Other plants

16 years ago

Hi all,

Since we are doing surveys of our violets, I thought it might be fun to see what other plants we all have. You can start with other gessies or include all of the plants you own.

I'll start first:

We have lots of different plants in the house. I take care of the gessies as my wife considers them high maintenance. Here are the gessies I have. I am only counting species and varieties not total number of plants.

18 African violets

5 Kohleria

1 Alsobia

1 Aeschynanthus

1 Achimenantha

3 Columnea

8 Sinningia

2 Petrocosmea

4 Episcia

1 Chirita

8 Streptocarpus

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Comments (14)

snappyguy
16 years ago
32 African violets (13 babies)
2 Streptocarpus
1 Episcia
2 Pothos
2 Sansevieria
1 Fern
1 Dracaena
1 Jade
1 Spathophyllum
1 English ivy
1 Pointsettia
nwgatreasures
16 years ago
Hmmm.....

160 violets (few standards and mostly semi/minis)
2 Charitas
all the rest is outside and that would take a week to list, LOL

Dora
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larry_b
Original Author
16 years ago
Wow, Dora,

160 violet varieties! That's wonderful! Do you need a spreadsheet to keep track of them all?

Larry
nwgatreasures
16 years ago
I have it on excel, Larry.

Dora
quinnfyre
16 years ago
Whew! This is not as easy to answer as I thought. Had to go do a quick survey. Here's what I came up with. I might be off by a few here and there:

32 orchids
65 AVs
3 streps
25 hoyas
42 misc houseplants
12 garden plants
larry_b
Original Author
16 years ago
Quinnfyre,

Wow, you are also an orchid and hoya person. What types of orchids do you have? We only have one. A phalaenopsis. I am really proud that we are just now able to get it to bloom for a second time.

Larry
nwgatreasures
16 years ago
Wow!

I'm thinking I need to get me some house plants, LMBO :)

Dora
nwgatreasures
16 years ago
Ok. I went to our local plant sale earlier today and I bought me some house plants, LOL
Also bought more plants for the yard.

Now I can say I have some house plants.
Silly and addicted me,
Dora
alaizabelle
16 years ago
44 AV plants (and a few more leaves!)
4 philodendrons
1 Bamboo plant
2 peace lilies
1 Christmas cactus
1 Aloe
1 String of Pearls
1 Pineapple Dracaena
1 Umbrella plant
1 Ivy
2 other plants that have no name, but I love anyways!

.....hehe, I think I like plants a bit >.>
davemichigan
16 years ago
7 AV (+ children, grandchildren and babies)
7 pothos
2 wandering Jew (+ babies)
1 poinsettia
7 amaryllises
2 orchids
1 dracaena ("Lemon and Lime")
1 dracaena (lucky bamboo)
4 aloes (+ lots of babies)

I am thinking about starting some cactus and some primula (primrose) from seeds. I think I am getting addicted to plants as I just ordered 200 4" azalea nursery pots, 100 5" ones, and 50 6" ones (some of these will be for outdoor growing, however).
davemichigan
16 years ago
ah, I forgot 5 jade plants.
loveviolets
16 years ago
250 adult AV's
100 babies
2 Christmas cactus
2 orchids
Love the orchids but don't have great success with them.
wilma
davemichigan
16 years ago
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My goodness! I must be in the midst of crazy people! :-)

But it is fun!
quinnfyre
16 years ago
Larry, I primarily grow Angraecoid orchids, and of those, mainly Aerangis species orchids. Although I really like Pleurothallids too. One definite benefit of growing these is that they are often very small. But the down side is that I would not be able to grow most of them very well without the aid of a terrarium, CFLs, and computer fans. Oh, and timers. But I wanted to grow 'em, so I made the commitment : )

I have several Phalaenopsis plants. Two species, and 3 flashy looking hybrids. The fun part about growing the flashy looking hybrids is that everyone notices when they are blooming, and they are what people often think of when people think of orchids. Unlike say, my Pleurothallis ornata, which looks a bit like a Victorian table lamp shade to me, if said table lamp shade happened to be smaller than a housefly, ha.