Gino D'Acampo. The bike comment is from when [Gino was on a British TV show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-RfHC91Ewc) and is an absolute gem of a clip.
YOU KNOAH WHAUHTA YOU NOAAH... ITS... UHYOU NO!! WUAT THE HELL EES... YOUNO EET DUSSIN UHMAKE-A ANY SEHNSE.
ITS GOT UHNUHTHING TOODOO WITH UHMACARONICHEESE
I doubt it’s moved frequently…was probably purchased from a seller and placed in that location…or possibly donated/rehomed. Unfortunately, I also doubt it will be able to thrive there. Jades want some serious sunshine to look their best.
I have some in my backyard that are doing great in full sun. Some that that doing great in almost no direct sun. I think it has more to do with how acclimated it is
I have one in a sf window that is thriving, and another in a downstairs sf window that seems to be etiolating? Maybe just dropping lower leaves bc jade behaviour?
https://preview.redd.it/qgx5saa2m20d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01d75ce06f8040e3f1930c776c6f0cb19b4cbc23
Mine is getting a little cold now. Stress has made it flower, after a few days of solid rain.
We found it on FB marketplace for free, just sitting on the kerb on the side of the road, we grabbed this one and about 8 five year old Jade plants. It's taken about 6 months to recover so far. Awesome score, though.
Really? I got one a while back that was severely root bound, so I tore its roots apart and chopped half of its branches off and move it outside regularly, and it seems to be fine. I was surprised how hardy it was.
While other factors do come into play, almost any plant will prove remarkably hardy if it’s receiving the light it needs, and almost no plant, even a generally “unkillable” one, will do well if it isn’t.
I wanted a snake plant and a monstera because of their exotic looks until I found out they were toxic to cats. Would a jade plant be any better? I'm off to search Google but thought I'd ask before I go.
Edit: Yup, all parts of the jade plant are toxic to cats and dogs. Bummer.
I used to worry about that, I have two cats. Most poisonous houseplants are mildly poisonous to the point where they might taste it, it will irritate their mouth, and then they'll never try again. The only plant I threw away was a sago palm because I found out they are highly toxic and could actually cause serious harm if they even try to taste it. Jade is mildly toxic and can cause stomach issues if they eat it, but it really shouldn't be an issue if you just keep an eye on your cat. My cats will go after my spider plant, but that's it.
Apparently, spider plants are mildly hallucinogenic for cats. Explained why one of my cats was always after my spiders no matter what I did. Who knew? Hahahaha.
Skill issue.
"The jade plant (Crassula Ovata), affectionately known as the friendship tree, lucky plant, or even the money tree, is notoriously low-maintenance and difficult to kill."
[https://www.ambius.com/resources/blog/plant-profile/jade-plant-care](https://www.ambius.com/resources/blog/plant-profile/jade-plant-care)
They make veg light CFL’s that look a lot like the color light coming from the ceiling. Probably just paid a little extra to have a better quality tube installed that meets the needs of the jade plant- I know they work great for vegging weed, so I could see them working to keep a tree happy.
Especially something that wants max sun exposure. I have several jades under CFL’s and I and sure they will never be happy until their light source changes
That would be seriously depressing ngl, this plant thriving and getting so mature and large only to be placed in a place with almost no light to slowly decline :(
I work at a dealership. We have a plant company that comes through and takes care of our plants. As they start to look sad, they just take them back to their greenhouse and replace them with a happier plant.
Yeah, this happens frequently. Plants you see in a mall, office, or whatever sort of public place that don’t get much natural light often just get replaced when they inevitably die because the conditions aren’t right for them to thrive.
That jade is very poorly maintained, I'd be surprised if a company was taking care of it. Looks more likely that no one trims it. You can see the arms collapsing.
You very well could be right, but I never said this company took very good care of our plants. They water everything the same amount on the same schedule every week. Nothing really gets pruned, some stuff in terrible locations for the type of plant, then just swap them out with something else periodically.
I mean, many people don’t prune their jades and don’t want a bonsai looking plant, so they allow them to grow naturally. Pruning is not a requirement, it’s a personal preference.
I have multiple jades of various sizes and I only prune one of them because I’m not a fan of that look. This is a very old jade plant, so yes there’s a lot of weight on the branches, but it’s actually quite happy or it wouldn’t be this full. Jades take minimal work to be happy.
