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Houseplants for dark damp bathroom...
Purple Orchid
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Hello!
Newbie here on the forum & I'm desperate for some good advice.
Having had to move from an old flat with a big bright windowsill in the bathroom, I now have a bathroom without a window, lots of condensation & no natural light at all. I have a long ledge I want to put plants along above the sink/toilet but cannot think what will actually survive let alone thrive in this kind of environment?
The light is on when I go in otherwise the room is pitch black most of the time.
Have thought about Aspidistras & Zamioculcas from a lot of internet searching but even then I'm not convinced that they'd be as tolerant as I'll need...
Any ideas or experience gratefully received ????
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Dare I say it
....yes I'll be brave....silk ones!
Can you rotate your plants around your home?. Shade tolerant plants like aspidistras, marantas, snake plant and many ferns will tolerate very little light for a while. Then when they look like they are suffering, move them into a better lit room to recuperate.
Thanks for your answers.
I'm contemplating any options right now, even leaving the light on 24/7 & finding a plant friendly lightbulb!
I have the same issue in my new house - damp wet bathroom. Mould started to grow on leaves and soil after about 4 weeks. The orchid stopped producing new buds. I've moved them all out. Even the block air freshener I put in the space doesn't 'melt', the temperature is so cool. Shame.
I was going to say silk plants, but flowers beat me to it! Here in France they make lovely ones.
I do appreciate it.
I think I'll go down the picture route, and look at sill flowers too.
It just doesn't feel like my home if there aren't plants in every room! ????
Hi Purple Orchid, pleased to meet you
Garden centres have some nice silk flowers/plants. The ones near me have a selection of artificial orchids too. Maybe you'll find some bargains in the sales
GCs have a good selection of flower pics too.
I do think now silk is my only option if I want physical plants in there.
I wish the people in charge of designing new homes could take into account light/windows etc more than they have with my new place.
I shall get lots of flowery pictures up in there too ????
It wasn't until a few weeks ago that I realised that the orchid 'growing' in a friends downstairs loo was a very good fake silk one, the buds and flowers looked so real!
Hi Purple Orchid, I was in Next at the weekend and they had lovely dries flowers - orchids , bunches of lavender, sweet peas and beautiful hydrangeas all in lovely vases. Well worth a look.