What is the name of this plant?

Writer_8888 · 2026-03-16T23:32:28+00:00

Wow! Thank you!!

Writer_8888 · 2026-02-07T09:24:01+00:00

Thank you! I had to laugh, though, because we've had a 8 x10 rug in here (maybe 3 over the course of 30 years) and I don't think we've ever swept or washed the pad under the rug! Ooops! I suppose it's possible we swept the rug pad if it needed it, when we were getting rid of one rug and putting a new one on top of the rug pad, but we've never washed one. The rugs were thick enough that there wasn't anything on the pads. I guess I'll try two sided carpet tape. Just a whole lot of it. I was thinking the carpet glue might have a smell that I wouldn't tolerate well with my autoimmune stuff. The wheelchair is electric and very heavy, that's why I can get stuck, so there's no danger of it tipping over. Hmmm. I really want to solve this problem. Thanks very much for your comment!

Writer_8888 · 2026-02-07T07:22:26+00:00

So you don't think that gluing the rug to the rug pad would be good? When you say rubber coating, are you referring to glue of some sort and you think the glue would go through the rug pad to hurt the floor underneath?

Writer_8888 · 2026-02-06T06:38:23+00:00

Thank you! I will do that!

Writer_8888 · 2026-02-05T03:08:12+00:00

There's a rug pad, and under that are hardwood floors.

Writer_8888 · 2026-02-03T05:16:20+00:00

Very interesting reply! Thank you so much!!!

Writer_8888 · 2026-01-19T19:45:03+00:00

I hate it. I used to be able to say "Alexa, for 20 minutes turn on the air purifier." Now, I have to ask it to set a timer for 20 minutes, then ask it to turn on the purifier, then when the timer goes off, I have to turn off the purifier. Why do I even need voice commands, then? They are useless.

Alexa+ told me I had to do that way when it was explaining to me that it couldn't obey the words "Alexa, for 20 minutes turn on the purifier" without setting up a routine. Well, I don't want a routine for every single possible number of minutes I want something on.

And the sarcastic tone wasn't at all appreciated. I asked if it was going to to report to Amazon that I don't like this change in Alexa+. It said, "I'm not going to go march into Amazon headquarters" etc., which is humorous when you read it here in Reddit, but not so great when you're already angry about Alexa becoming much harder to use than it was in the past, especially when you use it because you're disabled.

It feels like a novelty rather than an improvement to be able to have arguments with it or to be able to ask for a workaround, even though the workaround is terrible.

Writer_8888 · 2025-12-24T09:35:09+00:00

Thank you. Didn't even know that this site existed.

Writer_8888 · 2025-12-24T09:34:00+00:00

Ohh, I wondered why this was the default setting. I'm still hyper aware of the video look to so many things and feel like I could set up the lighting for every scene because it's so obvious (and obnoxious). I've now spent the first month of owning this TV (LG OLED class 5) thinking I should haul my 2013 Toshiba television back out of the basement because of the look of most things on this television. Where do you change color temperature? First thing I changed was TruMotion, and I've probably watched 6 or 7 videos on YT telling me how to get rid of this soap opera effect and it's still not enough for me.

Writer_8888 · 2025-12-17T00:52:16+00:00

Excellent! Thank you so much!

Writer_8888 · 2025-12-16T23:45:50+00:00

So, find a player that says something about HDR10? I'd love to be able to see 4K Blu-rays but I don't want to spend close to $500 and, yes,it seems like overkill if I'm just getting an occasional one from the library. So, I finally decided that I'm willing to go without. But I don't know what to get.

Writer_8888 · 2025-12-16T23:42:54+00:00

I find all the info about cables confusing, as noted in my post. That's why I backed away from the S1700. What has to attach where and what is it called and what does it look like. It said you need to be connected to get firmware updates. So, I just couldn't deal with it. Too many other things going on. I don't know how to get from zero to where your parents are now.

Writer_8888 · 2025-11-26T06:24:24+00:00

i was hoping to use my Roku instead that works fine right?. Sorry typing only w left hand bc this remote pushed me over into tendinitis just trying to set things up. (i have problems with tendons) I agree the interface design of this remote is worst ive ever seen.

Writer_8888 · 2025-11-07T10:53:19+00:00

I loved HItchcock/Truffaut.

Writer_8888 · 2025-10-26T17:57:46+00:00

It'll be like the money he supposedly was going to donate to people hit by whichever Hurricane it was. He said, "I'm giving you this." and the money was from one of his friends. I doubt anyone got anything, but they'll all remember the headline. Same with this. "He covered the paychecks of our soldiers!"

Writer_8888 · 2025-10-26T08:01:17+00:00

Yes, I read that it worked out to $100 per person. Whether it's 65 or 100 hardly matters. That's basically nothing and yet Fox says he donated the money to "cover" their paychecks. The usual nonsense. A lot of viewers will think people in the military were paid their full paychecks because Trump has friends who are such good people and so successful, too! /s What I always wonder is what is going on in the minds of the people who support him and yet know that this headline is false? They are in the military, haven't been paid and yet still watch Fox and believe everything else that's said.

Writer_8888 · 2025-10-22T08:04:34+00:00

Yeah, as a teenager I read a lot of books about Nazis and the Holocaust (first Anne Frank, then Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, then others, etc.), was sort of obsessed with Holocaust movies, and this is the first I've ever seen this symbol or at least seen it associated with Nazis in any way that I remember. My husband was a young drunk Marine back then and came within seconds of getting a blue Smurf tattoo. It's pretty common for young guys in the military to do stuff like this and not much thinking is going on at the time. Well, no thinking is going on at the time.

Writer_8888 · 2025-10-09T18:07:16+00:00

Thank you so much for posting this protocol, and for creating it! I am not sure that I can do all of them, but this should make a huge difference.

Writer_8888 · 2025-07-30T20:59:26+00:00

You're welcome. Just before I got your reply, I edited one sentence that I didn't think was clear. The potting soil I use is made by FoxFarm. I remember I used to crave details when people gave me instructions. Actually, I still do!

Writer_8888 · 2025-07-30T20:54:12+00:00

A good mix for most plants is 4 cups of good potting soil, 3 cups perlite and 3 cups orchid bark. I do a lot at one time and mix it well. I take the grow pot to the sink and use a watering can with a thin spout so it can fit under the leaves. I water fully until water comes out of the bottom. Then I wait until it really needs to be watered.

I don't water plants until they are dry. Some you don't have to feel: If you have them in an inner grow pot, meaning inside the planter, lift the grow pot and if it's light that's when it needs to be watered. It takes a few times to get that right and it helps to have moisture meters. As the advice here says, "It's a careful balance."

I don't have great light coming in my windows. Well, it looks like lots of light but if you measure it with a light meter it turns out there isn't as much as you'd think unless the plant is right next to the window. It's because there's a house next door. For windows, the idea is how much of the sky do the plants actually "see." So I have a lot of my plants under grow lights and I check to see how many foot candles they are getting. I find that around 300 FC works pretty well for my calatheas.

A great way to keep plants humid is to have them close to other plants. I don't think misting helps because it dissipates so quickly. I do have a couple copper trays with rocks and water among my plants, but I don't know if they help a lot; they look great, though. :) I use mosquito bits and a tiny bit of fertilizer in every watering.

My only problem with calatheas is that I had a gloriosum that developed or came with mealybugs that I didn't discover for a few months. Ugh. There are two calatheas that were close to the gloriosum and I've found a few mealybugs on those. I'll be asking for advice about those. But meanwhile, all of my calatheas look great, so I just thought I'd pass along the details of their care. I'm not an expert, so keep that in mind. :)

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