The Houseplant Thread - what do you have?

Orchid cactus is an entirely different but related plant. I have had dozens of them.
 
this thing has taken off since i brought it home. dropped aerial roots and is on its way to filling out. will have 3 main fishbones off it in no time
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some new lights from girlfriend
the rack is sparse this time of year, for the plants

i have some killer aloes in 2.5" and another set in 4" in other window that are doing well


you can see the one hoya that has thrived, i lost 4 of them lol
the longiflora and i think ill get a flower eventually on it

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I just got a few leaves of each of these 2 rather sweet looking African Violets. Fingers crossed for root success.

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Should've known there would be a houseplant thread here lol. Let me use this space for some confessional.

I've always liked alocasias, and am lucky enough to live where they're endemic. We get a lot of newly found species here.

That said, I recently stopped buying since I am pretty sure they are mostly illegally harvested from the rainforest.

Here's my last purchase, an alocasia sulawesi "Jacklyn":

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I guess the least I can do is keep it alive and propagate!
 
Lumaca said:
Should've known there would be a houseplant thread here lol. Let me use this space for some confessional.

I've always liked alocasias, and am lucky enough to live where they're endemic. We get a lot of newly found species here.

That said, I recently stopped buying since I am pretty sure they are mostly illegally harvested from the rainforest.

Here's my last purchase, an alocasia sulawesi "Jacklyn":

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I guess the least I can do is keep it alive and propagate!
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nice!! my african mask alocasia didnt tolerate rhode island winter. those are great looking leafs you got there.

also, i used to watch a guy from Jakarta, Indo, youtube channel called OnlyPlants. he has quite the setup
and i know about indo and bali surf breaks from surfing 20 years (half the time in snowstorms!)
you have WORLD class waves over there.

dude at 4:29 gets destroyed

i saw this recently in a greenhouse, elephant ear variety

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hinmo24t said:
nice!! my african mask alocasia didnt tolerate rhode island winter. those are great looking leafs you got there.

also, i used to watch a guy from Jakarta, Indo, youtube channel called OnlyPlants. he has quite the setup
and i know about indo and bali surf breaks from surfing 20 years (half the time in snowstorms!)
you have WORLD class waves over there.

dude at 4:29 gets destroyed

i saw this recently in a greenhouse, elephant ear variety

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I heard that alocasias go into dormancy in the winter. Perhaps don't be too hasty in disposing of seemingly dead plants hahaha.

I've seen his videos, but my setup is not quite as extravagant as his hahahaha. I'm usually only interested in very unique leaves.

The plant you have there is a colocasia, and it is actually grown for food here! Its fancy name is Taro (the purple yam stuff). I have one that is completely black because it looks like a leaf from hell:
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And I do encourage visiting the surf spots/dive spots that is really suffering in the past years because of, you know...
 
Lumaca said:
I heard that alocasias go into dormancy in the winter. Perhaps don't be too hasty in disposing of seemingly dead plants hahaha.

I've seen his videos, but my setup is not quite as extravagant as his hahahaha. I'm usually only interested in very unique leaves.

The plant you have there is a colocasia, and it is actually grown for food here! Its fancy name is Taro (the purple yam stuff). I have one that is completely black because it looks like a leaf from hell:
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And I do encourage visiting the surf spots/dive spots that is really suffering in the past years because of, you know...
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i like that leaf there! have heard of taro. i think hawaii it is a popular alternative to potato chips
thanks for the info about the colocasia, and also, i heard the alocasia do go dormant. they are not easy per reputation
in a winter setup like i have, spider mites and ive heard they drop leaf before new leaf.
had mine in leca clay semi hydro!
 
hinmo24t said:
i like that leaf there! have heard of taro. i think hawaii it is a popular alternative to potato chips
thanks for the info about the colocasia, and also, i heard the alocasia do go dormant. they are not easy per reputation
in a winter setup like i have, spider mites and ive heard they drop leaf before new leaf.
had mine in leca clay semi hydro!
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If it's any consolation I have friends who have given up on all alocasias, and we're in the natural climate for these hahaha.
 
Sure! Here are some of the "presentable" ones. I like to bargain hunt so most of my plants come looking pretty beat up.

Syngonium Albo Variegata
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Caladium Red Beret
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Xanthosoma Sagitafolia "Mickey Mouse"
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Jatropha Podagrica
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pretty current
some of them just getting their feet after inside move, or theyre dead

im glad i took a better look at my willow leaf ficus because it had some mealybugs. killed them with neem and they are in light rehab
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A real surprise to find this orchid blooming this morning. I didn't even know it had a bud. I guess that says I have more than I can handle. The Christmas cactus always blooms for me around thanksgiving.
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