I have very few house plants but here's one of sideshow Bob
What a lovely Boston Fern, B3. I can't keep those alive inside. My best one (at my last house) I hung underneath a tree and got so big, maybe even bigger than yours here. It loved it outside. Then when we moved and I brought in inside, it died on me. Haven't tried a Boston since.
@PeggyTX that looks like a very happy home for plants. Sansevaria is called Mother-in-Law's tongue over here..........
Thank you, Obelix. They do very well out there. It was built by original builders as an exotic bird aviary, thus the built in drain. Comes in very handy for plants though. You have some very lovely houseplants! That ficus and your rubber plant, of my! I'm jealous indeed. I just have so much trouble keeping houseplants alive. All mine do best outside or in this semi-outdoor atrium. I think the thing is moisture. Central air conditioning dries the air too much for inside plants to be very happy, thus they are prone to spider mites in dry air.
Bob was much bigger. He nearly died a couple of years ago. It turned out both I and my husband thought that the other was watering him. I thought I'd done something when I repotted -a rare treat! Long story short, I put him in the bath until the bubbles stopped and we gave him some intensive care - he even got sprayed for a while. Now he's in a south facing room, away from direct sunlight. Watered regularly (usually) and no spray. I watch out for a slight yellowing of leaves which indicates nobody's watered him for a while. Much less water in the winter.
I have learned to give all our indoor plants an occasional shower in the bath with the plu gin for a while so I can make sure their compost is thoroughly wetted but also well drained as I leave them a day after removing the plug. The process shifts all the dust that settles too. Big jobs like the two ficuses just have to make do with the shower now tho as I can't lift them over the bath and it's been a great way to blast the aphids off my hibiscus. @PeggyTX you'd probably need a daily misting in your house. We get hot here too but no airco, just go round closing the shutters on the sunny sides and open all the windows to let air thru. I've had those two ficuses since they were mere pups in the office about 30 years ago.
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Long story short, I put him in the bath until the bubbles stopped and we gave him some intensive care - he even got sprayed for a while.
Now he's in a south facing room, away from direct sunlight. Watered regularly (usually) and no spray. I watch out for a slight yellowing of leaves which indicates nobody's watered him for a while. Much less water in the winter.
@PeggyTX you'd probably need a daily misting in your house. We get hot here too but no airco, just go round closing the shutters on the sunny sides and open all the windows to let air thru. I've had those two ficuses since they were mere pups in the office about 30 years ago.