Ended Official BYC 2022 Summer Fair—Indoor Plant Show

[Kiki]

Well, they won't grow outside in Wyoming! Even here in So Cal, they don't enjoy winter, and if it dares get below 40 I end up with a lot of leafless sticks. They leaf out again in the spring, though.

(not an entry) Cane begonias and other plants in my patio this evening.

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These things:

How does one keeping them looking nice?
Mine always look like this quickly:

 

[Windrider]

These things:
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How does one keeping them looking nice?
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Kiki, that has to be the saddest coco liner I've ever seen.

Define "quickly." Coco liners do have a limited lifespan and have to be replaced, but I can get five years or so out of them, unless the birds decide to demolish one for nesting material. Granted, I have the benefit of extremely mild weather (one could even say a lack of weather).

I have found that starting with a good liner is the key. I think all of my current ones are Panacea and the fibers start out stuck together with a natural latex. I've had other brands without the latex that only lasted one season. Eventually the latex breaks down and the liner gets progressively fuzzier.

This pic sort of shows Panacea liners aging. The liner on the upper left was new last summer. The next one, with the very spotted begonia ("Matchmaker," one of my favorites) is getting ratty and is probably about four years old. The next two are probably on their third summer, except the juncos were picking at the dark begonia's liner to get nesting material. The juncos have had three successful broods each summer for the last three years in one or the other of the begonia baskets.

 

[Kiki]

Kiki, that has to be the saddest coco liner I've ever seen.

Define "quickly." Coco liners do have a limited lifespan and have to be replaced, but I can get five years or so out of them, unless the birds decide to demolish one for nesting material. Granted, I have the benefit of extremely mild weather (one could even say a lack of weather).

I have found that starting with a good liner is the key. I think all of my current ones are Panacea and the fibers start out stuck together with a natural latex. I've had other brands without the latex that only lasted one season. Eventually the latex breaks down and the liner gets progressively fuzzier.

This pic sort of shows Panacea liners aging. The liner on the upper left was new last summer. The next one, with the very spotted begonia ("Matchmaker," one of my favorites) is getting ratty and is probably about four years old. The next two are probably on their third summer, except the juncos were picking at the dark begonia's liner to get nesting material. The juncos have had three successful broods each summer for the last three years in one or the other of the begonia baskets.

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I'm pretty sure I haven't touched or watered that hanging coco lined plant in at least 5 years.

I do have some brand new liners that I haven't installed yet. Maybe quit farting around and plant something in them.

 

[MandaRae]

Does this Lotus seed i started today count? jkjkjk

 

[Windrider]

I'm pretty sure I haven't touched or watered that hanging coco lined plant in at least 5 years.

I do have some brand new liners that I haven't installed yet. Maybe quit farting around and plant something in them.

Show us what you plant! Those are some really nice baskets, they just need new liners. That fern must be a Texas native to be hanging in there with such neglect.

My problem with trying to enter this contest is that everything you guys are posting as a houseplant, I grow outdoors. Orchids, bromeliads, tillandsia, stephanotis, hoyas, begonias, and even many aroids all do better outdoors here. Bird of paradise is a tough landscaping plant here, as are succulents of all kinds. And don't me get started on monsteras; my neighbor has one by his pool that must have 4' leaves!

I have a small collection of indoor African violets and relatives, but they are all out of bloom with the heat. That leaves my "computer desk jungle" which is hard photograph because of the glare from a south facing window. I'll give it a try.

 

[Windrider]

Entry #1: Compter Desk Jungle.

Plants (from front to back):
Philodendron "Brasil," Philodendron "Birkin," Begonia "Skeezer" (just visible above the Birkin), Begonia "Robert Shatzer," Aglaonema "Valentine," Hoya lambii, Hoya bilobata (barely visible next to the lambii's pot), and Maranta leuconeura (just visible to the left of the Mac).

 

[Windrider]

Entry #2: Begonia "Robert Shatzer," with Aglaonema "Valentine," and Begonia "Skeezer" (in glass bowl).

When I get new fragile baby begonias, I often grow them indoors until they are established enough to be moved outside. This one is totally ready and has been spending some time on the patio, but it is so pretty I am reluctant to move it out full-time.

 

[Windrider]

Entry #3: Hoya lambii and Hoya bilobata.

Hoya lambii is an unusual Hoya. In its natural habitat, it grows in very poor soil, so it has large leaves that grow in a funnel shape to capture leaf litter and make its own compost. It is a vigorous climber, and mine has been already reached the top of its 3' obelisk, just trying to get it to bush out now.

 

[Windrider]

Just wanted to include a picture of the Maranta, the oldest plant on the computer desk at probably nearly 20 years old. It is absolutely packed in there and needs repotting badly.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Monstera

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Monstera

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I have a monstera, they're so beautiful, but the main reason I gor one is because they're also known as Cheese Plant, and I said "this is my plant."