Calatheas are the needy little sisters of the plant world. Not enough moisture? I die. Not filtered water? I die. You breathed on me? I die. A bad photo of my lancifolia shortly after I brought it home. What a beauty, right? I've always had trouble with growing calatheas, which always made me very sad… Continue reading Calatheas: The plant problem children
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So Many ZZZ’s
On this next episode of the Shady Apartment...It's all about ZZ plants! There are actually a lot of plants that are purported to be good for low-light environments. Many of these don't actually thrive in very low-light conditions, becoming rather leggy, lengthy, stretched out versions of what they could be with proper light. So if… Continue reading So Many ZZZ’s
There and Back Again: A Plant’s Unwitting Tale of Rise and Decline
In Tolkien's The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins makes a full-circle journey home to the Shire after a long adventure. Many such journeys exist in this world, leading down all sorts of paths. Sometimes, even plants experience a long journey. Not to give out spoilers, but that journey is not always an idyllic one. For those who… Continue reading There and Back Again: A Plant’s Unwitting Tale of Rise and Decline
Laughing At Myself In An Empty Room 