#silver monstera

[arctictropical]

House plant wishlist!

Latin name: Ficus elastica 'Abidjan' Swedish name: Fönsterfikus 'Abidjan'/'Burgundy'/'Black prince' English name: Rubber plant 'Abidjan'/'Burgundy'/'Black prince'

Light placement: Sun, indirect light, partial shade Moisture: Dry slightly Moisture meter: Optimum at 4, water at 3 Poisonous to pets and kids Folklore: See Rubber plant

Latin name: Monstera siltepecana Swedish name: Silvermonstera English name: Silver monstera

Light placement: Indirect light, partial shade Moisture: Dry lightly Moisture meter: Optimum at 4, water at 3 Not poisonous but irritating to pets and kids Folklore: See Monstera

Latin name: Philodendron brandtianum Swedish name: Filodendron brandtianum? English name: Philodendron brandtianum?

Light placement: Partial shade, shade Moisture: Moist Moisture meter: Optimum at 4, water at 3 Poisonous to pets and kids Folklore: See Philodendron

Latin name: Epipremnum amplissimum 'Silver stripe' Swedish name: Gullranka 'Silver stripe' English name: Pothos 'Silver stripe'

Light placement: Indirect light, partial shade Moisture: Dry lightly Moisture meter: Optimum at 4, water at 3 Not poisonous but irritating to pets and kids Folklore: See Pothos

[sarahgrows]

Photo dump!

My aglaonema (Red zircon I believe) has sprouted a bloom! I'm 99% sure I skipped a week watering her on accident. I'm excited to see her bloom even if it is a sign of stress because she has done so well! My other aglaonema bloomed twice earlier in the year but they never actually opened. I got impatient and snipped them off 😅 I'm hoping to see this one open though!

New leaves growing in my White Princess Philo | Update on my PPP | Some new baby Syngonium Maria leaves coming in | Got my Red Moon Philo leaf unstuck | Moonlight Philo leaf is starting to unfurl + whatever is going on in the middle? Any ideas? | New growths on my Monstera Standleyana Albo | Shot of my beloved Amydrium Silver Spiderman

[girrldrool]

they prosper

[cowboylikemaybelle]

ever since I discovered I could name plants after sonic characters I’ve just been goin bonkers buying them. like I just saw a lil pathos for sale and went “oh hell yeah that’s silver” and bought him. man😭😭

[the-wonder-in-his-eyes]

just me, causally rearranging my plants at 2.30 am to make room for the two new plants i definitely did not need to buy today, but could not resist.

[saint-in-chains]

I also very deeply want more of the philodendrons in the princess/knight/wizard variety because my white princess philodendron actually stole my heart...

[unorthodoxsavvy]

House Plant Asks 🪴

Aloe Vera: Have you ever had any serious injuries?

Golden Pathos: Have you ever won anything?

Snake Plant: If you could have any animal for a plant, what would it be?

Moth Orchid: Butterflies or Moths?

Peace Lily: What could you use most right now?

Basil: Favorite food?

African Violet: If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?

Jade Plant: Favorite crystal/gem?

Spider Plant: How do you feel about bugs?

Rubber Plant: What’s your favorite/least favorite texture?

Dumb Cane Plant: What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever done?

Monstera Deliciousa: What’s your favorite mythical creature?

Rosemary: If you didn’t go by the name(s) you go by now, what name(s) would you choose?

Umbrella Plant: What’s your favorite weather?

Money Tree: If you had $1m to spend ONLY on yourself, what would you spend it on?

Lucky Bamboo: Is there anything you consider lucky/unlucky?

English Ivy: What language(s) do you speak/sign/write?

ZZ Plant: Favorite band?

Boston Fern: Favorite City?

Areca Palms: What’s your favorite climate/biome?

Fiddle Leaf Fig: Do you play any instruments/wish you could play any instruments?

Pilea: Have you ever jumped into a pile of leaves?

Bromeliad: What’s your favorite color?

Dragon Tree: Do you collect anything?

String of Pearls: What’s your favorite jewelry?

Croton: What’s in your ideal salad?

Chinese Evergreen: Do you have a favorite folklore?

Ponytail Palm: What’s your favorite hairstyle?

Oyster Plant: What’s your favorite sea creature?

Kalanchoe: Do you believe in any supernatural forces/cryptids?

