Welcome to /c/houseplants @ Mander.xyz!

In between life, we garden.

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.

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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• !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

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