House Plants: Advice, Pics, Sell and Trade

I really like house plants and the last active house plant on here is 7 years old.

I'm gonna post a couple of my project pics and stuff and maybe in the future also some of my plants for sale or trade.

Since my kitchen in windowless I have an Ikea Vaxxer thing, which is supposed to be used for growing lettuce and stuff in water, I've opted to use it as a mini nursery.
So here's my collection:

In the back is a couple of Fuchsia Bonsai projects, one of which is being grown into a cascade pattern. There's also an air plant hanging in the back.

Here's another bonsai (Ficus)

And finally here's a Ficus Bonsai "forest" project. I've had a some Ficus Benjaminas and they'be been really fucking annoying and refused to be "proper" bonsai trees, so I made this as a last ditch attempt to keep them alive.

Post your cool house plants!

I love my butterfly palm - what's the best soil type for repotting ?

Good idea! Got a bunch of hipster plants – fiddle figs, succulents etc. Will post some pics at some point.

We got an orchid from some flower show my wife's mother dragged her to a few years ago.

We keep it on a window sill that's actually in the shower, so it gets misted with warm water daily. It seems to thrive there.

I love house plants tooo!

I'm particularly interested in the ones that help improve the air inside your home.

Don;t know much about it but came across this:
http://www.boredpanda.com/best-air-filtering-houseplants-nasa/

piqued my interest...

As it would happen I have a Devil's Ivy that an old house mate gave me, I also have a Spider Plant runner, that I potted, that my Uncle gave to me.

And @hanford something that drains easy, they don't like to be sat in water or else the roots start to get rot in them

I've got approximately one million spider plants. If anyone wants one, pop round:

I've got an Aloe Vera in the air conditioned office which I'm slowly killing, I think due to over watering. I'll have to take it home and dry it out in the summer sun.

I also made a terrarium, I'll post a photo of that later.

Ask attempting to grow chilies on my windowsill, they're not dead yet.

We have a rad collection of cheap supermarket gift orchids. Some gifted to us and others found thrown out. Treat them mean and they'll flower 3 or 4 times a year.
Have just started growing salad leaves and mint and need to up the edibles game more.

My uni housemates were into the more clandestine side of house plants. Looked like hard but rewarding work if that's your thing.

I've been trying to find a Swiss Cheese plant. Monstera Deliciosa. Anyone seen them for sale in town?

Maybe here: http://www.thenunheadgardener.com/shop-1/plants-for-the-home/

Deliciosa, good name!

funnily enough i was about to post up i could provide a few monstera cuttings
have done a few myself in the last few years and they take quite easily
could snip of a section for you to grow from scratch

I really want one of these too, such lovely leaves, so trendy

spider plants galore here too if anybody wants a couple

ooh I'd be interested

The Nunhead gardener is a really good shop for indoor plants - Northwise, Camden Garden centre in Pancras Way or the one near the Scolt Head in Haggerston are good (though Haggerston is pricey) @Apone

@dicki could I have a monstera cutting? I could trade it for some Mother of Millions (Bryophyllum delagoense) of which I've got loads

there are a limited supply apone was looking, so first dibs to him if he wants
i can maybe do one or two more ( 3 in total )

apone
haveo
spxtz will take some mother of millions in exchange

currently

Was going to post a 'Spider Plant Wanted' request. If you're​ eastish, I'll happily exchange for a beer.

I'll happily take whatever remains unclaimed.

you can have 4 or so spider plants
collection anytime

just potted up another 30 or so spider plants so loads of spares

Mint is a piece of piss. Just get the scrag ends of a pack of supermarket mint and literally stick them into some compost on your kitchen window sill. Then take cuttings once they take and add them to the pot.

Hey presto! You've got more mint than you had before. Why not make home made toothpaste?

how do indoor flowering plants (specifically chillis) get fertilized or whatever so the flowers turn into fruits? ie if there are no bees inside to do the pollination will they not fruit?

You get a little paintbrush and tickle each flower to spread the pollen between them.