Large easy care house plants

[Sunshine Flock]

Ficus Benjamima and most ficus need good drainage.... did your pots have drain holes in them.?

They should have done well in a hot and humid climate... as well as in the shade. They will stress and drop leaves but once you get the stress figured out they should grow back.

here is a decent article on them.

https://www.thespruce.com/grow-weeping-fig-indoors-1902440

Unfortunately I am in a Mediterranean climate so just about anything that doesnt require a hard freeze will live here. But I have known people on line that have grown dwarf Oranges and Lemons in doors as far up as NewHamphsire. Again WEll draining soil and moderate moisture.

Ferns are another good plant indoors. Just be careful because some are toxic... As are many favorite indoor plants, Diefenbachia, Philodendron, Aloe, Pothos. all are poisonous to children and pets.

Another good indoor plant are Orchids. Cymbidium are pretty easy to care for and forgiving.

But I would suggest to head over to the local nursery and talk to them. There maybe plants in your area happy with the climate that I dont know about.

Oh and I only worked in a Garden shop for about three years a very very long time ago....

deb

I gave up too early on those poor ficuses, darn it. I put them out of their misery without giving them a chance. I do have small drain holes in the pots and small stones at the bottom which I hear is good for drainage.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

I like Aloe Vera, which can grow fairly large with time, and has medicinal benefits as well. It does fairly well in my temperate climate, but I think that in a warmer climate like yours it will do even better.

Impossible writing with cat in lap.

I'd love some aloe plants. Someone gave me a link to a great research article on the use of raw aloe on severe wounds that weren't responding to antibiotics anymore. They had test subjects, and the ones using aloe showed significant healing, while the ones with antibiotics showed no progress and some worsened.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

I have just the IDEAL plant for your needs. Heat tolerant, cool tolerant, does not need much watering, does well in shade.
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But I have NO IDEA WHAT THIS PLANT IS.... We got it at a yard sale many years ago. Peeps had no idea what it was ether. Summer it stays outdoors, and winter it is in home. It is super prolific and hardy.
Have never ran across this plant anywhere else so I could not find out name. I even posted it in a GARDENING THREAD here on BYC few years ago. No responses..
For reference purposes among family, we cal him SEYMOUR.

Oh, my gosh, so sad! It reminds me of Hachi, a Japanese story of a dog who waited for his owner at the train stop for years, but he never came home because he died.

But the plant reminds me of another Seymour. Wasn't that the name of the monster plant in a Little Shop of Horrors? Or was that the florist?

It looks like a banana type tropical plant someone got at a farmer's market in the 80s and kept in their dorm room and it over took everything and was maybe even watered with beer at some point and then the man got old and retired and got a plastic plant at Walmart and now you get to enjoy the mysterious monster plant for years and years to come!

ETA: I'm going to bed. G'night.

 

[cavemanrich]

My DS now owns a rubber plant that is 45 years old. It belonged to my mom. He has it for the last 15. It has been re-potted but not many times. It has been pruned many times. Pix is of line but looks similar.

I also have that other plant in picture. No idea what it's called. They sell them abundantly as house plants around here. Again,,,,,,,, hardy, tolerant to heat and cool, tolerates limited light well.

 

[cavemanrich]

But the plant reminds me of another Seymour. Wasn't that the name of the monster plant in a Little Shop of Horrors? Or was that the florist?
I believe it is after that one that my kids named the plant. I just assumed it was after cartoon SEYMOUR.
BTW DW and I watched Hachi about a month ago. Went thru a whole box of tissues.

 

[cavemanrich]

Here is a pot of indoor flora. Note the Aloe plant. I purchase it for like $1.50 If I wanted to, could have planted it separate and really give it much fertilizer so it could have gotten BIG. . I heard that the leaf can be cut off and rubbed on a wound for benefit. I never tried yet. Medicine cabinet full of anti-this and pro-that....

 

[Sunshine Flock]

But the plant reminds me of another Seymour. Wasn't that the name of the monster plant in a Little Shop of Horrors? Or was that the florist?
I believe it is after that one that my kids named the plant. I just assumed it was after cartoon SEYMOUR.
BTW DW and I watched Hachi about a month ago. Went thru a whole box of tissues.

I'm teaching myself Japanese and studied Hachi in both languages. Imagining studying that story at a snail's pace, over and over again. Richard Gere starred in the American version of the movie. I haven't watched it, but I think I will.