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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-11 14:02 [#02278770]
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Do you have any nice house plants?
I keep buying plants, but I over/ under water them and they die. Please give me the name of a low maintenance, but attractive looking plant, so I can buy one. It doesn't have to have flowers, but I don't really want a cactus. My friend suggested an aloe, but I'd like a few other ideas before I commit.
FANKS! :D
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ijonspeches
from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2009-03-11 14:11 [#02278773]
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those are hard to kill and look nice. you can get em in a gazillion forms, so they all go well together too...
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freqy
on 2009-03-11 14:19 [#02278775]
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i have a plant it lives after 4 years . i had to re pot , its growing . the thing actually grows.
no idea of the name. i want more.
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ijonspeches
from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2009-03-11 14:29 [#02278777]
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talk to it and play it some music. it will thankfully reward you with oxygen! also hose it down every year so it feels pretty and comfy too.
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Olrox
from Dracula's castle on 2009-03-11 14:57 [#02278782]
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Datura stramonium is such a creepy looking plant, I like it. Just make sure its legal where you live and trust me, don't eat it :P
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-11 17:21 [#02278790]
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haha!
OK, firstly this looks too expensive for me to afford in the first place.
Secondly, it looks like it requires a lot of maintenance, so it would die within a few days of being in my room.
Thirdly, it reminds me of the ghost orchid in the film Adaptation. It's a great film, I would thoroughly, thoroughly reccomend it. They take the flower in powder form as a drug too, as I imagine you are implying one does with that flower you are talking about. :)
Also, don't worry- I don't tend to eat flowers, hehehe. :D
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2009-03-12 06:44 [#02278826]
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i've got a rose of jericho in my room, its a middle eastern plant that does not need water, you give some to it when you want and if you feel in a patient mood you can watch it slowly open and show its hearth to you.
it does look like a heart LAZY_TITLE
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plaidzebra
from so long, xlt on 2009-03-12 07:30 [#02278835]
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whatever plant you choose, i'd be careful. i learned recently that sometimes plants explode.
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-12 07:39 [#02278838]
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lol
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Fah
from Netherlands, The on 2009-03-13 02:57 [#02279008]
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he's right, you ever heard the noise coming off that? Devestating...
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j4ck
from United Kingdom on 2009-03-13 13:32 [#02279221]
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yucca plants are good. need watering once a month. dont forget tho, mine hasnt fully recovered after forgetting once last year
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-13 21:20 [#02279341]
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venus fly traps are pretty cool, i remember having one when i was a kid. they can eat frogs and everything!!
here
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swift_jams
from big sky on 2009-03-13 21:33 [#02279342]
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If you over feed a venus flytrap, does that kill it? I think someone told me that once.
Also, most small and medium sized cacti make good house plants. In sunlit areas especially. Yucca was a good suggestion. I think ferns need a lot of watering, but filling a covered porch or sunroom with them would make things pretty interesting.
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-14 11:03 [#02279412]
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filling a covered porch or sunroom with them would make things pretty interesting.
I do have a conservatory, so that might be a good place for a plant, yeah. Good suggestion!
And... how did you know I had a conservatory? *looks round suspiciously*
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-14 11:06 [#02279414]
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lol- wow! Craziness.
Slow death
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-14 11:07 [#02279415]
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lulz
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-14 11:12 [#02279417]
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And when allowed to dry, it sinks back into a long deep sleep, only to be awakened again when moistened. Known to keep pests at bay, it also draws moisture, odours and smoke from the air to keep the room fresh.
Sounds pretty awesome! I might try to get my hands on one o' these. :)
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rad smiles
on 2009-03-14 11:13 [#02279418]
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just grow some pot
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swift_jams
from big sky on 2009-03-14 12:37 [#02279466]
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My seedlings are leafing right now!
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2009-03-16 13:14 [#02279910]
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didn't know all those qualities, good. all i know is that it asks really little attention, maybe too little if you're looking for smth that occupies your time. if you clean your room/house once in a week/+ for example, giving some water to its roots might be a little (more) incentive to your day.
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Olrox
from Dracula's castle on 2009-03-16 22:25 [#02280016]
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I eat flowers, I eat lots of stuff I find outside... You have to nibble from your surrounding area to fully understand the energy around you.
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-17 09:27 [#02280064]
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haha!
Reading that made me laugh, but I also agree with it a little. I am not going to eat flowers, thereby destroying their kami , though. :) But I am not someone who believes they can hear grass screaming when it is cut. hehe.
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-17 09:54 [#02280066]
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No, I ain't looking for something that occupies time, so that's not a problem. I like things that add incentive to my day :) Give me a reason to get up in the morning. haven't got a girlfriend, so I can have a Rose of jericho to enrich my life instead, lol.
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