Peperomia marmot's happy bloom day
I bought this Peperomia plant Marmot 2 months ago in a supermarket. It was the last #peperomia there, a reject. It was craving Sun, and slowly dying.
I enjoy taking care of it. I like it's vibrant colour and compact shape. Today I discovered it's 5 th flower. What a happy day ☺️🌿💚 #beforeandafter #plantsmakepeoplehappy
I enjoy taking care of it. I like it's vibrant colour and compact shape. Today I discovered it's 5 th flower. What a happy day ☺️🌿💚 #beforeandafter #plantsmakepeoplehappy
2ft to light, indirect
2” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
9
Some people thought she was plastic, and wanted to touch her to see that she wasn't LOL. @FitBrowallia
@SvelteKingfern look and see whether you think the description of a Peperomia Rosso matches better than a Ripple. It’s hard to tell from just a picture. I think these make great houseplants. They stay petite and won’t overflow your end table and they come in many varieties. They are the kind of plant you can collect without having your house overrun. It’s funny how we take pity for the supermarket plants (they probably see the produce and think their destiny is doomed ha)
@TexanExpat Hi, thank you for your comment. I'm not completely sure what variety is my Peperomia. This is the best photo I could find. What do you think?
I don't know about plants seeing, but they can surely hear us speak (they notice vibrations).
Many supermarket plants die. This one didn't. It must be very happy, I think. We people don't know much about plants.
I don't know about plants seeing, but they can surely hear us speak (they notice vibrations).
Many supermarket plants die. This one didn't. It must be very happy, I think. We people don't know much about plants.
@SvelteKingfern I don’t know whether you saw my post from earlier on the recent scientific breakthrough on how plants communicate that was reported yesterday in the Washington Post. Very fascinating. As far as plants “seeing” I was kind of personifying them for comedic effect, but I also think it true that we understand very little about plants, or that we lack an appreciation of how little we know. In my post yesterday I mentioned how one the researches made an inference about plants exhibiting the signs of “intelligent life.” I am reading a book by Summer Raynes Oakes and (I believe it’s this book I have a few going) she discusses how some plants have an adaptation that makes them take on forms like a chameleon does, making them indistinct from other plants through some unknown perhaps tactile mechanism—yet as they have no eyes like we do, how is it that they can modify themselves in a visual spectrum ? Perhaps they know what other plants look like….
@TexanExpat No, I didn't see your post. I'll try to find the article from the Washington Post, and the book. We people can not comprehend what we haven't seen or touched or smelled with our senses. That's how our brain works. That's why we know so little about plants. Simply speaking, it's because we've never been a plant ( bizarre how it looks like ).
@SvelteKingfern are you familiar with biophyllic design? For almost the entirety of our existence, humanity has cohabitated with nature until in 1907 the first climate controlled environment was invented. Humanity has not begun to understand the effect that severing ourselves from nature has had. There have been many studies, but a mystery on why it is that: surgical patients with plants in their recovery rooms have higher recovery rates: children higher test scores; 15% increase in creativity and productivity merely having a plant in your workspace; reduction in anxiety levels etc with plants in home environment. Google Singapore and heat island effect and you will find information on how biophyllic design is being incorporated into public design as a strategy for combating the effects of climate change. I think the gardens by the bay and the Singapore airport are going to become a model for our future habitats as we begin to understand severing ourselves from nature only to win in cubicals that release toxic chemicals we breath in and get sick from….I think it will be a shame if humanity does not have a collective epiphany that we cannot thrive to our potential being so disconnected from nature
#TexanExpat That's 100% correct. I can feel the effect of being surrounded by nature on myself (on weekends). I feel more invigorated, stronger, and happier.