Welcome to /c/houseplants @ Mander.xyz!

In between life, we garden.

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About

We’re a warm and informative space for plant enthusiasts to connect, learn, and flourish together. Dive into discussions on care, propagation, and styling, while embracing eco-friendly practices. Join us in nurturing growth and finding serenity through the extraordinary world of houseplants.

Need an ID on your green friends? Check out: !plantid@mander.xyz

Get involved in Citizen Science: Add your photo here to help build a database of plants across the entire planet. This database is used by non-profits, academia, and the sciences to promote biodiversity, learning and rewilding.

Rules

1. Don’t throw mud. Be kind and remember the human.
2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
3. No spam.

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Resources

Recommendations

• The Best Easy and Hard to Kill Houseplants

Health

• Common Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms on Leaves Infographic

Identification

• PlantNet.org (see also: !plantid@mander.xyz)
• Seek from iNaturalist

Light Information

• GrowLightMeter
• PlantLightDB
• HouseplantJournal (Scroll down.)

Databases

• Catalogue of Life
• Perenual.com
• The Garden.org Plants Database
• Useful Tropical Plants (Interactive Database Version)
• WorldFloraOnline
• USA-NPN
• Tom Clothier’s Garden Walk and Talk
• Plants for a Future
• USDA Datasets
• Permapeople.org
• Temperature Climate Permaculture: Plant Index
• Natural Capital Plant Database
• Colorado Plant Database
• SEINet
• North American Ethnobotany Database
• BCSS Field No. Lookup (collection site IDs for cacti and succulents)
• U Michigan Native Plant Database for Michigan by Region

FOSS Tools

• Common House Plants API
• HappyPlants (Monitoring App)
• PlantGeek (Care Info App)

Similar Communities

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General

• !plants@mander.xyz
• !plants@lemmy.ml

Gardening

• !balconygardening@slrpnk.net
• !gardening@mander.xyz
• !nativeplantgardening@mander.xyz
• !gardening@lemmy.ml
• !gardening@midwest.social
• !permaculture@lemmy.world
• !tropical_plants@mander.xyz

Species

• !bonsai@tchncs.de
• !succulents@midwest.social
• !mosses@mander.xyz

Regional

• !ceanothus@mander.xyz

Science

• !ecology@mander.xyz

Sister Communities

Science and Research

• !scicomm@mander.xyz

Biology and Life Sciences

• !anthropology@mander.xyz
• !biodiversity@mander.xyz
• !palaeoecology@mander.xyz
• !palaeontology@mander.xyz

Plants & Gardening

• !balconygardening@slrpnk.net
• !gardening@mander.xyz
• !houseplants@mander.xyz
• !plantid@mander.xyz

Physical Sciences

• !earthscience@mander.xyz
• !geography@mander.xyz
• !geospatial@mander.xyz
• !soilscience@slrpnk.net

Humanities and Social Sciences

• !archaeology@mander.xyz
• !folklore@mander.xyz
• !history@mander.xyz
• !old_maps@mander.xyz

Memes

• !bushrat_confidential@slrpnk.net
• !science_memes@mander.xyz

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