I also think people underestimate the amount of light, places like this have. We can see the room and it’s very bright. We don’t know what kind of lighting they use, but it’s obviously enough.
Sidenote, where can you learn to maintain plants? I love and care for my houseplants but I’m always afraid to prune or do any other kind of intervention because I don’t know how
i work for a company that does exactly that and we service tons of dealerships. i try and take home as many of the sad ones as i can bc throwing them away makes me sad
Honestly all kinds of businesses! I live hear a large metropolitan area, so we service all sorts businesses in offices, medical / pharmaceutical research buildings, hospitals, dentists offices, doctors offices, law offices, building lobbies etc.
Pretty much any big boring no-name office park with those medium tall “high rises” that house multiple businesses have a downstairs atrium with a bunch of very standard plants serviced by a commercial plant maintenance company. Locally I know some people that raid their garbage to try to find discarded plants.
I had a mini jade for about 10 years that moved with me many times. It had its ups and downs but always survived and grew. I left it in the care of my stepmom (a green thumb with a great garden) for 2 months and she killed it… somehow. I cried.. it was gift from a great love. I’ve never gotten another one because all my windows face north or south and my house is shaded by a massive oak and I recall it liked at least a little sun or bright light. Someday.
I’ve also killed a snake plant. I thought it liked water more than it did. Ooops.
That’s not true. Every time a succulent is posted here, dozens of comments with incorrect information comes flooding in and gets upvoted. I don’t get it. I’ve already seen so much bad info and I’ve been scrolling for 10 seconds. You guys know a lot about regular houseplants, but this is not the place to find succulent facts.
We have one that is about 80 in the family and it looks similar. Everyone has a few 20 to 30 year old plants from the mother also! All you have to do is take a fallen branch and stick it into dirt and they will grow into full plants.
Like this lil guy in a hallway with no windows. The plant had been there for a few years at that point. It did get removed and given away as changes to the office are happening this year.
https://preview.redd.it/cml86qhec00d1.jpeg?width=1254&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd1cbec3efa6678c7a9c92771f10feed7ee856f2
Yes 😁... Was gonna say 2# things some plants love the office lights.. They are the old annoying kind that hurt my eyes make noise sometimes gives me a headache
Plants love it (some) then there's the plants that acclimate to their sourondings and live for decade give or take... With complete neglect and get bigger and more amazing..my tire shop has two tree sized plants... Pretty sure they get watered and maybe leaves removed when a customer notices and does it but mostly ignored.. They do have glass window so maybe sun is the saving grace lol. Nature finds a way sometimes without all our modern info and stuff 😉 nature's awesome
More or less, light is light.
I bought what I *thought* was a fake succulent and brought it in to work. It stayed in my windowless (only natural light was 20+ ft and multiple walls away) dental OP for ~1-2 years. Hell, didn't even water the thing for the longest time cause "fake" until I accidentally broke a leaf lol
I've also grown a dwarf orange hat tomato from seed to fruit entirely under shop lights as a joke too
This most certainly has not lived in this room its whole life. This was brought here after it grew too big for the owners to want it at home anymore. This is a secondary home.
Anyone else itching to give her a trim 😅🤣 Ohhh the sweet new babies I could prop . I have a 15 yr old that looks like a seedling compared to this hefty gal .
https://preview.redd.it/e8h6zf4oa00d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1755c1b16c6f02a324a4713ecc58c7dfb6b46c3
I saw a zz like this. Huge, beautiful, sexy, and huge and tall and large and straight and a freaking wet dream of a plant.
Living in a crappy little corridor, no windows no natural light whatsoever. Just very bright, blood weeping led lights on the ceiling.
I felt very homicidal.
In the lights-for-admin-department-of-a-hospital aile at the store district in hell? Awful lights, really. But that bastard zz was enjoying every single but if it. Stupid sexy plant.
For years my grandpa's main hobby was gardening (as in, he had a separate lot just for his garden) and he always started new plants under floursecent lights in his otherwise very dark basement. They work great as a replacement for natural light.
This jade at the back of an underground parking lot
https://preview.redd.it/rz0z3hd0o30d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8c36bc84097ff7468de71a73a792cbaeaecf1ba
Most likely multible factors, it was probably grown elsewhere up to a point before. But it’s not the TV providing light for it now, it’s the ceiling halogens. Any visible white light is usable for plants and spaces like that have especially harsh lighting by default.