Jasmine Plant: What’s your favorite scent?

Heartland Philodendron: What’s the best way to win your heart?

Cactus: Are you an affectionate person?

Silver Leaf Philodendron: What’s a silver lining you’ve found in life?

Polka Dot Begonia: If you had to wear only one pattern for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Black Velvet Alocasia: What’s your aesthetic?

Birds Nest Anthurium: What’s your dream house like?

Ficus Audrey: What’s your favorite season?

Homalomena Selby: What’s home to you?

Sweetheart Plant: Talk about someone you love

[averageanonymous]

Summary: Aziraphale and Crowley have agreed that they won't buy each other gifts for frivolous human holidays. That certainly isn't going to stop them, though.

i.e. Brief Valentine's Day Fluff 🖤🤍

☆~☆~☆~☆~☆

Aziraphale could feel it. This was the one. Settled in a corner, surrounded by arrangements that were full of pink hearts and red balloons, it alone was unadorned. It didn't need any embellishment. The plant was gorgeous. A large, well-established Monstera deliciosa, also known by the name “Thai Constellation” Monstera. They were popular, but this particular variation was quite rare. Its enormous fenestrated leaves, spackled with white and yellow variegation, were full of life, lush, and verdant. Aziraphale had only the most basic experience in caring for houseplants, but he could recognize a beautiful specimen when he saw one. And this one was nothing less than perfect. 

He eagerly made his purchase, and then, upon exiting the nursery with it on a cart (to "take to his car," naturally) he surreptitiously miracled it straight to the bookshop, returned the cart, and began the walk back home. 

His mind wandered as he walked. He thought he had some black and silver ribbon in the back of the shop. He might tie a nice bow around the Monstera’s pot. Or perhaps that would be too much. Maybe somewhat too obvious a gesture. Best to keep it simple. A nice surprise (Oh, my dear, I just happened to wander by a nursery, I spied it through the window, it was nothing, really, didn't even have to go out of my way…) to complement a lovely glass of wine at the bookshop (one of his finer vintages, the ones he kept in the cabinet up in his room) after they went out for a splendid dinner (at the Ritz, of course) and had a quiet stroll through the park (nothing like a casual moonlit stroll to settle a full stomach). 

Aziraphale smiled to himself. He felt almost giddy. There was a fluttering in his middle, what he thought humans referred to cleverly as butterflies in the stomach. He wouldn't think that after literally thousands of years that going out for an evening with Crowley could affect him in such a way. Yet here he was. 

He reached the bookshop. A quick change into his evening attire, a check on the certainly-not-a-Valentine’s-gift Monstera, and he'd be off to the Ritz to meet up with Crowley. He took the steps with a skip, opening the door with a joyful flourish. And froze.

The Monstera had made it to the bookshop just fine. It sat, lovely green shining in the late afternoon sunbeams that filtered through the windows. And standing there, staring at it wide-eyed, was Crowley. 

“Crowley!” Aziraphale cried in alarm, “You were- I thought- Well, you- Ahm,” he trailed off, wringing his hands slightly, and finished weakly, “Weren't we supposed to meet at the restaurant?” 

Crowley gaped at him. Gaped at the plant. Looked between them several times. Then crossed the room in three determined strides and pulled Aziraphale into a crushing embrace. 

“No gifts, angel,” Crowley growled into Aziraphale’s shoulder, arms squeezing him until his lungs began to protest. “That's what we agreed. No. Bloody. Gifts.” 

“Oh, this isn't a gift,” Aziraphale wheezed, “I just…happened…by…” 

Crowley released Aziraphale just enough to let him breathe properly. Aziraphale looked up at him, feeling his face warm under Crowley's bright gaze. “Do you…like it?” Aziraphale asked hesitantly. 

“She's gorgeous,” Crowley said with a shake of his head. He set a hand on Aziraphale’s cheek, and Aziraphale leaned into it, turning just enough to press a kiss to the Demon's palm.

“Incorrigible angel,” Crowley muttered softly, “you just can't help yourself, can you?” 

Aziraphale chuckled, “Old habits, I suppose.” 

Crowley rolled his eyes, pulled Aziraphale back into his arms, and pressed a kiss to his lips that promised more later. 

