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What do I like about my houseplants?

I like that when I get up in the morning, I am needed.
I enjoy associating with beings that are honest and truthful and forgiving, and always do their best.
I am grateful that I can help things grow, or at least cheer while they do it. It is a thrill to me when I see the first incredibly tiny leafstalk coming out of the soil of a leaf-cutting. I am encouraged in some deep visceral way by the incredible 'will' to live and grow and propogate that these green things have.

I am fed in my soul by babies and other growing things

My Houseplant list as of March, 2001 (all under artificial lights):

1 - Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palms) - (3) largest 4 foot
Rhapis excelsa (Minature Lady Palm) - seedlings I got in spring 2000 from Rhapis Gardens (http://www.rhapisgardens.com)
- Kodaruma x Tenzan
- Tenman x Daikokuten
- Kodaruma x Daruma
2 - Howea forsteriana (Kentia Palm) - 4 foot
3 - Chamaedorea elegans (Parlor Palm) - (5)
4 - Dracaena marginata - (2) largest 6 foot
- D. marginata tricolor - 4 foot
- Dracaena deremensis 'Janet Craig' compacta
5 - Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii'
- Sansevieria t. ?
- Sansevieria t. 'Hahnii'
6 - Aspidistra elaitor 'Milky Way' (Cast Iron Plant)
7 - Aglaonema commutatum (3)
- Aglaonema crispum 'Silver Queen'
8 - Zamioculcas longifolia (the small-leafed ZZ)
9 - Peperomia obtusifolia (Baby Rubber Plant)
- Peperomia caperata 'Emerald Ripple'
10 - Brassaia arboricola (3) largest 5 foot
11 - Spathiphyllum (Peace Lily) (2)
12 - Aeschynanthus (Lipstick Vine) (2)
13 - Epipremnum aureum (Pothos) (2)
14 - Hedera helix (small-leaves)

And a few over-wintering annuals waiting to get back outdoors.
In my very small outdoor garden I have some nice perennials which I will tell you about later.