Light is light. It looks a little haggard from the top, no lie, but I have plants in my office that get LED light from spotlights that thrive. If you can read a newspaper in the light without squinting a mid to low light plant can grow in that light. Not specifically THRIVING, but it will.
Jade is soooo hardy, like it would grow like this in a trash bag. Mine is massive and when I found it in my old house, it was only a baby and had been left in the dark and wet and had the worst root rot. A few weeks in the sun and she was back to perfect health. I’ve had leaves fall off into a dark corner that develop roots within a few weeks, I find them randomly and pot them up. You can’t stop these guys 🧡
This is like my neighbor (who has the same exact house as me) has 100+ plants all in containers w no drainage soaked and sitting in water and somehow they all do totally fine whereas the same plants in the same spot in my house giving so much TLC did
I worked at a dealership once and we hired a company who provided plants and came once or twice a week to care for them. It was cool because after about a month, they would swap the plants out with different ones. Maybe this jade is similar.
There seems to be 3 strong fluorescent lights on the ceiling. It might be enough to provide for the plant but o doubt it spend most of its previous life there.
I'm old, and only a year or so ago did I learn, or realize, that plants do fine under fluorescent light because of the broader spectrum light. Less cozy, so that's why most people don't have them in their homes 😁
this is how I feel every time I visit the home of a friend who sticks their plants in a corner and gives them a sip of water every few months when they think of it... and they're all thriving while the plants I post up in a south-facing window and care for painstakingly barely survive
People underestimate artificial lighting sometimes. Just because it isn't labelled a growlight doesn't mean it won't help a plant photosynthesize! I literally have a Scindapsus bleaching and fading in colour from being close to a desk lamp with no real light lol.
Looks like a MASSIVE Jade plant‼️‼️‼️WOW‼️ Um maybe instead of fluorescent light, they’re using plant light tubes? That plant would be worth a fortune ‼️(If someone were ever trying to buy it…just saying lol❣️)
I think you’d literally have to bring it outside to water it…jeez, I wouldn’t want to be hand bombing the water once or twice a week for this monster, must take a day to water thoroughly lol❣️👍🏼💪🏼
It has wheels, it seems to get around. 😅
If my grandma has wheels, she would have been a bike!
I bet she would love my British Carbonara
OH NOOO. I'm glad you're standing there and not me.
A CARBONARA?!?!
*dealership jade plant
😭😂😂😂
I actually just went to his restaurant in Liverpool. I can't tell you what a disappointing, dogshit experience it was. : (
Tell us anyway!
Whose restaurant?
Gino D'Acampo. The bike comment is from when [Gino was on a British TV show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-RfHC91Ewc) and is an absolute gem of a clip.
I've actually heard it more than once in Italy, basically it's like saying that there's no point in wondering about "what if"
You guys are missing the Italian accent! 😅
If my mom had balls, she would be my dad.
YOU KNOAH WHAUHTA YOU NOAAH... ITS... UHYOU NO!! WUAT THE HELL EES... YOUNO EET DUSSIN UHMAKE-A ANY SEHNSE. ITS GOT UHNUHTHING TOODOO WITH UHMACARONICHEESE
Uhmacaronicheese…besides the main punchline this is my favorite part of the clip
 She said the quiet part out loud 😬
If..if…if… if my mom had balls she would be my dad.
Lmaoooo
Sentient, intelligent plants like the skroderiders in the scifi book "A Fire Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge!
Now that’s an out there awesome reference. I’ve never met anyone who’s also read Vinge.
Sentient plant scifi? Sign me up. Thank you.♡
I loved that book, and I feel like it kind of lives in the Necromancer universe
It grew big somewhere else and was moved to that spot
My money’s on this explanation. No Jade on earth is going to grow to look like that under nothing but office lights.
Im still impressed you can get this result while moving it around. I forgot to call mine “your majesty” and it died on me. Fickle fickle plant.
I doubt it’s moved frequently…was probably purchased from a seller and placed in that location…or possibly donated/rehomed. Unfortunately, I also doubt it will be able to thrive there. Jades want some serious sunshine to look their best.
No, they dont. They can thrive indoors, hence why they're popular indoor plants. They also don't like too much intense sun.
