about ohhh, maybe 3 years ago, i got mom/dad a couple of house plants, "Fittonia" is the variety.
one is dying off, but i think i am saving it, the other is doing as well as can be.
so what i did, was a trick, i earned from watching Rachel Ray, a cooking show of all places to learn something
i watered the plants for mom, as usual. i told her i will take care of HER plants, as she either forgets to water them, or over waters. i told her one time, "you could kill artificial flowers"....
either way, my mother tends to throw away ANY plant or flower that seems to be only in need of a bit of water, rather than try to rescue them....
so what i learned by watching Rachel, is "cover the plant with a plastic bag, this (as you will see in the picture) creates humidity, which helps in the plants survival...
here right now, we have dry air, certainly not good for tropical plants, such as the 2 varieties of Fittonia i got her.
Fittonia.....
Fittonia - Wikipedia
Rachel was actually covering her freshly bought basil, she puts it into a glass filled with water and covered with a plastic bag, the plant keeps growing, and she always has fresh basil....
here is a pic, of the plants and you can see the "humidity"
and here is a pic, with the plastic off, the pot on the right, is the one that has been dying off......
now, the small orange pot, has 6 seedlings, of some type of flowering bush, that i got the seeds from the barbershop's garden. i do not know the color of what will grow, but there are white and purple flowers that bud..personally, i like the white.
also, i should point out, these flower pots are directly near a VERY drafty window, not really the best place for a tropical plant or any plant to be, and knowing my mother, she would have really liked them...in the garbage........
but I KEEP THEM, in HER apartment, to not only annoy her, but to give me a MUCH NEEDED excuse to go down stairs and check on her...and the gas stove.......
you ever do/did anything like this..???? (the flowers that is)