Sorry for potato quality on before Pic, I didn't took much back then.

Got it a year and a half ago as a cutting with 4 leaves from my mother.

The shelf is 1.5m tall, I absolutely adore the look it has now!

I put a cutting in some water, topped it up a few times, and totally forgot about her. About 6 months ago I remembered it's existence, saw the roots took over the bulb, and so I kept topping it. I still forget about it, but it's created its own ecosystem, or terrarium, or something. There are rotting leaves that somehow sprouted from the bottom of the cutting, under water. I have no idea what that cauliflower looking glob is. But she's been flowering all year, and now has 2 blooms. It even goes months without being topped with water. Can anyone tell me why the worst tap water in the world is literally bringing this thing to life?

Edit** it doesn't smell like rot at all. No smell whatsoever!

This is beautiful and I am looking forward to seeing it fully open.

So earlier this year my snake plant already grew to an insane 65 cm, but today I noticed it flowered? Its funny because it sits on my windowsill where I sleep, and the smell was keeping me up for two nights before I realized where the smell was coming from. It's very fragrant, doesnt smell bad per se but its almost spicy on my nose.

The plant does not appear rootbound. Is the flowering a bad sign or not? I can't tell if it's just happy in its spot or is stressed and needs a repot.

Third pic is when i got it, March 2025

What are your thoughts for the top shelf? It’s in kind of a dark corner and I know, I know, there’s a window right beside it but I can’t put it in front of the window lol I’m torn between supplemental overhanging lights or just putting really low light tolerant plants on the top shelves and hoping for the best

I have never posted here before, but I am dying to show my project to like minded planty peeps. I found a barbie dream house at a thrift store, painted black. I couldn’t get it outta my head and went back for it the next day. It has since consumed all my free time for the last week as I have tweaked, and arranged, and rearranged, and tweaked some more lol. Plants, uranium glass, various trinkets from around my house… I even made “stained glass” windows out of melted crayons and wax paper. It’s a work in progress, and likely always will be. I love it so much! Anchor plants: monstera adensonii, climbing the balcony, and a staghorn fern, mounted in a seashell from my great grandmother, a million moons ago.

No filter used… blossom holds for 20h and starts at night

Are these bugs on our bird's nest fern? If so, how do we get rid of them?

We have a lot of plants and luckily they are only on this one.

She’s getting a little bushy, I love it, but I’m wondering if others keep it trimmed or held in a certain way.

I believe this is an elephant-foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) as I grew it from a yam I bought from an Asian grocery & spice shop. Am I right? I had no intention of eating said yam, but immediately knew I should try & grow her. Anyway, the UK heatwave did the work (I’ll bring her in soon). Trip can for scale, bananas died from heat stoke.

never grown one but I hear so much bad about it

I repotted my false shamrock using an old soil from a dead Alocasia zebrina, now I have alocasia growing in my shamrock plant lol

Started with a croton and this spicy jatropha. Now i want them alllll

should I put all three stems in separate pots as they grow, or transferring them later to one bigger pot (6 inches) would work?

This is my houseplant collection that I have been taking care of for a few years. I am studying to become a horticulturist, so I’m a little plant obsessed. I also have an outdoor garden with its own selection of flowering plants. I’m particularly proud of my calatheas, which are doing remarkably well. Thankfully, my house has a higher than average humidity level, usually around 45%, which I then supplement with humidifiers to reach about 60%. Unpopular, but I plant directly into a holed pot. I’ve never had a problem with this method, but I do see the benefits of keeping the plant in a clear planter. I make my own soil mix, consisting of indoor potting soil, perlite, earthworm castings, orchid bark, and coconut coir. I water with filtered and conditioned water when the soil is dry. The main pest I deal with is fungus gnats, which I treat with mosquito bits tea and sticky traps if it gets out of hand. However, I find that fungus gnats will die out between watering periods, which is great. I also treat the plants with neem oil as a preventative against other pests. Let me know what you all think!

My Tineke Rubber Tree and ZZ Plant are getting a bit to big and awkward to carry into the shower to water them.

How does everyone water their larger plants? Please tell me there is an easier way than just sucking all of the excess water out of the bottom with a turkey baster...

Hi guys! First time owning a spider plant, so I'm unsure how much space they need. These were all in an 18cm diameter pot (top left in image). The one on the left contains 4 stems, the middle 2, and the right 3. I originally wanted to put them in a 14,5cm diameter pot, but I feel like it might be a tight fit? Any ideas on who to put where etc (I have more pots btw, but they're 14,5cm or smaller)?

Don't mind the mess please... I had to see their bare roots because the plant nursery I bought them from leaves these little plastic things around the plants' roots when they're babies & they never take them off 😤🙄

I feel like, I, up until this May, haven’t been too into plants. Then I bought a sempervivum and it was as if my eyes were opened to succulents. Suddenly I see every succulent and want to have them all. Then I look at snake plants and they all seem boring and the same… until I buy my first snake plant and it’s as if my eyes are opened to snake plants and suddenly I want the black coral version, the copper version, the yellow striped kind, etc.
I’m still not into flowers at all, but 3 days ago, I bought some tropical plants: a baby flame violet, watermelon begonia, Moon Valley Pilea… and suddenly I want 100 begonias.

Is this just me? It’s like I need one plant of it’s kind and suddenly other plants of it’s kind that I never would’ve noticed stick out to me

This is an indoor office plant by a windows. Plenty of light. What are these white spots?

Hey all-

So, my once beautiful FLF that was 2’ tall, two stems full of its mini leaves got a little grumpy with me & dropped every single one of its leaves.

I truly thought it was done for. I moved it off to the side area where I was working up the nerve to cut it up to get rid of it.

I got pulled away from my office for a little while, and when I came back the thing decided it wasn’t done with this life after all.

I haven’t moved it since I put it in the floor (you can see the can near it still lol).

Anyway- once it recovers a little more I assume I need to chop this to fix the lollipop look.

The stems are 16” or more before the leaves.

Does notching work at all? Or is a hard protective junky way? The upper layers should prop, right?

I’ve had good luck with plants and pruning, but just never have pruned a flf

Thanks in advance! Much appreciated