This
is probably my most rewarding hobby as
it
takes up the least of my time and is the most fulfilling with little and
sometimes no effort at all for weeks on end. Yes,I did say weeks, my plants
seem to thrive on neglect !
Pictured
above are some of the plants that I had when we first moved into
our house in 1985. The Plant in the lower right hand
corner,
in a yellow pot with the green base is called our 7 leafier.
This
plant sat dormant for years in our old house every night at dinner we would
just stare at it wondering why we kept it around. When we moved it into
our present house it just took off. Check out the picture below.
THE
one featured in the background is the 7 leafier,
I
just recently cut about a good foot off of it as it was extending beyond
the 12' ceiling level . In an attempt to stunt it's growth lengthwise
and have it fill in more widthwise. Results of my hack-o-matic are unknown
yet.
The
one on the right hand side in the picture below is also the same one pictured
on first picture in green little pot.
This
plant stands just under 5' and has been separated off,
both
plants are doing well.
This
next one pictured is shown above on the bottom shelf (middle) in the orange
pot. As you can see it's way
over
due for a separation
repotting
& staking.
The
Below plant was acquired as a baby in a funeral
arrangement
for my grandmother who died in 1992.
It
in itself was no larger then the 7 leafier.
As
you can see it is now reaching its level of taking
over
the house :)
In
addition to the PLANTS pictured above I also have some
GIGANTIC
aloe vera's that I started from babies along
with
numerous other plants who's names I do not know.
The
reason I say they grow by neglect is I never fertilize
them
nor do I remember to faithfully water them. During the
winter
months I maybe water them 2 times a month if they
are
lucky. In the summer I do tend to water them more often
and
have even on occasion transplanted one or two .
I have
been very lucky with them, they just must be happy