Me, having very little knowledge about keeping vegetation alive: "oooh, that's a nice plant."
I do this with my spider plant pups 💜 one of the flower stalk things almost reached my counter, so dangly!
And I give people cuttings of my Mini Tradescantia whenever I have enough rooted to pot them. “Here have a cute easy plant! Water it every other week, and turn it regularly, maybe fertilize it someday, cuz it’s planted in coco coir, but doesn’t seem to care that much.. No it doesn’t really seem to matter how much light it gets, tho the brighter, the more pink..”
Houseplants
Welcome to /c/houseplants @ Mander.xyz!
In between life, we garden.
About
We're a warm and informative space for plant enthusiasts to connect, learn, and flourish together. Dive into discussions on care, propagation, and styling, while embracing eco-friendly practices. Join us in nurturing growth and finding serenity through the extraordinary world of houseplants.
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Get involved in Citizen Science: Add your photo here to help build a database of plants across the entire planet. This database is used by non-profits, academia, and the sciences to promote biodiversity, learning and rewilding.
Rules
- Don't throw mud. Be kind and remember the human.
- Keep it rooted (on topic).
- No spam.
Resources
Recommendations
Health
Identification
- PlantNet.org (see also: !plantid@mander.xyz)
- Seek from iNaturalist
Light Information
- GrowLightMeter
- PlantLightDB
- HouseplantJournal (Scroll down.)
Databases
- Catalogue of Life
- Perenual.com
- The Garden.org Plants Database
- Useful Tropical Plants (Interactive Database Version)
- WorldFloraOnline
- USA-NPN
- Tom Clothier's Garden Walk and Talk
- Plants for a Future
- USDA Datasets
- Permapeople.org
- Temperature Climate Permaculture: Plant Index
- Natural Capital Plant Database
- Colorado Plant Database
- SEINet
- North American Ethnobotany Database
- BCSS Field No. Lookup (collection site IDs for cacti and succulents)
- U Michigan Native Plant Database for Michigan by Region
FOSS Tools
- Common House Plants API
- HappyPlants (Monitoring App)
- PlantGeek (Care Info App)
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General
Gardening
- !balconygardening@slrpnk.net
- !gardening@mander.xyz
- !nativeplantgardening@mander.xyz
- !gardening@lemmy.ml
- !gardening@midwest.social
- !permaculture@lemmy.world
- !tropical_plants@mander.xyz
Species
Regional
Science
Sister Communities
Science and Research
Biology and Life Sciences
- !anthropology@mander.xyz
- !biodiversity@mander.xyz
- !palaeoecology@mander.xyz
- !palaeontology@mander.xyz