Hey there. I grew some Stephania and want to give one to my friend but where she wants to put it will require some supplemental lighting.

There's nothing above it so undershelf lights won't work. She understandably doesn't want a floor stand or clip-on light in her foyer, either.

So I'm looking for something like the photo....minus the "smart" app stuff. There's a lot of crap brands on Amazon and I only really know of Barrina and SANSI whose options aren't great for this.

Any suggestions?

(The light in the picture is a Glowrium but I know nothing about them)

Sadly a NOID, probably Oncidium altissimum. Smells wonderfully!

The big leaves behind are from a bird of paradise (Strelitzia regia) plant in case you wondered.

Another oncidium type orchid is also starting to bloom too, more pics will follow :)

I picked one of these up over the weekend. Pretty cool watching it rehydrate!

Crossposted from https://feddit.org/post/31018371

So I found this cactus a few years ago abandoned in the woods (Central Europe) and I’ve wondered since who he is, especially because he lowered his arms some month ago and build roots so I put another pot underneath it…

Summertime... ♫ aaand living is eeaasy.
Fish are jumping... and the cotton is high! 𝆺𝅥𝅮

I planted a cotton seed around new year, because why not. Apparently it likes it here.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47351408

I made a post a bit over a year ago about this guy:
https://lemmy.world/post/25891935

After I braved up and put it outside it absolutely flourished!

The leaves curled right up to the bulb, divided itself, and even gave me a few flowers! Unfortunately I didn't get flower pictures, it was a bit hectic. But they grew a tall stalk with unassuming yellow, nodding flowers

It spent the darker, colder days sleeping but now the soil is staying warm through the night it knows it's time to come out. It's got two bulbs now growing and they each have a huge cluster of leaves starting to emerge; I counted at least eight from each. And the signature curling leaf is apparent even though it's just barely sprouting

I posted my plant here last year, and it doesn't exactly count anymore but I wanted to share an update! It is an ex-houseplant; maybe a strong grow light would work for it inside however I feel it really needs a dormancy period to thrive

Some fungus gnats have showed up, and unlike what some blog posts have said, they don't seem to be attracted to apple cider vinegar. Has anyone found a trap that gets rid of these little things? I've put the plants outside for now, hoping that will dry them out and make the flies fly away.

Rain all day today! Looks like night time lows wont dip too far below 50 for the grow season. Just brought all my suffering babies outside today!

One of my favorite days of the year!

A hoya and fenestraria.

I'm refering to the one climbing the walls. It was growing all over and I didn't know what to do with it. I then just stared hanging it to the wall with cable nails. I never really thought of pothos as a climbing plant but it actually does stick to the wall once something holds it there for a bit first. Now it gets so much light that it's growing like crazy. Not sure whether to do a full loop or turn back once I reach the lower right corner.

Cross-geposted von: https://slrpnk.net/post/36671875

I have pretty much all my plants in semi-hydro, where I use LECA as a substrate, which is constantly submerged 1/3 in nutrient solution.

Over the last years, I've transitioned over a hundred different plants (including finicky ones like Calatheas, ferns, etc.) from soil to hydro and never had a problem. Sure, they are stressed in the beginning and a few leaves are getting crispy, but they usually recover in a few weeks and then really take off.

Orchids are different tho. I have mostly Oncidiums and Phalaenopsis, and Phals in particular somehow really don't seem to like S/H. Almost all roots are dying off in the beginning, and I've lost a lot of phals compared to other plants. And even when they survive the first weeks, winter seems to take a big toll on them.

They need to regrow fresh roots first, which need to be directed into the media, and then they really take off. After two years!

I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Either that's totally normal. Many of the specimens I got were already pretty weakened when I bought them, and they would have died anyway?

Or, the transition went too fast.

Or, phals need really warm temperatures, and the constantly moist airy substrate is too cool due to evaporation.

Or, there's something special about orchid roots that makes them completely unable to adapt to new conditions.

Or, maybe something totally different?

What can I do to minimise the losses?

Hi, I'm a beginner at plant caretaking. I recently picked out a couple of small plants at a nursery, but they didn't have any pottery to go with them unfortunately.

So, I'd like to know where do you generally like to go to get what you need? Are there any good online resources I should be aware of? I'd prefer to shop locally of course, but the resources available to me here are limited and difficult to get to.

The flower is so big!

2 standard African violets (one a scraggly guy in need of a repot once he's out of rehab), 2 primulina bebes (paper cups inside a teeny terracotta pot so hopefully they stop falling over), and 2 AV leaves that WILL propagate and give me flowers, dammit.

Another picture of the overall plant:

It started dropping its lowest leafs a few weeks ago, then it stopped, now the bottom leafs are getting yellow again and i suppose will be dropped…

edit: Thanks everyone for responding, i will try to atering less and placing in a brighter spot