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    Best Choice For A Houseplant

    I was just reading back through the thread, and I had to laugh at the comment to use silk plants. Silk plants, also, can die. When the glue...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: Houseplants
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    Another rescued plant!

    Yep, that's new growth all right. YEA! All that discoloration is one of the reasons I said earlier that they're difficult plants. They look to...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Mar 5, 2014 in forum: Houseplants
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    We need to reduce our space requirements.

    The people you are talking about who "used to" lease plants to businesses are called interior landscapers, and it is very much a thriving...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Mar 5, 2014 in forum: Houseplants
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    Another rescued plant!

    Yep, new growth all right. YEAH!. What you've been seeing with it, the spotting and yellowing, is what I meant earlier about it not being an...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Mar 5, 2014 in forum: Houseplants
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    Drying up

    It looks like it might be a Hedera helix - English ivy; do you know? If it is, and if you let it get too dry at some point, what could have...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Mar 5, 2014 in forum: Houseplants
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    Sick Pointsetta

    From the picture, that is almost certainly a type of scale, you would have to take the affected parts to a lab or extension service to identify...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Dec 13, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    Sticky leaf on Poinsettia

    Sticky leaves are almost always a sign of scale, or less often, aphids. These little buggers can be very tiny, and they like to attach themselves...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Dec 13, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    Sooo, you rotated your houseplant...The alarm has sounded!!!

    Jerry, that was great. I love to see biological processes of plants explained in such a way that people can relate and understand plants as...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Dec 1, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    Another rescued plant!

    Looks like you did some serious Thanksgiving baking, there on the table behind your plant. I can almost smell it all...m-m-m-m. About your...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Nov 30, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    Purple Houseplants?

    CritterPainter, that's an excellent link for purple plants. Glenndan, wandering jew and moses in a boat are 2 different plants. Fish... You need...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Oct 18, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    The Amaryllis that isn't.

    I think I would. I would just let it gather up as much energy with its 2 leaves as it can. The bulb was probably pretty much depleted when you...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Aug 31, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    Pushing the reset button on Cereus peruvianus

    One of the greatest things about plants. Chop off their heads, they just grow even more. Maybe the origin of mythological monster stories. Off...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Aug 31, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    Can you recommend some easy-care houseplants?

    SS, I see that you live in Lithuania. I wonder if you have different plants available there than we have here. Why don't you go wherever...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Aug 31, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    I rescued a homeless, pregnant Orchid!

    Ronni, Congrats on that orchid, I wasn't holding much hope for it from your description of its initial condition. Maybe I can add a bit to your...
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Aug 31, 2013 in forum: Houseplants
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    Gift house plant, ID and care tips, please

    I'll just throw in a couple more things. Dieff's are known as "low light" plants. In the wild they would probably be found in the understory....
    Post by: theficuswrangler, Aug 1, 2013 in forum: Houseplants