“Come on, then,” Crowley finally said when they drew apart, both a little flushed and out of breath, “The Ritz won't wait forever.” Then he took the angel's hand in his and dragged him out of the bookshop to the Bentley. 

He opened the door for Aziraphale and Aziraphale was about to thank him when he noticed a black box on the seat. It was a few inches deep and around six inches long. He leaned in and took it, raising an eyebrow at Crowley as he straightened. 

“No gifts, hm?” Aziraphale said coyly. He lifted the lid. The smell of chocolate wafted out.

“It barely counts,” Crowley huffed as Aziraphale lifted the small stack of artisan chocolate bars from the box. Each was wrapped in thick, beautifully designed paper with detailed descriptions of the origin of the ingredients, the flavors that could be detected in each bar, the journey those ingredients took to become the precious ounces of chocolate in his hands. Crowley would have had to search for these chocolate bars. They were practically art themselves. 

“Crowley,” Aziraphale sighed, “You're far too good to me.” 

“Oh, shut up,” Crowley huffed, a smile tugging at his lips. “Will you please get in so we can go, angel.” 

So Aziraphale did, gently placing the chocolate back in its box, and laying it in the back seat so he was free to reach across and take Crowley's hand in his, lacing their fingers together. The butterflies fluttered pleasantly in his stomach. His heart beat a joyful rhythm in his chest. Aziraphale sighed contentedly. It was going to be a wonderful night. 

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Thanks for reading! Happy Valentine's Day!

[konoko]

What plants do you have?

monstera adasonii, deliciosa. sansiveira normal and baby one. spider plants, tradescantias, angel wing, azalea, dieffenbachia, impatiens, philodendron silver, syngonium, dracaena fragrans, alocasia, strawberry, lettuce... and prolly more but brain is eepy

[gaynfl]

me!! I want to see all your plant children and know their names!

🥺 okay

this is Jade, we've had her since..... 2020 I think. she survived the move cross country and has been THRIVING since she's set up camp in this window

this is Ellie the elephant ear, she had a dramatic death during winter but then started her rebirth this spring/summer and she's bigger than ever! my best friend bought her for me 🥺

this is snek (his twin snik is not pictured) they're the product of us repotting the larger snake plant we brought with us cross country. he was in too big a pot and starting to wilt so we repotted and now they're thriving!

this is an unnamed Ali the snake plant Grace got from someone at work! taking name suggestions now we apparently named her again after who gave it to us!

this is Ryan and Sharpay, we named the one on the left Ryan because that's who gave it to us so we named the other one he gave us Sharpay bc duh!

this is Gwen the spider plant. named after Gwen Stacy bc spider plant

This is Penny the money tree!! she also dropped some leaves in winter but is back and thriving again!

this is Toadstool because she has big round leaves! Grace picked her out and she's grown like.... at least 3 inches since we got her

this is Fox, the silver pothos. named Fox because silver fox and I think it's funny. Grace got them for me for my 10 years self harm free anniversary!

and then this is Gemini, named as such because she's a Thai Constellation monstera and we got her during Gemini season ! she came home with us yesterday ❣️

[retro-embellishments]

[acheronist]

big updates for the My Houseplants fans

i weatherstripped the inside of the new ikea greenhouse so it'll be much better at holding in moisture now, which is grand because it's still cold dry winter where i live and i have been FRETTING!!!!!!!!! ABOUT MY TROPICALS!!!!!!!! BEING DEHYDRATED AND COLD!!!!!!!

also found a spare plant light, so that'll introduce some warmth to the mini greenhouse situation + extra light on cloudy days when the sun isn't out. good stuff

also stopped by lowe's to get the weatherstripping tape, and did some minor plant shoplifting (found a mostly healthy raven zz branch on the floor / a pilea schumi red branch fell off the main plant as i picked it up) and i said 👁️👁️ i could probably propagate these. so now i have those two in addition to my teeny pothos propagations

the pilea has been spitting out new baby leaves pretty regularly which has been exciting, but after reading about the monstera preferring a chunkier soil for drainage, i wanted to doublecheck that i was using the right soil in my Other Plants. and i was not lol. so the pilea has been repotted for the first time in about a year and is now in a much better draining + dry soil....... sorry i was making u live in a swamp my dear

and its my blog post about my houseplants i wanna include archival pics so in eight months i can see how much they’ve changed

