A couple of months ago my OH's grandmother (90 years old) gave me a Hoya that she herself had got from her mother-in-law in the 70s. It was apparently considered "old" already back then. So now I really want to keep it alive for at least 4-5 more decades!
the oldest one I ever had was/is a Christmas Cactus. I can't remember it not being there. I think it was the first houseplant my mother bought after WW2 when my dad, her and my brothers still lived in an old bunker in Duesseldorf. So it must be from about 1955. Over the years it grew and grew and eventually got planted into some huge clay barrel. Then my parents moved into a smaller place, as they weren't getting any younger and I inherited it. In 2000 I had to hand it over to my brother, as I couldn't have imported it to GB and that's where it still is today. Huge and in winter it gets gazillions of bright red flowers.
The oldest houseplant, which I call "roomies" I have now is a spider plant. It's about 8 years old now. In some waiting room I saw one having babies growing on a stem and re-located a couple . Out of the two became many more which are all in hanging planters and I have given lots to neighbours and friends. The trick to get them to have these trails with little plants on them is to let them go slightly thirsty. The trails appear when the plant is starting to search for a source of liquid. The little plants can then be put into water and once they have a good root system they can be planted into soil. Warning...this is highly addictive
I have cacti that I had as a teenager and an orchid that was in our wedding bouquet. That's over 50 years ago, but they rarely make it into the house now, just the greenhouse.
My oldest plant is a Hoya, which I bought as a cutting from a school fete, because the lady selling it said it was called a 'weeping madonna' due to its habit of dripping from the flowers. It is now 30 years old and had many cuttings passed around.
Yes I have a hoya as well, looking a bit sad as I gave it a haircut last year when the frame broke and so did some of the stems. It's now potted into new compost in 2 pots in different rooms to see if I can encourage it to bloom. Fabulous flowers but my husband hates the smell!
My spider plant from uni days (1977) ended up at my mum's in the 90's. It is massive but I'm not allowed to have it back.i take babies but never manage to get around to planting them. I had a small rubber plant back in '83 which I dropped on its top. It branched out, went to my parents hotel in '87. By 94 it was too big for the entrance hall. Mum took it to the MacMillan Centre in Portsmouth where she was a volunteer. I'd love to know if it still exists.
Hello, sounds like Christmas cautus are long live and it got me thinking , I have got one I had at my first house which is 40 years ago , however , I think it is a cutting not the original but not sure ?
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A couple of months ago my OH's grandmother (90 years old) gave me a Hoya that she herself had got from her mother-in-law in the 70s. It was apparently considered "old" already back then. So now I really want to keep it alive for at least 4-5 more decades!
the oldest one I ever had was/is a Christmas Cactus. I can't remember it not being there. I think it was the first houseplant my mother bought after WW2 when my dad, her and my brothers still lived in an old bunker in Duesseldorf. So it must be from about 1955. Over the years it grew and grew and eventually got planted into some huge clay barrel. Then my parents moved into a smaller place, as they weren't getting any younger and I inherited it. In 2000 I had to hand it over to my brother, as I couldn't have imported it to GB and that's where it still is today. Huge and in winter it gets gazillions of bright red flowers.
The oldest houseplant, which I call "roomies" I have now is a spider plant. It's about 8 years old now. In some waiting room I saw one having babies growing on a stem and re-located a couple
. Out of the two became many more which are all in hanging planters and I have given lots to neighbours and friends. The trick to get them to have these trails with little plants on them is to let them go slightly thirsty. The trails appear when the plant is starting to search for a source of liquid. The little plants can then be put into water and once they have a good root system they can be planted into soil. Warning...this is highly addictive 
I've a Xmas Cactus that someone gave me when I was first married in 1971. It's a bit of a monster now but still blooms . So that's 44 yrs old.
My oldest plant is a swis cheese plant given to us 45 years ago. It has been chopped down twice when it reached the ceiling and repotted.
I have cacti that I had as a teenager and an orchid that was in our wedding bouquet. That's over 50 years ago, but they rarely make it into the house now, just the greenhouse.
My oldest plant is a Hoya, which I bought as a cutting from a school fete, because the lady selling it said it was called a 'weeping madonna' due to its habit of dripping from the flowers. It is now 30 years old and had many cuttings passed around.
Yes I have a hoya as well, looking a bit sad as I gave it a haircut last year when the frame broke and so did some of the stems. It's now potted into new compost in 2 pots in different rooms to see if I can encourage it to bloom. Fabulous flowers but my husband hates the smell!
My spider plant from uni days (1977) ended up at my mum's in the 90's. It is massive but I'm not allowed to have it back.i take babies but never manage to get around to planting them. I had a small rubber plant back in '83 which I dropped on its top. It branched out, went to my parents hotel in '87. By 94 it was too big for the entrance hall. Mum took it to the MacMillan Centre in Portsmouth where she was a volunteer. I'd love to know if it still exists.
I have a 20 year old rubber plant that was given as a gift to me by my father on my wedding day. I love it but it's sure unruly!
Hello, sounds like Christmas cautus are long live and it got me thinking , I have got one I had at my first house which is 40 years ago , however , I think it is a cutting not the original but not sure ?