Questions tagged [houseplants]

Plants grown indoors. Use this tag with questions about houseplants in general. Please narrow down the scope of the question by using the appropriate genus or common name tags when asking about specific plants.

Houseplants are plants which are growing indoors in pots. They can help to make a room more pleasant, as well as freshen the air by producing oxygen and even to some extent help "clean" the air. Although these effects have been confirmed only in laboratory environment: "Which houseplants should you buy to purify air? None of them"[1]. As well as growing them for decoration, "house plants" could include , (e.g. dwarf citrus), and which are also grown for consumption.

Indoor environments are often very different to outdoor environments in most parts of the world, so the range of practical houseplants are often very different to typical regional outdoor plants.

[1]: www.nationalgeographic.com

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Need help with insects on bottle gourd leaves

Some of my bottle gourd leaves have thousands of tiny white spots like shown in the pic, and there are tiny brown insects crawling on them. The leaves look like they have sand along the veins. What are these insects? And how can I treat the infected…
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How to revive this plant?

I got this snakeplant a month ago and planted it in well drained media. Recently I got out of town forgetting to keep it under shade and it receives a few spells of rain for 3days. Now the leaves are not in right shape, feels soft. Yesterday I…
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Why does my Bird of Paradise have arrested development?

I've had a Bird of Paradise for about two years and it has done well in its current location, which is an office building with three huge, west-facing windows so it gets bright indirect light most of the day and a few hours of direct light in late…
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What is this strange seedling growing in my other plants pot?

This little seedling showed up in my spider plant pot a while ago. Is there any way I could figure out what it is? I moved it to its own pot so that it wouldn’t mess with my spider plant, and it’s still growing.
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Pruning chili plant

I have grown a chili plant from seeds. It grows fine but I think it getting too tall compared to the width (now at 22 cm/8.5 in). How should I prune it to get a nice dense plant?
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My Kentia palm's leafs are turning brown

Iv owned my Palm for almost 3summers now and he was doing really well until recently, I moved to Cornwall last year as we survived the first winter but now he seems to be struggling. Iv cut off the bad leaves as I'm not afraid to cut it back but I…
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Norfolk Island Pine w/new growth at base but has dropped 75% of its branches-what’s wrong with it?

Approximately 8 yo Norfolk Island Pine. Has been in the sunroom with good sunlight all of its life and done well and put out new growth every year. Humidity is about 44-55%. Water weekly. Late March it began dropping entire branches (lower to start)…
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Why is this Zamioculcas Zamiifolia not thriving?

We have two Zamioculcas Zamiifolias in our office. One of them seems to be doing fine with all branches pointing upwards. The other Zamioculcas Zamiifolia seems to be having trouble. Most of its branches are leaning towards the floor. The branches…
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What is this layer of spider web material on the top layer & how to fix?

I have an indoor ivy plant and it has a layer of spiderweb/fungi looking stuff on the very top. What can I do to fix this or how to treat it?
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Id of this sansevieria

Can anyone specify the id of this sansevieria? This one has strong and quite thick leaves about 100 cm long. I don't know if it is the normal length,as it was placed indoors receiving no sunlight.
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Spider Plant can't support own weight

I've had this spider plant for 2 years at this point. I've repotted it recently. The plant consists of 4/5 supplants, if I can count correctly. To be fair, the plant is a little bit crowded in the center so it's hard to tell really. The plant has…
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My plant came out with new species with black stem in the middle of the leaves. Is that normal?

My plant came out with new species with black stem in the middle of the leaves. Is that normal?
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what is this waxy, viney houseplant

2 to 3 cm long, waxy elliptical leaves that alternate along the vine. Vines grow from central point or can sprout from leaf junctions.
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If you colour water red in a hydroponic system will the leaves on the lettuce turn red/pink

My daughter has to do a science project. She wants to build a hydroponic system and colour the water red to see if the lettuce leaves will turn red. Will it? I don't want to build the whole system just for it not to work.
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What kinds of mint are these?

I bought two mint plants in different places; I bought them as supposedly being peppermint and spearmint but they don't really look like I'd expect, although the flavors ARE sort of in line with what you'd expect for peppermint and…