I do emjoy my indoor plants, they are a nice bit of colour on these drab, winter days.
Here are some of mine, mostly Orchids, Aloe Vera, Carnivorous, and Amaryllis, but I have quite a few African Violets and others things too:
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What a fantastic display! You truly have a green thumb; having such beautiful plants is an act of love - and hard work.
Looks enchanting Mups! It’s nice to see the inside of your house as usually it’s garden piccies. Love the cheeky frog and the window charm. You will have to share the secret of aloe and succulents because I have just killed one, not sure if it was position or over/under watering (I’m pretty good at being inconsistent with watering).
I love orchids - yours are doing very well. They are very fussy about position and love a kitchen window sill. Amaryllis is always so impressive. Such a special plant. Do you have that one every year or do you buy a new one? I’ve never had much patience in leaving it there, dormant for the whole year.
Wow these look stunning. Im hopeless with plants and they always end up dead so I don’t have any now.
Well done you.
I can’t keep plants alive indoors. All I have is an African Violet that lives in the kitchen. 
Thanks for your kind comments folks. I am getting a bit too cluttered with my indoor plants but can’t resist experimenting with cutttings.
Just taken my first ever Orchid cutting znd it nas rooted well, I’m really chuffed.
Got 3 new African Violet cuttings planted up yesterday , too.
There’s Pelagonium cuttings along the other kitchen window sill, and more Carnivorous and Violets in the front room! This has got to stop! 
Annie, the frog is my Yoga frog. You perhaps cant see him properly, but he has his hands together and is balancing on one leg. He amuses me anyway.
The crystal in the window is one of those sun catchers, i love the rainbows it makes around the room when the sun catches it. 
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How beautiful, they look very well loved 
What a lovely display Mups. I am hopeless with indoor plants - at the moment I have a Cyclamen which is hanging on by a thread and I only bought it 3 weeks ago!
being nosey trying to work out what the note on your window says Mups
A beautiful display of your houseplants Mups.
Can I ask how you took the your Orchid cutting, I would love to try that myself.
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I shouldn’t worry too much about the Cyclamen, Margaret, they are naturally coming to and end for this year now as they are more of a winter flowering plant.
Just one thing possibly though, always water them from underneath. In other words put the pot in a plant saucer and put the water in there, otherwise you can rot the tuber if it’s always wet.
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Hah, it’s me age Annie. 
I always get 101 and 111 phone numbers muddled up, so I wrote it down and stuck it where I could easily see it in an emergency.
The other number is for emergency Gas leaks - and I had to use that number a few weeks back too.
No good trawling through the internet in an emergency, so I wrote them down. 
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Great idea Mups 
Thank you Mags.
I had never seen this before, but last year I had like a tiny miniature plant gradually appear along the stem of one of the Orchids.
I looked up what it was and whether it was possible to take it as a cutting, and found out these growths are called Keiki’s. There are loads of videos on YouTube how to do it, but I remember it said to wait until it sent out a few long roots dangling down the main stem. Once it’s done this, you can carefully cut it from the mother plant and replant it in Orchid bark. I was thrilled when after a while I could see it sending down more roots in the clear drinking cup I had used, and the leaves starting to grow well.
Don’t think I can post YouTube vids, but will try. https://youtu.be/mHDoyH0tRYc
This lady is called Miss Orchid Girl, and she explains things simply and clearly.
If you also put in a search for " Orchid Keiki planting" there are loads of videos showing you how to do it.
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Thanks Mups, that’s very interesting and I have bookmarked that link.
I’ll keep a lookout for any Keiki’s … what a great the name too!
Back in the early 70’s I was keen on gardening & brought myself some Orchids from a advert in a gardening paper. I remeber the company, as it was Burnham & I lived close to Norfolks 7 villages called Burnham & all begin with A.
Burnham’s are a specialist Orchid nursery & still trade. They offer both great plants & advice on thier website.
Thanks for the tip Mups. When I’ve had them in the past I have planted them in the garden once they have died off and quite a few of them have taken. They seem to flower later in the garden.
That’s interesting Margaret.
I didn’t know they could survive cold and frost.
They are in a sheltered part of the garden and just as I think they have died a little shoot comes up and off we go again. I also plant Hyacinth bulbs that have grown and flowered in home into the garden. I have loads of those coming up again this year.
Yes, me too Margaret - planting the Hyacinths I mean, and pots of Daffs that have flowered.
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