I was at the store yesterday and happened upon the houseplants section. (Okay, okay, I actually
asked where it was
) I found some REALLY great ones and had to restrain myself from buying everything. I ended up putting back a "lucky bamboo" plant, a hoya rosa (I was going to see if I end up winning a hoya in the October NARR), a croton (I don't like that it can cause dogs' throats to swell), a dracaena (which I really wanted), an ivy, and a couple of others that looked cute but were unmarked.
So what I
did get were these:
Here they are a little more spread out:
I should note that the prayer plant leaf up front was my doing, not a purchase. When I got home, it was the one casualty of the ride home and it had a tiny piece of leaf stem, so I thought I would atleast give it a shot to grow.
I also have this one in the Plant ID forum because it is a NOID:
(If you know what it is, though, please let me know and I will close that thread!)
Here's my latest acquisitions in list form:
Fittonia argyroneura "Juanita"
Calathea roseo picta "Medallion"
Maranta leuconeura "Red" (Prayer Plant)
Cyanotis kewensis "Teddy Bear Vine"
Dizygotheca elegantissima "Castor" (False Aralia)
Asplenium nidus "Bird's Nest Fern"
NOID succulent
UPDATE: As of early 2017, the Prayer Plant, NOID succulent, Schefflera (umbrella plant), and the Bird's Nest Fern are all doing really well. I lost the Fittonia after something of a little experiment with it (when it would get dry, it would suddenly fall over, and then, within hours of watering it, it would spring back up, it was quite marvelous! I did this a few times, once on purpose and other times because I would procrastinate on watering. Well, one time I waited a little too long and it dried beyond recovery). The Teddy Bear vine finally gave up the ghost late 2016; from what I understand, teddy bear plants are difficult plants to grow, and mine proved it. It seemed that whenever I watered it, it was too much, and whenever I let it dry out, it was too much; I never could determine its precise water scheduling needs. The False Aralia perished because it was behind a few other plants (it likes darker spaces) and I didn't realize the soil was drying out so quickly--compared to the surrounding plants--until it was too late.
