I originally got this guy in Oct of last year from a plant shop and was in pretty miserable shape:

I left it in my south facing window and it lost those leaves and then shot up a whole bunch of new ones all at once (the ones in the before/after)

I was concerned that they were growing too straight as a result of it not getting enough light. I put the plant in another window that gets direct sun earlier in the day and then I started to see the very tips start to curl

My mom had given me a plant light a couple years ago that I never used so it was the perfect opportunity to set it up in a corner of my kitchen currently unused. Over the course of just a couple days I saw some real differences! These should all be taken about 12 hours apart:

Those were all taken about 5 days ago, then here's this morning, same as the top photo:

Anyways, the photos aren't great because I didn't expect to see progress, especially none so quickly. So they're not staged well and I think I messed up the formatting because my app was giving me issues uploading more than the first two pics. Also my water just got shut off for emergency maintenance and I was already in the middle of an anxiety episode but I'm absolutely over the moon when I woke up to see those tight curls!

Those leaves grew so tall so quickly I was afraid the lack of bright light would have caused them to just be stretched and the info I found on the internet led me to believe that they were forever doomed to be frizzle fizzle until next growing season

Anyways, that's my plant and one of the joys in my life right now!

Before you say "Just give it some fertilizer", please look at my post about that plant before.

It started flowering a few weeks ago, and the roots are growing back very healthy, but slowly.
I think those two factors are what contributed to the plant consuming itself, as you can see on the pictures where the lower leafes start yellowing quite significantly.

If they continue to do so, I will loose them, and that would suck.
My question is: What can I do to mitigate that, so I can prevent the leafes from dying off completely?

I already cut off the flower spike to redirect the resources, but I fear this isn't enough.

There's a shit load of fertilizer in the substrate now too. I grow it hydroponically, and started with an EC of just 1 mS, because that's what's recommended for orchids, but I quickly realised that this isn't enough, and increased it to 1,5-2 mS. Right now it sits at about 2-2,5 mS, which is objectively on the higher side for other plants, but very high for orchids from what I know.
But on the other hand... it needs to grow a lot of plant matter.

The problem is, that there are probably not enough roots to support this growth, and the nutrient uptake is limited because of that.

Still, I don't want to loose the leafs. Would foliar fertilizing help? Or is it too late?

Here are root pictures my other two orchids that I rescued too at the same time. They don't show signs of a deficiency, but also regenerated a lot of roots. Maybe this helps?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39240669

Anybody Alive And Growing Anything?

Photo of my biggest terrarium for attention. Things are less colourful currently; this is from about a year ago. I always enjoy my terrarium the most in February with the green contrasting with the Canadian winter. It’s especially white and snowy this week.

Hey everyone! I'm a huge fan of Hoyas, and I’ve been growing them for a while. I feel like I know a bit, but there’s always more to learn! Recently, I’ve been especially fascinated by Hoya Kerrii and its care needs.

Do you have a favorite Hoya? Hoya Kerrii care ,Any tips for growing them successfully? Let’s chat!

I had a customer that sent me a picture of a heart shaped succulent planter she found on pinterest, and said, "Can you make it like Minecraft" This is the result.

Then she ghosted me and didn't buy it. 😂

Anyway, I planted some succulents in it I got at the store and now it sits on my counter.

EDIT: I made an Imgur post with more pictures if you are interested.

Those are Maranta leuconora, which are supposed to be very hard to grow from what I've heard.

The mother plant also grew this fast, so I made a few cuttings to propagate her.

That's how she looks now:

I can't stop them from flowering...

The only issue so far has been that I've simultaneously both over-fertilized AND let them run dry while having extremely low air humidity. Like extremely low. This resulted in all existing tips burning, but this hasn't happened yet again on the new growth and hopefully never will.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/17758317

Here's my original post on Feddit.org, a german instance: https://photon.slrpnk.net/post/17757233

I still made quite some effort to translate it manually for you.

I bought two phalaenopsis orchids about two months ago.

A pink, and a gold one.

First the pink one. I got it from a discounter, and... well it already looked like shit when I bought it. The roots were pretty much all dead.

Now, it recovered, and even put out its' first flower spike!

It still looks a bit dehydrated/ leathery, but otherwise it's in a stable condition and recovers very well.

