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It was nice to have a restful holiday season. To b

It was nice to have a restful holiday season. To be honest, my focus wasn't on the growth of my plants, although they did grow well:
- Ctenanthe flowering (first time in a few years)
- Crispy wave fern frond complexity increasing (this is the fern-equivalent of new fenestration on Monstera leaves)
- African Violet and Phalaenopsis reliably blooming
I've been more focused on the growth of my child - no longer a baby but a little boy: his first full day of daycare is today! Now I see why parents are always saying "they grow up so fast!"

I got sick at the end of my trip to Portugal and h

I got sick at the end of my trip to Portugal and have had a persistent cough right up until now. I'm looking at my plants and feeling cheered up by all the progress I'm seeing:
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[2] My purple Phalaenopsis spike is almost ready to bloom while the white one, which has been blooming constantly for the past 8 months, now has a new spike forming. The variegated African Violet blooming is so reliable!
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[3] Peace lily - 2 new flowers on the way to replace the old one dying off
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[4] Monstera 'Burl Marx Flame' - its 9th leaf is on the way. It will probably still have no fenestrations but I'm still happy with the speed of growth.
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#africanviolet #monsteraburlemarxflame #peacelily #monsteradeliciosa

Of course I'm posing with a plant on the way up to

Of course I'm posing with a plant on the way up to the castle
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#houseplantjournal #monsteradeliciosa #Monstera #sintra #sintraportugal

How does it stand without a support? 1) This was a

How does it stand without a support?
1) This was a top cutting I took 3 years ago (only took the top 3 leaves) so there wasn't a long vine that needed support from the initial planting.
2) The plant is mature with a very thick stem so it's already quite rigid - enough to stay upright for the next few leaves. I imagine another year or so and I will need to add a trellis or just take the top cutting again
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#houseplantjournal #monsteradeliciosa #Monstera #monsteramonday #houseplants

Waiting until a peace lily wilts isn't the best wa

Waiting until a peace lily wilts isn't the best way to tell when it's time to water - better to water BEFORE obvious wilting occurs.
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My living room windowsill is limited in space due to baby stuff so the peace lily is going to have to spend the winter in the basement with just 80 FC x 14 hours a day of light (DLI - 0.8 mol/day)
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#houseplantjournal #hpjtimelapse #planttimelapse #peacelily #spathyphyllum

Each year, when I bring my Ctenanthe burl-marxii i

Each year, when I bring my Ctenanthe burl-marxii indoors, I like to give it a thorough clean up of dead and blemished foliage.
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As long as it's growing well, I can even cut off slightly blemished (but otherwise functional) leaves purely so the overall plant looks nicer.
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#houseplantjournal #ctenanthe #ctenantheburlemarxii #plantcare

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