Okay. Well, that's what I thought you were saying initially, and that's the question gobluedjm, rhizo_1, and I answered. You just didn't like the answer. As oakleyok said, most plants can hold themselves together for three weeks, even if they're not at all suited for long-term cultivation indoors. There might also be some miscommunication on the meaning of "foliage" in this context: most indoor plants either have fairly plain leaves but pretty flowers, or pretty leaves and plain flowers; the latter are referred to as "foliage plants" because the leaves, not the flowers, are the point. Some foliage plants are every bit as colorful as the flowering ones, it's just that the color comes from the leaves instead of the flowers. Plants that are grown for their flowers tend to be a lot more demanding, especially with respect to light levels, because it takes a lot of energy to build flowers. Foliage plants are sometimes just as demanding, especially if they're brightly-colored (pigments also take more energy to produce; only chlorophyll actually helps the plant collect energy) but there are a lot more choices among the foliage plants than with the bloomers. Some of the more colorful, easier-maintenance plants I can think of that should work for a largish, unobstructed north window, but aren't likely to produce flowers there: Aglaonema 'Brilliant' (cream, yellow, green) or 'Silver Bay,' 'Silverado,' or 'Diamond Bay' (silver, green, dark green), plus a gazillion other varieties Chlorophytum comosum (green, and then different varieties may also be striped with white, cream or yellow) Chlorophytum x 'Fire Flash' (orange, green) Chamaedorea metallica (silver-gray, greenish-gray) Dracaena deremensis 'Lemon-Lime' (green, white, chartreuse), 'Warneckei' (gray, dark green, white) or 'Limelight' (yellow, chartreuse, green) Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana' (yellow, green) Dracaena marginata 'Colorama' (pink, red, green) Epipremnum aureum (yellow, green), 'Marble Queen' (white, various shades of green), 'N'Joy' (white, green) Haworthia attenuata (dark green, white) Philodendron hederaceum 'Brasil' (green, yellow) or 'Lemon-Lime' (green, chartreuse, orange) Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii' (yellow, silver-green, dark green) and 'Black Gold' (very dark green, yellow) Saxifraga stolonifera (gray, white, gray-red) Syngonium podophyllum (assorted varieties; colors may include green, white, chartreuse, pink, red, or yellow, in various shades, combinations, and patterns) Yucca guatemalensis (usually plain-green, but there are varieties out there with yellow margins or gray-green stripes)

Wait, back this truck up! If something like Bella palm (Chamaedorea elegans, parlor palm, right?) is not doing well, I would look at something besides light. These plants need very little light. The one I've had for about 20 years is so big, it has to go off in a corner so it doesn't block the light from all of my other plants that need to winter at that window. Many times throughout the years it has spent time (seasons) in even darker corners. Outside, it burns if the sun hits it for more than a few minutes. Not sufficient experience with the others to say much, but a west window should be good for almost any sun-lover. How far from the window are they? Is it a tiny window? Just going by the palm again, I'd start looking at the soil because even zero actual direct light should be sufficient to keep this looking nice. Seems like something else is going on with the environment. What's the situation in the pots, the roots? No humidity? No air circulation? Pics would say 1,000 words for you...

Hi there, you've posted in the Australian Tropical Plant forum, which is fine, but you might find the US tropical forum more active. It's very hard to do without a photo. If you have a photo on the harddrive of your computer that is less than 60kb in size, you can post it in the Gardenweb Australian Photo gallery and we can take a look. If you have an off-site way of uploading photos, you can do so and get a "link" that you can then post within the text of a message. All a bit scary if its your first time. If you like, and the photo is not too big, you can try to e-mail it to me directly through the link on "my page" and I'll see what I can make of it. Cheers

Tiff is exactly right. It is against Houzz/Gardenweb policy to sell plants or anything else within the forums. Without that policy, these forums would soon become an annoying marketplace. The issue with patented plants is an entirely different matter, guided by Federal patent protection laws. Anyone propagating and selling patented plants without the proper mandatory licensing from the patent holder is liable for patent infringement and can (and should) be prosecuted. The laws apply to professionals, to garden groups, and to us backyard growers. Make sense?