the monstera deliciosa !! my mom and i decided to name her nessie (the long neck monstera, ha ha ha). i was super impressed with the roots while repotting + here's a glamour shot now that she's all set up

onto the mini greenhouse wheeeeee 🪴

first pic is: the black cardinal philodendron (keeping eyes on that new leaf) + some golden pothos propagations second pic: the pilea after being repotted + the schumi red / raven zz propagation attempts

first pic: silver inch plant second pic: english ivy third pic: white nerve plant, which i suspect will come out of the greenhouse when it's warmer because she's the largest plant in there and is pet friendly so if peppercorn bites the leaves, it won't be disastrous for her health and well being

and then an obligatory glamour shot of the peacock calathea loml

okay 🖤 yay

[capitalist-teahouse]

What They Can Give

A ficlet by Mod Monstera

Cold weather whips around them, threatening to make off with any loose accessories that Lord Pwnatious was wearing. The demon waits impatiently for the return of their Omega graft, who had gone to get their vehicle while they were busy locking up the store. It was taking him longer than they were expecting, and their patience was wearing away rather quickly in this weather. They tuck their hands under their arms in a manner akin to their usual pout as an attempt to preserve heat.  The arrival of a sleek black limo brings them relief as they rip the door open, slipping into the backseat that was already satisfactorily warm. The door is hastily slammed before cold could creep its claws inside. 

"What took you so long?!" Lord Pwnatious demands, turning to Carnage, who is sitting across from them, awkwardly leaning forward to fit into the vehicle that did not accommodate his size.

"I only took a few minutes longer than usual." He responds evenly. "And besides, I was making sure something was ready." 

"Making sure what was ready?" 

"You'll have to wait and see."

The drive back to Lord Pwnatious' home was no more pleasant than usual, with them both suspended in a silence that allowed Carnage to sense the frigid mood that radiated off Pwnatious. It drew to a conclusion with the forward shift of gravity signaling their arrival. 

Carnage moves to get out first, letting their owner out. The biograft defaults to heeling as Pwnatious gets to the front door, stepping inside the dark house. Upon hitting the light switch, they find that their house isn't precisely the way they left it; Holiday cheer infecting their home in the form of tinsel over the doorways, a wreath on the door. There were a hundred little tells that this was a planned affront on their space.

They bite back a sharp remark, ignoring the obnoxious decor and instead stepping into their living room after depositing their coat onto the hanger by the door.

In there, a small Christmas tree takes residence in the corner, no taller than their waist. Little red and green ornaments arranged in a neat manner between rows of silver tinsel. Clearly, it was in an attempt to remain inoffensive while intruding on their space.

"What. Is this." They ask flatly, gesturing more vaguely around at the decorations. 

"Your family never celebrated Christmas, but I figured this year, since you've been busier than usual, it'd be nice to do something different." Carnage explains, coming in from the other room. He folds his arms conspicuously behind his back. 

"What makes you think I want to celebrate some consumer holiday like a plebian?" They ask disapprovingly.

"I figured you probably wouldn't. That's why I kept it to a minimum." 

"Anyways, I got you something." The biograft removes his hands from behind his back, offering them a box in pale golden paper.

"Merry Christmas, Pwnatious." 

Right, it was Christmas Eve, wasn't it. They didn't pay attention to the calendar unless there was something special that they cared about, which didn't include most holidays.

"I'm not a child."

  "Just take the present." 

They scoff, accepting the box and finding a seat on the couch. They feel the pressure of their bodyguard's gaze on their hands as they rip through the paper. Inside the box is a small tin surrounded by red tissue paper. They lift the tin out and read the label, which reads as a special tea blend that comes from a small company based somewhere deep in the Blackrock mountains, if they recall correctly. 

"I noticed you liked this blend when it came in that one gift basket you got from company dealings a few months ago." He explains. 

It was stupid. If they wanted the blend, they could have just ordered it themself under normal circumstances. 

However, there was an inkling of some other feeling; foreign to them and probably far too soft and disgusting and warm to ever put a name to. They quickly shove it away before anything can really sink in.

Begrudgingly, they turn it over in their hands. It did occur to them that Carnage was still keenly watching them; They didn't care to guess if it was out of expectation of something in return, or something else.

"...Thanks, Carnage." They mutter reluctantly.