The other one is from a proper garden center, AND IT LOOKED EVEN WORSE!

Not only were the roots completely mush, but it also had a new buddy in its sleeve, I call him "worm buddy", my new pet.

Now, it looks like this:

It grew new flower pods and already started to bloom! How awesome is that?

On top of that, I showed the pictures a worker in the shop I bought it, and they were so embarrassed, that they gave me a voucher for a new plant, because they called it "inrecoverable". So I got this Oncidium orchid additionally for free:

This post is just a small reminder that plants can be very tolerant to anything, and with some luck and experience, you can save them.

I'm new to Phalaenopsis orchids.

I bought this one about one month or two ago, and when I got home and repotted it, I noticed that 90% of its roots were rotten.

I still pulled through it and now I'm in the process of saving it.

It looks better from day to day, and formed new healthy roots, and so far, it's looking fine. At least compared to how it looked in the beginning.

A week ago it started forming this small knob on the remaining flower spike I left, and now, I'm wondering, if thats just new flowers forming, or if it's a Keiki, a new baby plant that will separate from it's mother soon and can begin living on their own?

Is this a sign of severe stress ("I'll die soon, this is my last resort!") or does it tell me "Thanks for not throwing me into the trash, here's a small gift for you!"?

Whole plant:

The "thing" one week ago:

First visible air roots forming, a few weeks ago:

The plant when I got it:

Got it for free in a - i presume - rather rock-bottom state and now it is finally in bloom again! So happy rn

I have a few spots left in my apartment. Pretty much all bright spots are used up by now, but there are a lot of dark-ish corners (especially on top of shelves and hanging planters) that are still empty.

What houseplants do you recommend for that places?

The only no-go is toxicity. At least, they shouldn't be super toxic to my cats.

Right now, a few of those spots mentioned are used by Epipremnum (I believe Pothos is the English name for them), which are slightly toxic, but hung up so high, that they aren't accessible. And even if they munch on them, not much would happen.

Ideally, as plus point, it would be nice if the plants are hanging down, not like a Calathea for example. I have enough of those 😅

Basically, I'm looking for something similar to a pothos, in terms of light requirements and the way of growth.

But don't feel limited by that, any suggestion is great!

It's a Tradescantia fluminensis growing in an old Metaxa bottle.

The bottom few centimetres are filled with hydroponic nutrient solution, and the roots are reaching into the bottom to suck it up.

It is held by a 3D-printed opening (optional) and a wick.

I’m moving internationally in the next few months, and am coming to realize I have never moved with plants! Is it possible to move with my plants? I imagine I have to consider things like quarantine and such, but I have a snake plant that I basically raised from the dead and have had for seven years so the idea of leaving him behind makes me all kinds of sad. Do I need to just gift them to other plant moms?

I just got this gold fish plant on Saturday.

This pest is kind of beautiful but also terrible. What is it? Any tips for how to get rid of it, besides cleaning all the leaves?

I've had this palm for a few years and it's been fine. I water it once a month, don't move it around too much and make sure the soil doesn't get waterlogged.

A month or so ago I noticed it starting to droop, and the soil was still very wet despite not having recently watered it. As a precaution I removed it from the damp soil and repotted it with fresh houseplant compost mix. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have improved the plant's health 😢

Is there anything else I can try?

most leaves start to turn brown on the tips. is this an issue? what could have caused this?

any help/tips/ideas/pointers appreciated

Got this lil guy at a plant giveaway with just the one bitty pitcher, now working on 3 new pitchers! So proud c:

I found them on one vine of the Ivy plant that I bought from Ikea about a month ago. It was kept about 2m away from my other plants, so I'm hoping that the little guys haven't had the chance to hop over.

I've also liberally cut off the visibly affected branch and sprayed off the Ivy in the shower, followed by a generous misting with soapy water. The plant will stay quarantined in my kitchen for the next few weeks, hope it recovers :<

My other plants seem fine so far, at least I couldn't find any critters on their leaves when I checked tonight.

A friend recently gave me this plant as a present. So far I have no experience with potted plants, but for now it is doing quite well with plenty of daylight and multiple small doses of water throughout the day. If I knew what kind of plant it was, I could take even better care of it.