Dracaena fragrans Massangeana -- flowering problem

QuestionHello, I hope you can help my mother out. She received a stem of a Dracaena fragrans Massangeana about 12 inches 12 years ago. Now, the plant touches the ceiling, but doesnt flower at all! She waters it dail

Jungle plant

QuestionI have some kind of a jungle plant that I found on a curb a couple of years ago. It is about 1.5 meters high, has a narrow trunklike stem with rings, and many stringy leaves. It was doing great until a few

Cattleya orchid

QuestionHi Darlene, I have a Cattleya orchid, my first orchid, that is getting tons of new growth...new leaves and shoots and healthy roots. I believe it is in an optimum setting; bright, indirect light

wandering jew plant

QuestionI bought one, and as soon as I replanted it, it died. Also, I still cant figure out what window to keep it in. The best place for sunlight in my house is a window that faces south/south west. I h

Divided my wondering jew plant

QuestionHave a wondering Jew that is about 4 years old in an 8inch pot. The plant was doing well till about 3-4 months ago when the plant seem to shrink(hanging vines started to loose their leaves. Took the plant ou

Best temperature to raise an aloe plant

QuestionI was wondering what is the best temperature to raise an aloe plant. I was given two plants by someone that was not caring for them properly as the leaves were almost red and smelled horrible. I have pruned

Rubber Plant and Peace Lilly

Question Peace Lily I have never been a houseplant person until recently, when I inherited about 5 of them from my fathers funeral. The two I am having problems with are my peace lily and the rubber plant. I have ha

house

QuestionHi, We own a palm-like-tree plant that has grown to tall for our house ceiling. It looks like it has been cut before as several of the limbs have a 揵lack tar?like substance on them covering the cuts.

string of beads

Question I have a 3 year old huge string of beads and for the last 3 months (since September)it has these white flower like things all over it.I am not sure if they are flowers or not.I herd that this plant is

Frozen houseplant. . .

QuestionIn the process of moving to a new house, I left one of my plants behind. . in the freezing, empty house for about a week. Im not sure what kind of plant it was. . about medium sized, virtually un-killable, a

what is the name of this plant?

Question plant Hi I was given this plant from a lady..but she has no idea what the name of it is...I dont think its in the best of health and I need to get some more information on it to help it do better...could yo

gardenias under lights

QuestionI want to get my wife a gardenia for xmas. Ive been reading tons about growing them indoors but cant find info on which type of light I need.....HID, MH, flouresent, incandesent, etc. It seems that the metal

Droppy Spath

QuestionGreetings, Ive got a large 30+ from the top of the pot. It wont respond to watering. Ive let it dry and then I water it once a week. I feed it a 1/4 tsp of miracle grow each week with about

Parasite

QuestionSome type of parasite has laid eggs along the undersides of my pothos, cordyline and some other plant in the spider family. I first noticed these white specks all over my pothos then a closer inspectio

white fuzzy fungus on prayer plant

QuestionHello Darlene. I was wondering if you can tell me what is on my prayer plant and how to get rid of it. My plant is dying at a fast pace! A little history... I recieved the prayer plant in June for my 7wk old

rubber tree plant help

QuestionI have had a rubber tree plant for 2 yrs (new plant from grandmas funeral) and mistakenly repotted it into a 20 pot which, I think is too big (I think it was in a 14-16). It is 5-6 tall and has 11-one

Pony Tail Plant Root Trim

QuestionMy present ponytail plant is root bound in a 7 inch deep pot but I would like to trim it and house it in a shallower pot. The bulb is about 4 inches in diameter. Can you suggest how much roots I can trim. &n

BIG ROUND IVY

QuestionHi, I brought home a little over a week ago a big beautiful ivy that I received from my great grandmothers funeral. I have never had any plants as Im always afraid of killing them so I have no knowlege

last question--need to identify my plant

Questionneed to know my plant QUESTION: last question. i have another large--i assume tropical?--plant Ive had for 5 years or so. it was also in the basement with lots of southern light. its reproduced leaves

Is dracaena fragrans massangeana okay with cats

QuestionMy fiancee and I are trying to prepare our home for cats, but we are having a terrible time finding out if our house plants will be dangerous. We have a rather large dracaena fragrans massangeana plant (ab