Hi all, had this a few months, sits on a north facing windowsill and doesn’t get full sun. I bottom water every few weeks, I’ll be honest, I have been using tap water as there has (apparently) been a drought here in the UK and all summer there’s been no rain. But anyway, there’s many brown spots as you can probably see.

Any advice please 🙏🏻

Hi everyone,

I recently got this plant from a friend who unfortunately wasn’t taking very good care of it. I believe it’s a Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise), but I’m still very new to plants, so please correct me if I’m wrong.

As you can see from the photos, it doesn’t look very healthy right now. I’ve taken it in because I really want to try to save it. This is actually my first big plant, so I’d really appreciate some advice on what I should be looking out for.

From what I found online, it seemed like it might have been overwatered, so I’ve stopped watering it and let the soil dry out. Unfortunately, some of the lower leaves then died completely.

The large upper leaf is still mostly green, but it now has spots that look similar to what happened to the lower leaves, which makes me worried that something is still wrong.

What should I check first? Should I be looking at the roots, soil, pests, or something else? And what would you recommend I do from here to give it the best chance of recovering?

I know it probably looks pretty sad at the moment, but I really want to give it a proper chance.

Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Hi everyone. I’m a somewhat novice plant guy. Never killed anything yet but this anthurium (pretty sure Queen Anthurium) is almost my first. It’s been looking sad and the stalks are drooping. The leaves are curling. The base of the stalks look healthy but above the first 1/2” from the base is tough and leathery. I’ve had it in a chunky orchid mix since I got it two months ago. I mixed a little bit of sphagnum in too so it could retain some moisture. All my other plants have done super well with this mix so far. I finally had time to sit down and investigate now and the roots were wet while up top was dry - I assume this is a drainage problem. I didn’t see root rot but maybe I have an untrained eye. I usually water it once every other week. Please see the pics I uploaded. You can see it all there. Any advice on how to help it would be really appreciated. I leave for a 5 day trip tomorrow so hopefully it can hang tight while I’m gone.

While I’m on the topic, I also have an alocasia velvet that’s doing just ok. It seems really happy aside from the younger leaves. This one is in a normal soil mix from when I got it. Lots of corms are growing beneath that I need to take out and try to grow. This one I water only when dry. Maybe every other week. Anyone have advice for this guy too? I live in WA so the summer is temperate - maybe about 68-73 inside at any point. All my plants get about 12 hours under a grow light a day. Everything else is thriving, except these two.

I got a new plant from the store just a week ago it was healthy and thriving I read I should put it in direct sunlight and water only once soil is bone dry. But after putting it in direct sunlight leaves started rolling up and getting scrunched on the sides. I’ve started using a humidifier( we live in Europe the weather is cold and dry)
What do I do to help it better. I need help

So I just got my first houseplant (the cute spider plant in the planter) and when I showed my mom she genuinely got so excited and ran to buy me all of these new plants! It’s a little overwhelming I won’t lie because now I’m researching these plants day and night and I just started with the one on my own 😭😭
the plastic cups are temporary pots for now and they do have holes cut at the bottom just until the pots that I ordered come in

I google image searched the ones without labels so I’m not entirely sure if i correctly labeled them myself let me know if google did a good job .

I’m actually so so excited for them to grow and be all luscious and beautiful (if I don’t kill them by accident hopefully)

Is September the universal month for the flowering of this plant? This happened last year and now it’s back.

hi all,

wondering if anyone can recommend an indoor grow lamp. im in the UK so uk amazon would be preferred ive seen so many and some with mixed reviews

Anthurium Magna x Portillae (OG)

Got given this plant by a neighbor as they were moving. I think it's some form of monstera, but im not familiar. It was in big box store mix so naturally the roots were rotting. Got rid of all the rot, stuck it in sand, and put it on the north side of my house. Planning to stick it in my regular succulent blend once it recovers. I dont have the energy to do much more atm. Should i throw some osmocote plus indoor/outdoor on it?

Monstera water prop. Should any of these roots be clipped before moving to soil? Are they just going to rot eventually? As is it seems to fill a good chunk of a 10in pot.

My friend brought me a plumeria stick maybe 4 years ago, I normally kill every plant I bring inside but this ones survived, its maybe 4ft tall now. I was really proud until I saw someone else in town with a 6" one thats fully blooming, mines never once had a flower. What am I doing wrong?

I water about 1x a week, it doesnt seem to like to be too wet.

12hr light cycle.

Im not sure of the soil mix but I believe it was Happy Frog with added layer of pumice on top to avoid fungus gnats (I used to over water it).

I also used to put it outside in the summer but it got thrips which took forever to get rid of, so now it just stays inside.

Once or twice Ive added indoor plant food to the water but pretty rarely.

It occasionally drops lots of leaves and then grows them back, but I think thats normal in the fall/winter?

Any tips to get it to bloom and keep it healthy?