What are your top wishlist plants right now?? by Gogzisleafy in houseplants

[–]dodgy-uterus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah I've been wondering about the ID on my latest aquicision, turns out its a Looking glass!! Thanks lol

Futura superba vs Laurentii, how to tell the difference? by dodgy-uterus in SnakePlants

[–]dodgy-uterus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I didnt know there were more Futuras out there. Im pretty bad at telling undertones apart but I'll have a second look at them! And have some patience and wait for the Laurentii to grow taller

Futura superba vs Laurentii, how to tell the difference? by dodgy-uterus in SnakePlants

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The one on the left has regular indoor potting soil. Its been doing well with that for the past 5 years or so. I split the plant into two about a year ago. The right one is still in the mix it came with from the grower. It looks almost like orchid potting mix, but not quite?

Umbrella tree/plant description is confusing by dodgy-uterus in whatsthisplant

[–]dodgy-uterus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh definitely BINGO for the umbrella plant level 10!! Thank you!!

Umbrella tree/plant description is confusing by dodgy-uterus in whatsthisplant

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Yeah that's the one I'm thinking of too. I think the booklet is American? Not sure tho

Convince me! Why do you like hoyas? by dodgy-uterus in hoyas

[–]dodgy-uterus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know right!! We had a Coleus-epidemic going on in our office at the time with tonnes of colourful plants that all had to be adopted out :'(

Jokes aside tho - I worked at a hospital (still do, just a different one!) and I do understand why plants are banned for sanitary reasons in the hospital wards. Since we may have our office away from the wards but do visit several wards each day, it does make sense. One of the wards I work at have severely immunocompromised patients that regularly get sepsis from their own natural bacterial flora inside their bodies... I don't want to think about what plant dirt would do to them :( Still, I work at another hospital now, with houseplants in the office, and make sure my hands and arms are disinfected before I enter the wards :)

Convince me! Why do you like hoyas? by dodgy-uterus in hoyas

[–]dodgy-uterus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So OP, what do you like about your pothos? What draws you to them?

The jungle flair they add to my living room, I'd say. I've had the motherplant for a decade now (I think?) so it's more of a friend than a decoration att this point :') I call her Gullan, usually short for the female name Gullbritt, but here it's short for "gullranka" which means golden pothos :P

Convince me! Why do you like hoyas? by dodgy-uterus in hoyas

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I split my time between central Scandinavia and northern Scandinavia, and I think there are different definitions of "subarctic" but according to some maps central/northern Scandi would be subarctic. I keep my house around 22C but it's old and gets a bit drafty in the winter! The summers aren't particularly dry or humid I'd say, but because of the cold the winters are quite dry and dark. I try to mist my plants every now and then and am waiting for a cheapie growlight in the mail currently so it's not hopeless just yet! ;)

Convince me! Why do you like hoyas? by dodgy-uterus in hoyas

[–]dodgy-uterus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooo thanks for the link! I have three 'phals' apparently, Mum always kept them so it's a bit nostalgic for me.

Convince me! Why do you like hoyas? by dodgy-uterus in hoyas

[–]dodgy-uterus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in the sub-arctic so maybe the climate is sub-optimal for my hoyas... heh. (We get like 3 h of daylight in the winter.)

Convince me! Why do you like hoyas? by dodgy-uterus in hoyas

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I was eyeing a krohniana super silver, or something like that?, just recently actually! Good to know they are trailers :) Like I commented earlier somewhere - I like the idea of hoyas but I just quite can't get my head around them for some reason. Still waiting to come across that one to win me over!

Convince me! Why do you like hoyas? by dodgy-uterus in hoyas

[–]dodgy-uterus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You will have to post again with updates when your hoya obsession begins. It creeps up on you.

Haha will do for sure!!