by Lisa Steinkopf | Apr 7, 2021 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Holiday Plants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Help, Houseplant Profile
My Grandma Eldred’s Easter cactus Since Easter has just passed, I thought I’d share a picture of my Easter cactus, which once belonged to my Grandma Eldred. Background This cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, is native to Brazil and is a forest cactus, not a... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jan 13, 2021 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Profile
I am enamored with the arrowhead plant or Syngonium podophyllum. I think I have 5 different ones in my collection and I’m thinking about putting them all in one planter. The amazing and surprising thing about this plant is most people have no idea that it... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Dec 29, 2020 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Help, Houseplant Profile
Did you receive an amaryllis bulb for the holidays? Are you wondering what to do with it? I know that it is best to plant the bulb with 1/3 of it protruding out of the potting medium. But the question is why? I had never thought about it too much before, but a couple... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Aug 20, 2020 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Kitsch, Houseplant Profile
Houseplants underwater? Well, technically they are aquatic plants, but I AM growing them in the house in glass containers so they are “houseplants”, right? Here are some plants that I’m growing underwater in decorative glass containers and they very... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Aug 4, 2020 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Profile
I absolutely love this shingle plant (Rhaphidophora korthalsii {syn. celatocaulis}) and have been intrigued by it since the first time I saw it at Frederick Meijer Gardens. I just loved how the plants grew completely flat to the rocks. I found one and purchased it but... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jul 22, 2020 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Profile
I have a few ledebouria or silver squill because I can’t resist them. They are just so cool! I planted one in this face planter below in May 2019 and the picture on the right is this month. It has grown quite a lot in a year. Her hair is looking a bit shaggy. A... 
