First indoor plants --> Care...
So... In my appartment I do have a cat who personally likes to bite and chew my mother's plants if he can reach them, which is not good to the plants.. some got close to dying. So, I thought of buying some smaller plants that we could have on top of furniture or window sills.
Now I have some problems with those and also doubts about how to take care of them...
I bought these:
I think this is a Gastaraloe...
This one is an Orchid (The lady at the garden center said this is supposed to be a specific kind of orchid that doesn't grow very big... don't know how true is that)
This one is some kind of "Opuntia Gumbi" I think....
And then there's a "Lucky Bamboo" that doesn't seem to be very lucky in itself... It does have some yellow stalks and does have some kind of black fungus...
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Problems and care...
The Gastaraloe:
Problems:
It appears to have some brown spots on those little spikes and on some of the tips...
Care:
Can it be in my desk where it doesn't get direct sunlight but gets sunlight? Also can it get direct light from an LED lamp (that doesn't emit heat)?
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The Lucky Bamboo
Problems:
The black fungus and yellow stalks :/
Care:
Can it still be saved? If so, how?
I've already changed the water and washed the roots with water as well....
Can it be on a shady area with not much sunlight?
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The Cactus
Care:
Does it have to be in direct sunlight? What other recommendations?
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The Orchid
Care:
Should it be in a place without direct sunlight but with sunlight?
I think that's it for now :)
Comments (8)
Rafael Lopes
5 years agoThe cactus, Orchid and Succulent do look rather healthy but the bamboo has fungus on the bottom, like on this one (taken from the web as an example):
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