"You're welcome, Pwnatious."

[augustpoem]

monstera leaf silver ring

[kpforpresident]

What if Clarke accidentally kills one of Lexa's plants that she asked her to take care of while she was away? Clarke replaces it with a lookalike but Lexa knows something is off

Lexa, armed with a spray bottle and a glass of her favourite six dollar Trader Joes red, wanders absently through the apartment that her and Clarke have shared for the past year as she hums quietly along with the radio that plays faintly in the kitchen as Clarke bangs around making them dinner. Lexa had winced slightly as she was shooed gently from the kitchen by a slightly manic-eyed Clarke, deciding to not point out the smear of pesto that marred one perfect pink cheek.

She picks up the slender silver watering can from its home on the mantle as she gently tips the spout into the base of that same Thai Constellation Monstera that had brought them together a few years ago, smiling slightly as the semi-dry soil soaked up the clear waterfall like a thirsty sponge. Lexa had flown out to the west coast at the last minute over the weekend to meet Anya and Raven's newest little one, a bright eyed little girl with a singular tuft of midnight hair and the most beautiful rosebud mouth that Lexa had ever laid eyes upon. She was named Jo after their favorite character from their beloved Louisa May Alcott book, and she had completely and utterly twined Lexa around a perfect little finger within the first minutes of meeting.

Lexa smiles softly as she remembers how Jo had slept on her shoulder as Raven and Anya had chatted softly in the background, eyes tired but alight with the soft kind of contented love that only parenthood could bring.

Burnt orange light bathes their living room as the sun quietly sinks below the skyline, casting burnished golden shadows over everything. Lexa continues to sip from her crystalline glass and tent to the plants she knows that Clarke most likely nervously avoided with all of her might while Lexa was away.

Her fingers brush over the fern that slumps on the small stool next to her favorite reading chair, the slouchy green velvet an idea place to curl up on a rainy morning with a cup of tea and a novel.

She's halfway across the room to dump the remainder of the water onto the fiddle fig that stand sentry by the doorway when a thoughtful crease mars her forehead as Lexa slowly retraces her steps to cast another thoughtful eye across the leafy green fern.

"Love?" Lexa calls as she wanders her way back across the worn hardware floors, battered wood gleaming slightly in the dying light of the lazy Saturday.

Clarke hummed an affirmative as a golden halo of hair popped out of the kitchen door, eyes lighting up as she glided forward to press a soft kiss to Lexa's wine flushed cheek. Lexa leaned into the small act of love as she moved around the counter to perch on a barstool so as to not get into the way of the culinary hurricane that was Clarke making homemade pasta.

"Clarke?"

Clarke looks up with a quicksilver smile as she tosses the pasta into the battered pot at the back of their small stove, stirring as she deftly sprinkles a pinch of salt into the merrily burbling water.

"Lexa?" Clarke chirps back, obediently moving away from the stove to focus on Lexa. Clarke scoops her wine glass off the counter as she enters Lexa's orbit, cradling the pale liquid in one hand as she brushes errant hairs out of her field of vision with the other.

"Why is the fern in the living room different, Clarke?"

Lexa watches with faint amusement as her words sink into Clarke, sees her process as a faint flush steals across already reddened cheeks, her fingers twitch around her wine glass as she flounders slightly. Because Lexa knows Clarke and her infinite roladex of facial expressions by heart, Lexa can also tell when Clarke decides to go with honesty as a faint pout shadows her bottom lip.

"I'm sorry Lex, I tried," Clarke beseeches as she spreads the fingers on her free hand placatingly, a small poof of flour flying off of her person as she practically vibrates with the energy of someone newly condemned. "The damn thing just crisped immediately when you left, and I know you said that one in particular is picky, and I couldn't do anything to revive that silly little fringe plant, so I went to Indra and-"

Lexa, whose eyebrows had been climbing higher and higher on her forehead throughout Clarke's impassioned speech, holds up a finger to cut off her harried lover before steam can begin to spout from Clarke's ears.

"Clarke, it's fine, it's just a maidenhair fern," Lexa soothes as she reaches across the bar to grab a flailing limb, smoothing her thumb across Clarke's hand as she feels her girlfriend's entire body relax at her touch.

"I- well- ok," Clarke lamely finishes, peering up at Lexa from her lower position with guileless eyes.

