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I'm a new member. I grew up on a farm and we grew a lot of our own fruits and vegetables. We also had an ornamental garden and I loved it. I used to do a lot of gardening but due to disability I can't do much outside nowadays. I'm looking to start a collection of house plants to indulge my love of growing things.
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Welcome to HTUK, Leaporlepor icon_cheers

A number of well ķnown houseplants serve as outdoor exotics for some members here. We're going to be fascinated by your exotic houseplant preferences icon_thumleft
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Thank you Grevilleaj. I have a love of succulents, cacti and carnivorous plants but I would like to learn how to keep orchids and bonsai trees.
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Hello and welcome to the forum Lea. As for houseplants there are plenty of succulents available to grow indoors,
quite a few palms suitable for indoors ,aspidistra, rubber plant, maybe even a Banana plant(how about a dwarf cavendish?).As the kid has said on your other thread Bonsai really belong outdoors and only brought indoors for short periods.How about some carnivourus plants (monkey jar is a good one I have one in a north facing window)I will find its proper name later for you. Look forward to hearing your progress
Jim
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I have a Venus fly trap and am fascinated by carnivorous plants so would certainly be interested in getting other types (I also despise flying insects so carnivorous plants have an extra benefit). I am considering some ferns and a snake plant for the bathroom. I'll look into indoor palms as floor standing plants have a good appeal as I've limited surfaces for pots (they have to contend with photographs, a large number of books and my teapot collection). It's a shame about the bonsai but I'm sure I'll find an alternative.
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HI Lea
As promised the carnivorus plant I refered to Is known is called a Nepenthes commonly called Monkey cups/jars.
Remember though that the need a medium with no nutrients (I use irish moss peat with perlite) and only water with rain water.
Jim
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