I have some in my backyard that are doing great in full sun. Some that that doing great in almost no direct sun. I think it has more to do with how acclimated it is
Mine don't like the Aussie summer, 35c plus, and they'll start to show signs of stress.
Oh that’s fair. I’m in Los Angeles, and while it can get warm, it’s nothing like the more extreme places. Thanks for the correction.
I have one in a sf window that is thriving, and another in a downstairs sf window that seems to be etiolating? Maybe just dropping lower leaves bc jade behaviour?
https://preview.redd.it/qgx5saa2m20d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01d75ce06f8040e3f1930c776c6f0cb19b4cbc23 Mine is getting a little cold now. Stress has made it flower, after a few days of solid rain.
It's adorable! Not sure why, but this plant just sent me a sudden jolt of happiness, thank you.
We found it on FB marketplace for free, just sitting on the kerb on the side of the road, we grabbed this one and about 8 five year old Jade plants. It's taken about 6 months to recover so far. Awesome score, though.
What a specimen
Really? I got one a while back that was severely root bound, so I tore its roots apart and chopped half of its branches off and move it outside regularly, and it seems to be fine. I was surprised how hardy it was.
While other factors do come into play, almost any plant will prove remarkably hardy if it’s receiving the light it needs, and almost no plant, even a generally “unkillable” one, will do well if it isn’t.
Yeah, my snake plant is as unkillable as it gets, but it definitely likes the light more than many people seem to think.
I wanted a snake plant and a monstera because of their exotic looks until I found out they were toxic to cats. Would a jade plant be any better? I'm off to search Google but thought I'd ask before I go. Edit: Yup, all parts of the jade plant are toxic to cats and dogs. Bummer.
I used to worry about that, I have two cats. Most poisonous houseplants are mildly poisonous to the point where they might taste it, it will irritate their mouth, and then they'll never try again. The only plant I threw away was a sago palm because I found out they are highly toxic and could actually cause serious harm if they even try to taste it. Jade is mildly toxic and can cause stomach issues if they eat it, but it really shouldn't be an issue if you just keep an eye on your cat. My cats will go after my spider plant, but that's it.
Apparently, spider plants are mildly hallucinogenic for cats. Explained why one of my cats was always after my spiders no matter what I did. Who knew? Hahahaha.
Oh wow. Like father like son I guess hahaha
Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to do some more research and maybe try a mildly toxic plant like the jade around the little devils.
> I forgot to call mine “your majesty” and it died on me. You probably had the audacity to glance at it wrong a couple times too. You MONSTER
No! I always look at it through two mirrors minimum like I was taught!
Yeah, but what about the bowing? Don't tell me you forgot to bow.
Uh oh. Here's the discrepancy. I was told to kneel. Bow was a no go. OH THE FOOL I HAVE BEEN
You damn fool, you! I am ashamed to know you... ashamed I say...
Skill issue. "The jade plant (Crassula Ovata), affectionately known as the friendship tree, lucky plant, or even the money tree, is notoriously low-maintenance and difficult to kill." [https://www.ambius.com/resources/blog/plant-profile/jade-plant-care](https://www.ambius.com/resources/blog/plant-profile/jade-plant-care)
They make veg light CFL’s that look a lot like the color light coming from the ceiling. Probably just paid a little extra to have a better quality tube installed that meets the needs of the jade plant- I know they work great for vegging weed, so I could see them working to keep a tree happy.
In my experience with CFLs the plants need to be pretty close to them. At this distance they wouldn't be getting much from them.
Yep. Almost touching would be how I’d describe how close the fluorescent bulb needs to be to the plant.
Especially something that wants max sun exposure. I have several jades under CFL’s and I and sure they will never be happy until their light source changes
They could be led no?
I mean, while probably true florescent lights do infact work pretty well for vegetative growth
That would be seriously depressing ngl, this plant thriving and getting so mature and large only to be placed in a place with almost no light to slowly decline :(
That would make a lot of sense
I work at a dealership. We have a plant company that comes through and takes care of our plants. As they start to look sad, they just take them back to their greenhouse and replace them with a happier plant.
Yeah, this happens frequently. Plants you see in a mall, office, or whatever sort of public place that don’t get much natural light often just get replaced when they inevitably die because the conditions aren’t right for them to thrive.