Lexa presses an adoring kiss to Clarke's hand as she smirks slightly, swinging her legs off the barstool to move into the kitchen to help tug down plates as Clarke hastily stirred the noodles.

"I can't believe you thought you'd just be able to swap plants and that I wouldn't notice, I run a plant shop, for chrissake, Clarke," Lexa manages to laugh around a mouthful of wine as she playfully hip checks Clarke.

Clarke shakes her head emphatically as she stirs fresh pesto into the now-drained pasta, spots of red still high on her cheeks.

"They're both green and fluffy and I cannot tell the difference Lexa, not all of us can identify every plant and fungi in the animal kingdom with one eye closed--"

Unbeknownst to the girls, the sun crept slowly below the horizon as night settled, velvety and infinite, over the city of Polis.

[elminx]

2024 Planty Update: Year in Review

Background: Prior to March 2020, my partner and I had a few houseplants: two spider plants, an african violet, lucky bamboo, a coleus, some sort of ivy, and a couple of succulents. We started collecting Sansevieria and two "Corn Plant" Dracaena early in the pandemic. Then, during the summer of 2022, I caught the houseplant bug. HARD. (Yes, it was a Monstera) That same winter, my partner was working full-time and taking classes, so I became the primary plant carer in our household.

As of October 2024, I am caring for 50 "indoor" houseplants. I am putting "indoors" in parentheses because many of my plants live outside for the warm season (about half of my collection). This currently includes a tiny English Lavender plant that was in a pot and too small to be transplanted and survive the winter. It also includes an entire pot of lemon seedlings, which I will need to rehome sometime soon.

My "permanent collection" includes 12 Hoya, 11 Dracaena (Corn Plants, Lucky Bamboo, and Snake Plants), 3 Begonia (two cane and one rex), 3 African violets, 2 Philodendron, 2 Schlumbergera, 2 Scindapsus, 2 pothos, a Spider Plant, an Aloe vera, a Gasteria, a tiny jade plant, a lemon we are trying to bonsai, a Discidia, a cyclamen, a Monstera adensonaii, a fishbone cactus, and a Pepperomia.

For the most part, this was a great growing season, and my plants are doing very well. The spider plant and Philo Basil are being rehabbed for root rot issues, and my Hoya publicalyx is still outside because it's got aphids.

My goals for 2024 were:

Figure out how to get my Philodendron "Painted Lady" to grow well (done)

Learn to trellis Hoya in an attempt to tame them (done)

Grow my Golden Pothos up my wall (failed and rehomed)

Master trimming cane Begonias (eh - I mostly just let them grow)

Flowers on my Hoya (success, sort of, though not the expected one)

Work on coleus care (eh, its just really not an inside plant but my partner insists on keeping it)

"the great repotting" (done)

Over summer my cyclamen successfully (done)

Turn my front porch into an outside growing space (done)

I also wanted to try out different-leaved Hoyas, a Philodendron Brasil, and possibly a Rhypsalis. I ended up with the Philo (see above: that's not going well), a Hoya linearis, and two smaller-leaved Hoyas. Instead of a Rhypasalis, I got a fishbone cactus.

My favorite houseplants for the growing season are as follows (in no particular order:

Hoya carnosa 'Krimson Queen' wins for Biggest Surprise as it grew two nearly white leaves.

Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica' wins for Prettiest Leaves because those silver speckles leaves are outstanding.

Philodendron erubescens "Painted Lady" wins for Best Glow Up because it was on the struggle bus last spring and is now growing leaves out of their own cataphylls (a sign of maturity).

Dracaena trifasciata 'Laurentii' (formerly Sanserveria trifasciata) wins for Best Form because, wow, it looks like the perfect sculpture.

Hylocereus undatus 'Dragon Fruit Cactus' wins for Biggest Weirdo because it so wild.

Honorable mention goes to a two-way tie for Best Plant Pot Combo, with my NOID African Violet in its perfect pink pot and my Hoya 'Mathilde' cascading like a dream out of its mushroom pot.

My favorite genus is Hoya, followed by a tie between Scindapsus and Begonia. As a general grouping of plants, I prefer epiphytes and semi-epiphytes. I'd love to add more jungle cacti and an orchid or two to my collection. But for now, I am completely out of room, and (most) of my houseplants will keep growing!