Recommend me a low maintenance house plant...

[Lullabelle]

We grew Cacti from seed as kids. Tiny little things they were, but they gradually came away and lasted for years. I don't know whatever happened to them unfortunately.

There is a Christmas cacti in the reception at work, nobody works in there so no heat and and the light rarely goes on, in winter it can be freezing in there yet the cacti gets bigger and flowers every year.

 

[stephec]

I quite like the idea of a venus flytrap as well, although a florist did tell me they can be a bit fussy and delicate.

 

[mybike]

I always wanted a bonsai tree, when I finally got a small one I killed it in about three months.

And before I get any smart answers I know they're all small, I mean small for a bonsai.

I regularly kill Bonsai. They are NOT low maintenance.

I quite like the idea of a venus flytrap as well, although a florist did tell me they can be a bit fussy and delicate.

I grow a venus flytrap in a water feature out in the garden all summer, along with pitcher plants & sundew. They seem fine. They don't seem to over winter well tho'

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

There is a Christmas cacti in the reception at work, nobody works in there so no heat and and the light rarely goes on, in winter it can be freezing in there yet the cacti gets bigger and flowers every year.

Post it here, I'll take it!

 

[Lullabelle]

I regularly kill Bonsai. They are NOT low maintenance.

No, they need a lot of TLC

 

[Lullabelle]

Post it here, I'll take it!

I think my boss would notice if it went missing, damn thing is like a triffid

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think my boss would notice if it went missing, damn thing is like a triffid

Oh well, if it is a Triffid, then you can keep it. Just stay away from looking as Celestial events!

Seriously though, let me know if you ever want rid of it.

 

[Katherine]

Succulents. I've not managed to kill any of mine that I've been given for presents over the years.

 

[MontyVeda]

having managed to kill several spider plants... i'd recommend Tiger Palm and Wandering Jew. I also have a weeping fig, which i've failed to destroy twice, and my current project is a peace lilly.

 

[jhawk]

Cactus are great - an occasional spray with water/feed and they are happy.

Plus they suddenly reward you with flowers like this (the flowers only last a day or two though)

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Nice bike!

Can't offer anything of worth regarding your botanical situation I'm afraid.

 

[MarkF]

What's this about hardy rubber plants? I can't keep them alive, sun or shade they always shed their leaves and wither away.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Money plant (cactus family) needs no care, hardly any water.
Don't buy it though, get a cutting, they take easy.
Orchids are poisonous to cats

 

[rich p]

Each to his own, and all that, but I don't like non-native orchids at all. I'm not keen on any flowering indoor plants weirdly.
Here's my kind of indoor plant - my butterfly palm

 

[Andy_R]

here's the answer to your woes....

 

[Surlydave]

Orchids absorb light and heat through their roots which is why they should be in clear plastic pots with good drainage, bearing in mind they are actually parasites and grow on trees, they absorb the nutrients they need whilst protecting themselves in the shade away from the full sun. As pretty as yours looks, the flowers are sprayed so when they die the new flowers will most likely be white, personally I wouldn't buy them.