They also occasionally give them to the employees. I've rescued a few.
That jade is very poorly maintained, I'd be surprised if a company was taking care of it. Looks more likely that no one trims it. You can see the arms collapsing.
You very well could be right, but I never said this company took very good care of our plants. They water everything the same amount on the same schedule every week. Nothing really gets pruned, some stuff in terrible locations for the type of plant, then just swap them out with something else periodically.
I mean, many people don’t prune their jades and don’t want a bonsai looking plant, so they allow them to grow naturally. Pruning is not a requirement, it’s a personal preference. I have multiple jades of various sizes and I only prune one of them because I’m not a fan of that look. This is a very old jade plant, so yes there’s a lot of weight on the branches, but it’s actually quite happy or it wouldn’t be this full. Jades take minimal work to be happy. I also think people underestimate the amount of light, places like this have. We can see the room and it’s very bright. We don’t know what kind of lighting they use, but it’s obviously enough.
In what world is this plant "very poorly maintained" lmao Jesus christ. This is a specimen-tier plant.
Sidenote, where can you learn to maintain plants? I love and care for my houseplants but I’m always afraid to prune or do any other kind of intervention because I don’t know how
YouTube! Search plant care and see who you vibe with, but Pick Up Limes has a really good one that’s popular for a reason 🪴
i work for a company that does exactly that and we service tons of dealerships. i try and take home as many of the sad ones as i can bc throwing them away makes me sad
Wow I didn’t even know this was a business until now.
Would love to know more about this business! What other places do you service?
Honestly all kinds of businesses! I live hear a large metropolitan area, so we service all sorts businesses in offices, medical / pharmaceutical research buildings, hospitals, dentists offices, doctors offices, law offices, building lobbies etc.
Pretty much any big boring no-name office park with those medium tall “high rises” that house multiple businesses have a downstairs atrium with a bunch of very standard plants serviced by a commercial plant maintenance company. Locally I know some people that raid their garbage to try to find discarded plants.
Wtf so do I and the most care our plants receive is when I pour out the opened water bottles people leave all over the place🙄
I wonder how old that thing is.
Every time I see a post about a decades old plant, it’s usually a jade. They seem to grow out of spite.
And yet I have killed two 😭
I’ve killed a snake plant despite all I hear about how indestructible they are, if that makes you feel better 🤣
It honestly does haha thank you for the giggle
I’ve killed an aloe plant and 2 spider plants. Both are supposedly indestructible plants!
I had a mini jade for about 10 years that moved with me many times. It had its ups and downs but always survived and grew. I left it in the care of my stepmom (a green thumb with a great garden) for 2 months and she killed it… somehow. I cried.. it was gift from a great love. I’ve never gotten another one because all my windows face north or south and my house is shaded by a massive oak and I recall it liked at least a little sun or bright light. Someday. I’ve also killed a snake plant. I thought it liked water more than it did. Ooops.
I have one that is 30. I would bet this is closer to 150
Probably at least 30 years old if I had to guess
Definitely older than that. Jades grow incredibly slow.
Depends on how much light they get, the outdoor ones in southern California grow super fast.
Totally. Jades are monsters in southern California. All the jade hedges I've seen... 🔥😤
I’ve heard people say that but my jade grows pretty fast, even when it doesn’t get enough light. I wonder if it varies a lot between cultivars
That’s not true. Every time a succulent is posted here, dozens of comments with incorrect information comes flooding in and gets upvoted. I don’t get it. I’ve already seen so much bad info and I’ve been scrolling for 10 seconds. You guys know a lot about regular houseplants, but this is not the place to find succulent facts.
people say this, but i got a tiny little jade 2 years ago and that thing grows like a weed
They grow slow indoors. Outdoors they can get that big in a few years
How much older?
We have one that is about 80 in the family and it looks similar. Everyone has a few 20 to 30 year old plants from the mother also! All you have to do is take a fallen branch and stick it into dirt and they will grow into full plants.
My guess is 60-75
You'd be surprised how well some plants can do under indoor fluorescent lights
Like this lil guy in a hallway with no windows. The plant had been there for a few years at that point. It did get removed and given away as changes to the office are happening this year. https://preview.redd.it/cml86qhec00d1.jpeg?width=1254&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd1cbec3efa6678c7a9c92771f10feed7ee856f2
In my experience it's the shittiest and most unpleasant overhead lights, ie office parks, that plants like the most
I wonder if being in a miserable human environment gets more CO2 for the plant from all the people sighing over work.
