In late October, once most of the houseplants had been moved back indoors for the winter, I posted a series of photos to my social media accounts documenting the main spaces in my home where plants are kept. I thought I’d post them here with some explanatory text.
As I have written before, my living room is fairly dim. The window is south-facing, but because there is a covered porch in front as well as a sloping roof, the light is indirect. Between that, the dry, forced heating system, and the television that blocked all of the available light, I’ve grown few plants in this room until this summer when we decided to remove the television and grow a jungle. Removing the television opened up space and light, and adding a humidifier has helped create more moisture for the tropicals and epiphytes (air plants) plants I’ve added.
Some of the plants you will see here are: Monstera deliciosa, pothos (Epipremnum), 3 species of Rhipsalis and a Hatiora salicorniodes (all are jungle epiphytic cacti), a Hoya (not sure which species, but it is a species with elongated leaves), several tillandsia that I have mounted myself onto corkbark and affixed with hangers, Calathea ornata, a Maranta, 2 Syngonium aka arrowhead plants, a large shell ginger (Alpine zerumbet) that will only stay there until spring (I’ve been growing this behemoth for a few years now), and an assortment of ferns. Most of the ferns are in deep dish with pebbles, but some are in the terrariums shown. I won’t list them all as there are several. There is also a Cryptanthus in one of the terrariums.
Of course, I have moved plants since all of the photos were taken. No space is ever done. I move, arrange, and rearrange plants regularly, primarily because I am always trying
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