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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 5, 2007 1:43:36 GMT 1
OK...I'm having a megalomania evening (it's Sleepy's fault for letting me have the Dalek avatar...WE ARE THE SUPREME BEEEEINGS...EXTERMINATE...ooosorry...erm) so I need a post for this section of the MB....
ANYWAY...Domination of the Universe aside,...do you have indoor plants too? apart from seed trays and cuttings on windowsills...I do like house plants.
We have 2 small palms in the hall. In the conservatory I have a cactus shelf (must take a pic) with 7 cacti in individual pots....a MONSTER jade plant, 2 banana plants, a livinstonia palm, a cycad, 2 small succulents (might be aloes), an over-wintering gerbera, a half dead gardenia and (my new baby) a Kentia palm......
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Post by The witch on Feb 5, 2007 8:22:31 GMT 1
Mmmm ..... now lets see, I have an Umbrella plant cyperus (which my cats like to munch on :  ), Umbrella Tree, Gardenia (oh how I wish I had a north facing windows sill for it), and in the conservatory - various insectivorous plants, Mind-your-own-business, Aloe Vera, 2 pots of cacti, a hybrid Busy Lizzie, one Amaryllis, an Anthurium, a Christmas cactus, a succulent but I can't remember which sort and finally I'm overwintering a Banana plant in there too. ;D |
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 5, 2007 9:13:54 GMT 1
Ill just name the ones I can see from here........3 amaryllis Belladonna 20 cacti, peace lily(spathyphylum), Angel wing begonia, Jade plant Schefflera, Sanseviera, indoor Jasmine(Stephanotis) Aloe(s)Vareigata The oldest Aloe is @25 yrs old!....Brugmansia.. 2 overwintering Chilli plants (flowering again,mental) If I get up and wander into the kitchen there are more, Streptocarpus, Kalanchoe, lots of cacti cuttings (thanks mick) A pot of Hyacinths. Upstairs there are Yuccas and Dracaenas and my Christmas cactus`s Im sure Id remember more, if I got up and looked......ooh yes, the ubiquitous spider plants, once owned never forgotten! Various ferns (have to give those away, before the heating does them in  ) Many of my plants are over 20 yrs old, even the streptocarpus is over 15yrs old, they become part of the family, IMO.  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 5, 2007 9:41:52 GMT 1
Not that many actually - the family aspidistra which is 50 plus years old, 2 Brachychitons, a pot bellied fig and that swamp plant that I just bought at Ikea and have forgotten the name of.
I sometimes bring really tender succulents in from the greenhouse in winter onto the south facing big batthroom window - but nothing at present as the bathroom is in the process of being retiled etc.
Oh, and a Gasteria in the glazed porch area.
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Post by The witch on Feb 5, 2007 10:06:43 GMT 1
Oh and how could a forget my Peace Lily : |
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Post by plocket on Feb 6, 2007 11:59:01 GMT 1
I can't remember the names of them!!! I have spider plants scattered about the house, a couple of bromeliad things (one with big leaves and another with long thin leaves!), something trailing that Margi and I pinched cuttings of in a pub loo, a Christmas cactus which seems to be sulking, a varigated leafed thingy, two cacti and a pot of basil I've had on the go for months..... does that help at all?? ;D
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Post by plocket on Feb 6, 2007 12:38:06 GMT 1
Oh I forgot - I've got a Kangeroo Paw, a butterwort and a bladderwort.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 6, 2007 13:54:06 GMT 1
Plocket, they all sound like unpleasant afflictions. Worts on the bladder can be very nasty.
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Post by plocket on Feb 6, 2007 14:25:25 GMT 1
PML Mick! OUCH!!! Do you speak from experience then???  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 6, 2007 14:59:24 GMT 1
I do have a Kangaroo paw as well. Several in fact.
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Post by plocket on Feb 6, 2007 15:31:03 GMT 1
Mine's not doing too bad but is STILL suffering from greenfly!
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Post by The witch on Feb 6, 2007 17:22:34 GMT 1
Sounds like you could do with one of these Plocket |
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Post by plocket on Feb 6, 2007 17:28:06 GMT 1
Oooooh that's pretty! I'm not spending lots of money on more though because I managed to kill my Venus Fly trap recently  and don't want to risk any more deaths. Yes I was using rainwater and yes I did keep it in a little bit of water all the time and let it get colder during winter. I don't know what I did but it had a healthy appetite - perhaps it died of over-eating!!! ;D |
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Post by The witch on Feb 6, 2007 17:31:34 GMT 1
Perhaps it just died of old age - nothing lives for ever unfortunately |
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Post by plocket on Feb 6, 2007 17:33:32 GMT 1
PML! So venus fly traps aren't known for their longevity then The witch?  ? ;D |
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Post by The witch on Feb 7, 2007 16:09:53 GMT 1
I'm not sure how long they live actually - one of mine is 4 years old though. Could you explain what you meant by "I let it get colder in the winter", please? |
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Post by plocket on Feb 7, 2007 16:44:50 GMT 1
Well according to something I read when I first got mine, quite a while ago, they don't want to be permenantly warm - they need to have a cooler time like on a cool windowsill or something similar. They don't want to be shoved outside in the snow though! ;D
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Post by alicat on Feb 7, 2007 21:09:28 GMT 1
Hi CPB I don't do very well with house plants i'm afraid. - Central heating. But I have 1 Bromeliad thingy same as Plocket. A Burr nellie moser orchid, Begonia ( present ) 3 cactus don't Know their names 1 was given as a present when BM was born. - Very spikey. The other 2 are from BBG and i've nick named them after SL & mick. Oh and another house plant I bought from BBG called Calathea. - time will tell if it survives. I've also brought in the Pelargoniums from the greenhouse because it is unheated. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 8, 2007 9:42:16 GMT 1
Alicat, if you have a look at my A-Z of cacti on GWD you will see that there are cacti that you can grow in an unheated greenhouse.
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 8, 2007 9:47:46 GMT 1
All but one of the Rhipsalis cuttings flowering Mick ! ;D
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Post by alicat on Feb 8, 2007 10:02:09 GMT 1
Thanks mick will do. I have had a look at the A list of cactus and Succulents, there are some lovely ones - I didn't know so many flowered. - My greenhouse isn't very big though. Must go now, with OH home we are sharing the computer. Grrrrr. Have a good day all. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 8, 2007 10:04:55 GMT 1
Have a look at Echinocereus Alicat. They stay small and have lovely flowers.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 8, 2007 20:03:35 GMT 1
I do have a Kangaroo paw as well. Several in fact. oooh where did you get the kangaroo paw? I want to get one for my sister...she spends a lot of time in Australia and NZ and LOVES the native plants. |
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Post by plocket on Feb 8, 2007 20:11:49 GMT 1
I got mine from Bridgemere - which I don't think is much good for you Cheery.
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 10, 2007 20:58:22 GMT 1
I do have a Kangaroo paw as well. Several in fact. oooh where did you get the kangaroo paw? I want to get one for my sister...she spends a lot of time in Australia and NZ and LOVES the native plants. I have some seeds if you`d like them CPB ;D |
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and don't want to risk any more deaths. Yes I was using rainwater and yes I did keep it in a little bit of water all the time and let it get colder during winter. I don't know what I did but it had a healthy appetite - perhaps it died of over-eating!!! ;D
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