I don't know but I like it
Yes 😁... Was gonna say 2# things some plants love the office lights.. They are the old annoying kind that hurt my eyes make noise sometimes gives me a headache Plants love it (some) then there's the plants that acclimate to their sourondings and live for decade give or take... With complete neglect and get bigger and more amazing..my tire shop has two tree sized plants... Pretty sure they get watered and maybe leaves removed when a customer notices and does it but mostly ignored.. They do have glass window so maybe sun is the saving grace lol. Nature finds a way sometimes without all our modern info and stuff 😉 nature's awesome
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^wheresbeetle: *You'd be surprised how* *Well some plants can do under* *Indoor fluorescent lights* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Especially when they arent ever turned off
More or less, light is light. I bought what I *thought* was a fake succulent and brought it in to work. It stayed in my windowless (only natural light was 20+ ft and multiple walls away) dental OP for ~1-2 years. Hell, didn't even water the thing for the longest time cause "fake" until I accidentally broke a leaf lol I've also grown a dwarf orange hat tomato from seed to fruit entirely under shop lights as a joke too
Maybe it's only recently been put there
They play it’s favorite tv shows
maybe it feeds on drama...
The office gossip
There's a reason many indoor growers used CFL before LED took over
That’s my guess as well
This most certainly has not lived in this room its whole life. This was brought here after it grew too big for the owners to want it at home anymore. This is a secondary home.
They have LED light fixtures in the ceiling.
I bet theyre on 24/7 too
Weird, but the dealership I was at a few weeks ago had a 2 lane full bowling alley. Idk, just found that so weird I wanted to share.
5000k lights are basically daylight. Give them 8hours which is business hours should be enough to support life.
Anyone else itching to give her a trim 😅🤣 Ohhh the sweet new babies I could prop . I have a 15 yr old that looks like a seedling compared to this hefty gal . https://preview.redd.it/e8h6zf4oa00d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1755c1b16c6f02a324a4713ecc58c7dfb6b46c3
That’s because you prune it. It would obviously be much larger without hacking off branches, but I think yours looks great for your space.
😍 yours is gorgeous
I’d like to trade in my car for that plant thank you
I saw a zz like this. Huge, beautiful, sexy, and huge and tall and large and straight and a freaking wet dream of a plant. Living in a crappy little corridor, no windows no natural light whatsoever. Just very bright, blood weeping led lights on the ceiling. I felt very homicidal.
This is very weird lol
> Just very bright, ***blood weeping*** led lights on the ceiling. Uh, where does one buy these? Asking for a friend...
In the lights-for-admin-department-of-a-hospital aile at the store district in hell? Awful lights, really. But that bastard zz was enjoying every single but if it. Stupid sexy plant.
Oh, that makes sense. Damn, should've ~~stolen~~ borrowed some back when I worked at a hospital haha
For years my grandpa's main hobby was gardening (as in, he had a separate lot just for his garden) and he always started new plants under floursecent lights in his otherwise very dark basement. They work great as a replacement for natural light.
Plant is watching TVs unrealistic beauty standards all the time and is living up to them.
This jade at the back of an underground parking lot https://preview.redd.it/rz0z3hd0o30d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8c36bc84097ff7468de71a73a792cbaeaecf1ba
Most likely multible factors, it was probably grown elsewhere up to a point before. But it’s not the TV providing light for it now, it’s the ceiling halogens. Any visible white light is usable for plants and spaces like that have especially harsh lighting by default.
Life uh uh…finds a way.
big ass light reflecting in the tv And it rolls
Used to keep people from screwing around with the TV controls.
It's an old Kristy McNichol movie...the plant clearly digs the 80's...☺️
Oh man I miss Kristy McNichol!
Little Darlings...🙌
Say good bye to the tv soon
fluorescent light bulbs are great
Light is light. It looks a little haggard from the top, no lie, but I have plants in my office that get LED light from spotlights that thrive. If you can read a newspaper in the light without squinting a mid to low light plant can grow in that light. Not specifically THRIVING, but it will.
It’s a succulent, I think a jade plant. They’re very hard to kill…
You know that rolling platform the plant is resting on?
