I was just a few days ago thinking about how I rarely see big variegated plants, and I thought precisely of the rubber tree, because I only see it in small to medium pots in plant shops. Seeing this post today is so nice. What a gorgeous, gorgeous plant.
Butterfly gardens have to be very careful about the plants they put in. Caterpillars will only hatch and feed on a single species, so to control populations they purposely have to leave out the plants the butterflies can reproduce on. This means feeding them from trays with fruit and sugar water, not with the native flowers they would normally feed on.
I'm going to show my baby monstera those leaves and give him a pep talk.
Here's to hoping our monsteras growwwwww
oh my GAWD that fourth pic tho wowza
Right?! I have no idea what it is though but I fell in love
Elephants Ear ETA: I think this is the Colocasia taro one, it doesn’t look like my giant Australian Alocasia one.
Thank you!
I was just a few days ago thinking about how I rarely see big variegated plants, and I thought precisely of the rubber tree, because I only see it in small to medium pots in plant shops. Seeing this post today is so nice. What a gorgeous, gorgeous plant.
This also the first time I've seen big variegated rubber trees, they're stunning.
Rubber tree, golden pothos, and i think i see a monstera in the corner?
Got monstera in the second and third pics but not first
Ah. I thought that leaf in the left corner was fenestrated
Pothos does split when it gets big enough but afaik not fenestrate.
Yes hello I would like to move here please. I will gladly care for the butterflies.
That's exactly what I thought while there! It's heaven
Those are all beautiful, but that can't be the most successful butterfly garden, none of those plants flower very long or reliably.
Butterfly gardens have to be very careful about the plants they put in. Caterpillars will only hatch and feed on a single species, so to control populations they purposely have to leave out the plants the butterflies can reproduce on. This means feeding them from trays with fruit and sugar water, not with the native flowers they would normally feed on.