Welcome to /c/houseplants @ Mander.xyz!

In between life, we garden.

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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.

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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)

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Science

• !ecology@mander.xyz

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