Re: Bathroom plant question

Kinda hard to advise without knowing how much and what kind of light and how humid it's likely to be. Orchids are usually an excellent choice if they can be watered a couple of times a week. Also bromeliads; if you pick the right bromeliad, it could die and you'd never know it. A ficus might do well--they seem to tolerate almost any environment and level of abuse, but they're not exactly "colorful." If maintenance isn't a problem, African violets [and their kin] usually do well in low-light, high-humidity places. 


On May 18, 2008, at 3:57 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
I have just received an email from a friend I haven't heard from in a long 
time.
She tells me that she is moving to a retirement home with a huge wheel-chair- ready bathroom. She says she always secretly admired and envied the plants I had growing in my bathrooms, and asked if I would give her a list of plants 
that she might grow in her new place.
Well, it just happens that my last bathroom plant got too big for the space 
and
I have not replaced it. When I tried to think of a list to give her, I 
couldn't come
up with much. I have grown Kalanchoes there from time to time, but they 
usually
get ratty after a few months, and I throw them out. Of course there is always Philodendron, and I once had a very nice dwarf Platycodon that thrived for a 
few
years. I grown ferns elsewhere in the house, so I suppose they would work in bathrooms, too, and I have a friend who grows orchids in her bathroom, but I 
have
never tried that.
This group is the source of all knowledge, so help me out with a list of 
plants
for bathrooms. My friend seems to think I know more than I do. Really, I 
just
put in whatever was handy or looked right, and usually it worked. Help me 
keep my reputation as a knowledgeable person.

Auralie
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