Recommendation time, please help! What plants do you recommend someone who has all the basics down and has managed to keep all the easy plants alive. I’m wanting to expand my collection now that I know I’ll be able to keep them thriving. What are your favorite intermediate plants? Btw I’m planning on revamping my setup because right now plants are just scattered everywhere, I’m gonna get some shelves with grow lights, and I’d like some plants to fill up that space!
Sooo many options. What are a few you are interested in?
1 like I love variegation, especially white. My favorites in my collection right now are my ZZ plant and my Chinese evergreen. I would love to get a dieffenbachia and/or a rubber plant, especially tineke
1 likeLooks like you have a lot of snake plants and succulent types that don’t have high water demand. In my experience, rubber tree is a little more demanding. Then diffenbachia, then Chinese evergreen. You can do it, I say go for it 🌱💕
0 likes Right now I have a bunch of snakes because I’m working on some props, but I’m really not that big of a fan of succulents. Thanks for the encouragement! I’m open to suggestions if there are any other plants you’d think would be good?
0 likesMaybe pothos and philodendrons?
0 likesRex begonias have a lot of color and texture
0 likesI often ask people what they like about plant care. How often do you want to water plants? Do you enjoy cleaning leaves? Is there certain foliage that you enjoy? Do you prefer plants that stay small or are you willing to sacrifice the size of your plants to maintain the aesthetic of your setup? What are your three favorite things about your plants? Personally, I enjoy plants that grow big and I also enjoy misting and/or implant leaves. I should have stopped around 75 plants if I wanted to have that kind of time. I also could have focused on trailing plants and plants with stable variegation.
3 likes I’m fine with all the plant care, the more the better for me because I think of them as my babies and I love letting them shine. I really enjoy white or part-white leaves (more in the comment above). I’m not picky about size, but I would prefer plants that show you clearly if they’re doing well, and reward you with new leaves more than once a blue moon. Three favorite things would probably be misting them, new leaves, and seeing them perk up after I water them.
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0 likesOk! I personally think misting is only for air plants. If you only mist them, they need misting daily, so it gives you something to dote on. Monstera adansonii, most of my trailing philodendron, my syngoniums, my oxalis, and my dragon trees are CONSTANTLY popping new leaves! Very rewarding! The oxalis and peace lilies are good about drooping noticeably for me when thirsty. You can also kinda tell with pothos if you pay enough attention. I’m suggesting plants with relatively predictable care (imo). There are also less hardy versions of all these. Hope this helped!
0 likes Wow thank you! This is so helpful
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If you got the basics down the next step is to get your first intermediate plants, I think my Rex begonias were a great learning curve, or some alocasias as well. Especially doing a smaller plant as that typically takes more care than full grown ones
0 likes Amazing recs, thank you!
0 likesOrchids are a wonderful group. They're pretty easy but do take a little bit of learning their quirks. If you want to start on orchids, Phalaenopsis are great for starting with epiphytes (plants that cling to trees in the wild), dendrobiums are good for learning a wet/dry season cycle, and paphiopedilums and jewel orchids are good beginner terrestrials (more like normal soil, but they like a loose mix like the leaf litter of a rainforest.) For miniature species, I've found gastrochilus japonicus is a good first one because it's easy to please and not so tiny that it can't handle a care mistake. Bonsai is also very fun for an intermediate care level. For indoor species, ficus benjamina is wonderful to work with. Outdoor species are a bit trickier because of winter care, but I'd suggest starting with Japanese maple. If you want to do outdoor flowers, hybrid tea roses are cool. They like lots of airflow and regular pruning
0 likes Thank you for this! Thanks for dumbing it down for me 😂😂
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