting wrapped gifts!

I wish I could put my houseplants out in the yard, during the summer.  But, with four dogs possessing teeth...I'd have nothing left but the pots...  Some really nice pics people are sharing here:)  Thank you!
 
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They just came in yesterday with overnight freeze predicted. Don’t spider plants transport you back to the 70s ? (if you’re old enough) Love them for that.
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International House Plants Day! Wednesday November 1, 2023.
Combined with the PEA BB for indoor gardening. Last week I sowed the seeds for this 'table herb garden'. Now they're almost large enough for the BB (only a little bit leggy). At the background you see a few of my houseplants too.

 
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Yeah! It's Houseplant Day!

houseplants at the left ...

... and right
 
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