Friday, December 1, 2017

Office Plant Update!

I know it has been a full week since my last post but I have had some really upsetting news as of late.  Perhaps one of these days I will share it but I'm not there yet.

In addition, I had some sort of weird flu bug from Saturday thru Monday.  At first, I thought it was a frozen flatbread pizza I had bought and not cooked right but after a couple of days and the way my body responded I knew it wasn't the pizza. 

Perhaps I was in denial or maybe it's because I'm NEVER sick.  I don't know...but it confused me.  I bet I haven't had the flu in at least 12 or 13 years (maybe more).  Plus, in 19 years of working at the place I currently work at - I have only taken a total of 4 sick days and 2 and a half of them were because of Sammy (our late dog) in 2009.



Anyhow, I thought I would do a post on my plants! 

It's been a LONG while since my last update.  The first photo above - is my treasured Ponytail Palm.  To see what it looked like when I first obtained it take a look at THIS POST from May of 2014.

In this 2nd photo, you will see a Praying Plant of some sort.  At dusk, it will rise upward like it's praying. 

This is one of the plants I recently transplanted.  Out of all of the ones I did attempt to transplant this one is the droopiest. 


These next two photos are of the same plant that I had a 'baby' or an 'offshoot' of and when I was transplanting the plants decided to try and break them up to be their own beings from here on out.  So far - so good!

You can see this one has the 'babies' that are traveling.

In the next photo, you will see how I separated them.



We re-use planters and mix old with new soil.  I use tea water, mostly, to water the plants, too!

Because we have obtained a lot of decorative tins and used box tops around the office, we now re-use these to place under the bottoms of the plants to catch any excess water.

I will never underappreciate the natural sunlight that shines thru my windows at work - I adore it!  Before I switched jobs here I was in the main office and nowhere near a window.

I'm not sure the exact name of these plants but I'm thinking they are some sort of spider plant.



I think this is some sort of spider plant, as well.  I've had this one for a while, too, but the first 6 months or more it just kept growing taller and floppy and nothing else, really. 

And then it happened!  Offshoots!  You can see two of them towards the floor.  I was thrilled!  I hope I start seeing more of these so I can try and re-plant the 'babies'.

This plant was so HUGE I wasn't sure where to put it so the last time I transplanted it (which was almost a year ago) I decided to place it on a chair.

If you know any of the names of these plants please let me know and I will surely update this post!



This one was a gift from my parents almost 4 years ago now.  They got it for me when I switched jobs.  Same company.  Different Job, that is. 

I thought it wasn't going to make it but once I started watering it with tea water it seemed to save it.  I've transplanted this at least 3 or 4 times already.  It keeps growing like crazy!

At one point it had a neat little white pouch of a bud and flower but that only lasted 3 days.

I noticed yesterday that this one has another plant growing in the same pot alongside of the BIG one so at some point I might try and start a new pot for the little one.




I don't care for the name of this plant.  It's not very P.C. so my co-workers and I decided to give it a new name instead.  Before taking this pic I had to untangle a lot of the vine.  This one seems to be doing extremely well, too, but, there isn't a real rhyme or reason to how or where it's growing.  Just every which way, really!

I LOVE the two-tone leaves on this.  Green and white on the one side and the underneath side is a rich purple color! 

I might have to find a hanging basket for this guy at some point. 

And speaking of having to find a hanging basketing for a plant - check out the next and last photo! 




Yup!  Here's an Ivy Vine Plant of some sort and it's growing and traveling and going a little nuts, too!

This started as a leaf from another plant that a co-worker gave me.  She actually gave me 3 leaves of her plant to try planting on my own.  After months the leaves weren't doing ANYTHING but after I removed the 2 weaker leaves the 3rd one started budding and traveling!

How cool is that!?  This is now about 5 feet tall (or long) - depending on how you look at it I guess.  And the only way I know it's about 5 feet in length is because I'm just over 5 feet tall (or short in my case). 

I don't see this one slowing down any time soon!  Do you have any house or office plants that are doing well at the moment?  I would love to see and/or hear about them!

 

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  1. So beautiful!!! Your plants all flourish so well.

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    1. I'm very surprised they are doing as well as they are. It's been over the last couple of years that I have had some luck with plants. Prior to that - they haven't lasted long.

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  2. You probably didn't have the flu if you were only sick three days — the flu will knock you down for at least a week or two.

    Your ponytail palm looks so great it makes me want to go out and get one — maybe tomorrow. I used to have loads of plants, but in my current house I only have four. My favorite is a hoya that is extending its vines into the room instead of towards the window, in a slightly creepy way. It seems to add a couple of inches each day.

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    1. I still wasn't quite right after the first 5 days, actually. I'm not sure what the heck it was tho! LOL - Just glad it's gone.

      Let me know if you do get any new plants! I would LOVE to see them!

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  3. Your plants are beautiful. I especially love the green and purple one.

    I hope things will be OK. xx

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    1. Thanks! One of these days I will post more about what is going on but I'm going to wait a while for now.

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  4. Oh, I love plants! They really brighten up the home or office. I have tried bringing some plants indoors but due to lack of light, they did not do too well. Your plants are doing great. That last one, over here we call it money plant.

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    1. Money Plant!? Hey! We could all use more money plants, eh!? LOL

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  5. I'm so sorry that you were sick and that you had received some bad news. Whatever it is I hope that you will feel better soon.

    On a happier note, I love the plants! They definitely helps make an office/work space feel more homey.

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    1. Thanks! I think I have kicked what ever I had. As for the news - not so much. I will elaborate on that in the coming weeks and months, probably. Your thoughts are appreciated! Thanks so much!

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  6. So many pretty plants; that's cool how many you have been able to successfully transplant!
    Hugs to you! <3

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    1. I'm sort of worried about the one plant. I'm not sure if they whole plant is going to do well with the transplant or not. Time will tell. The others seem to be doing ok, tho!

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  7. Hope you're okay.
    I've seen a great Ted talk about indoor plants and the different benefits each have for cleaning the air and providing oxygen.

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    1. Thanks! I have actually been getting into Ted Talks lately. I think I'm a little late to the party but better late than never, eh!? hahahaha

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  8. I'm sorry you've been sick and so sorry about the upsetting news. Hugs.

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    1. Thanks so much for the thoughts and virtual hugs! Means a lot!

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  9. So sorry for everything that's going on, hope things are getting better. Sounds like you had some sort of bug and I find that stress/drama can really knock down my immune system.

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    1. I can usually fight things off but not this. I think I am better now, tho! Thanks for the positive thoughts! I'll take all of them I can get!

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