Kalachuchi Atbp: Views From Nearby Pots

Plants, it turns out, are quite varied. There are, it keeps turning out, about 297,326 accepted species and quite possibly up to 400,000 thousand in total. That's more than you can coherently use in your salad. About 34 thousand species out of 60,000 that have been painstakingly evaluated, are threatened with extinction.

This is just gallery of random plants that have thus far survived.


Dendrobium olygophylum, a tiny orchid with flowers that smell like vanilla and jasmine, thankfully not sneeze-inducing. Because of the amount of humidity it demands, it is kept in a glass vase even with the humidifier running.

Neochilenia occulta (EN)

A plant you can indefinitely ignore.

At some point this came out.

Seeds!

The E. occulta blooms and seeds so easily that you should always, always sow them and give them away. Or harvest the seeds and then give them away. In the wild, they have a very restricted range and populations are declining rapidly because of illegal collection and road construction. The IUCN reported that current population size is less than 1,000 individuals, and the largest subpopulation has around 50 mature individuals. If you want one of these, get it from nurseries that grow them from seeds.

Philodendrom erubescens

Leaves will lose their glossy look in direct, day-long sun exposure and low humidity. Keep in bright shade, with humidity level at 50 percent and above. And it really does want regular light feeding.

Murraya Paniculata

Magnificent, vibrant plant known as Kamuning. It blooms in impressive clumps of tiny fragrant white flowers

Left outdoors, bugs will give you fruits.DO NOT treat the plant with imidacloprid or other neonicotinoids. In the unlikely event that you get infestation, spray with neem oil. Er, yes, those are cat fur.

Crassula "Pagoda Village"