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Nov 24, 2014 4:50 PM CST
Name: tarev
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I have some plants indoors as well too..so the guest rooms have plant tenants now:
First guest room: south facing windows, so Adeniums, Plumeria, Amaryllis, Ficus bonsai and some of the orchids are here, though I try to pull the orchids a bit to the back, light gets too strong at times. This room has a ceiling fan so when I water I run the fan a few minutes.
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2nd guest room, also with south facing windows, so some more of the orchids and another amaryllis are here, though the light is more slanted, so it is good enough not to fry them with too much light. Sundew is hiding somewhere there too, to help in gnats control. This room also has a ceiling fan which I run a few minutes after watering.
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Home office area: windows are north facing so this is the domain of my pinguiculas and a pothos container. These plants stays here year round.
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In our bathroom, my newly rescued orchids are staying there, so they get the humidity and some muted eastern light
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Downstairs, the baywindows are north facing, so my ZZ plants stays there year round
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This orchid pole, houses my Phals and Paphiopedilums so it stays downstairs year round by this west facing window and light from north facing sliding glass doors. Beside the pole is where my Hoya shooting star stays as well. There is a ceiling fan here, so I also run the fan a few minutes after watering.
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It is now joined by my Hoya kerrii variegata, another ficus and my ponytail palm
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The kitchen sink area is by a west facing window and partially sheltered by shadows of city trees. This is where my schlumbergera, Sansevierias and one of my new rescue croton are staying.
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My growcamp outdoors now has some of my cacti and the more tender succulents and still has my Zygopetalum and some of my dendrobium orchids. The plastic foil go down at night to protect them further. Have added some mylar and bubblewrap this year on my growcamp, hope it helps the plants a little more.
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And all my other plants are outdoors, those can take our mild winters, which at times may dip in the low 20's in Jan-Feb.

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