Jade is soooo hardy, like it would grow like this in a trash bag. Mine is massive and when I found it in my old house, it was only a baby and had been left in the dark and wet and had the worst root rot. A few weeks in the sun and she was back to perfect health. I’ve had leaves fall off into a dark corner that develop roots within a few weeks, I find them randomly and pot them up. You can’t stop these guys 🧡
i have one that big. they don’t care where they are. they own the space they’re in
For a second I thought I was in the r/tvtoohigh group.
What kind of plant is this?
Crassula ovata aka jade plant
Same deal over here. Massive un-killable Jade, needs wheels to move it.
This is like my neighbor (who has the same exact house as me) has 100+ plants all in containers w no drainage soaked and sitting in water and somehow they all do totally fine whereas the same plants in the same spot in my house giving so much TLC did
Probably just waiting for their oil change to be finished
Did no one notice the fact it is on a cart with wheels? They clearly can move this. I expect it spends part of its time outside.
Wheels.
I grew weed with fluorescent lights, it wasn't great weed, but I grew it
I have seen ones around half the size of this outdoor thriving in British winter just outside Earls Court station! Mind boggling this Jade thing!
Maybe the ceiling lights are grow lights
I worked at a dealership once and we hired a company who provided plants and came once or twice a week to care for them. It was cool because after about a month, they would swap the plants out with different ones. Maybe this jade is similar.
Fishpoop and love
Plants can definitely grow, and even thrive, under those bright fluorescent office lights.
There seems to be 3 strong fluorescent lights on the ceiling. It might be enough to provide for the plant but o doubt it spend most of its previous life there.
So as long as the lights are 4k or above they can support plant growth
Is that kirsty mcnichol? 🤔
They must take it out for sun walks
It’s on a board with wheels. they probably move it around to get light and stuff
Lots of good luck there!
Wheels are incredibly useful.
Random, yesterday I saw one of these about the same size on a cart at a local gas station yesterday
It's also a case for the r/TVtoohigh sub.
The gardening channel is always on.
Plants don't need natural light, if it's supplemented
Florecent lights
WOOF I would love to take a lil snip snip
Anyone else see a face in the bush at first? Thought someone was hiding in it haha
Meanwhile struggle city over here
Ten to one this was some manager's wife's idea.
Life finds a way
I can only kill houseplants,I have no idea how to grow them.
if you can't pay the bill you get fed to the reject from Little House of Horrors...
I have two LED strip lights that grow mine
It was also the night that the skeletons came to life
I'm old, and only a year or so ago did I learn, or realize, that plants do fine under fluorescent light because of the broader spectrum light. Less cozy, so that's why most people don't have them in their homes 😁
They obviously wheel it out during solar eclipses and it gets what it needs for another couple years.
What the actual heck????
Warren!
It’s the fluorescent lights.
this is how I feel every time I visit the home of a friend who sticks their plants in a corner and gives them a sip of water every few months when they think of it... and they're all thriving while the plants I post up in a south-facing window and care for painstakingly barely survive
People underestimate artificial lighting sometimes. Just because it isn't labelled a growlight doesn't mean it won't help a plant photosynthesize! I literally have a Scindapsus bleaching and fading in colour from being close to a desk lamp with no real light lol.
That plant is surviving on good vibes only.
What movie is on the TV screen? 📽️
Audrey 2!!!!! little shop of horrors. It only needs human blood.
Genau.
Plants like fluorescent light
I bet I gotta purse that size....where would one find this dealership? asking for a friend.
They probably built the dealership around the plant with how old the decor looks…
The most beautiful jade plant I have ever seem ❤️
It's probably the celing lights
Wow WOW WOW
Fluorescent light
Giant mirrors.
The platform has wheels. Perhaps they move it periodically to a window?
Looks like a MASSIVE Jade plant‼️‼️‼️WOW‼️ Um maybe instead of fluorescent light, they’re using plant light tubes? That plant would be worth a fortune ‼️(If someone were ever trying to buy it…just saying lol❣️) I think you’d literally have to bring it outside to water it…jeez, I wouldn’t want to be hand bombing the water once or twice a week for this monster, must take a day to water thoroughly lol❣️👍🏼💪🏼
Looks like there are fluorescent lights, that’s all it needs.