Tips for Longer Lasting Flowering Houseplants
When you buy a flowering plant for your house like a Phalaenopsis Orchid or Bromeliad don’t you want it to last as long as possible? Are you paying attention to:
- Where you are buying that houseplant?
- Where will the plant sit when you bring it home or at the office?
Three things will shorten the length of time that you’ll be able to enjoy the flowers on your houseplants.
- Bloom age
- Ethylene
- Heat
Learn more ways on making house plant flowers last longer and enjoy those orchids and bromeliads longer!
4 Comments on Tips for Longer Lasting Flowering Houseplants »
October 21, 2006
Perennial Flowers : Plant Care | Landscape Plants @ 4:32 pm (Pingback)
[…] Tips for Longer Lasting Flowering Houseplants 13 Oct 2006 at 3:06pm When you buy a flowering plant for your house, don’t you want it to last as long as possible? Are you paying attention to: […]
November 5, 2006
Curt @ 4:09 pm:
I have a rabit foot fern. It sits by my window and requires little maintenance. How long might this plant be expected to live. For that matter, is there a publication that catagorizes house and garden plants by their expected lifespans?. I have had many plants in my small house for decades and they seem imortal.
March 30, 2007
Bromeliad Flower Arranging! | Plant Care @ 8:08 pm (Pingback)
[…] Bromeliads not only give lots of color for months on end, but some varieties used mainly in the landscape can create a wild and exotic look! […]
January 17, 2008
Bromeliads, Pups and OffShoots @ 8:54 am (Pingback)
[…] Pups and OffShoots After a Bromeliad flowers the plant will never flower again. However, the bromeliad puts out what many refer to as pups or […]