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#3122324 31-Aug-2023 16:53

(if you want different colored flowers when it's flowering - you could take the Ghetto approach and simply put some drops of food colouring in the water you throw at it - I think it would be thirsty enough to suck the colouring up into the flowers. 👀😁)

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#3122325 31-Aug-2023 17:03

Thank you for the suggestions. If they aren't going to provide air cleansing or other health benefits, I am unsure if I can be bothered. I quite like plants, but perhaps not enough to look after them :)

https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-snake-plant#what-is-it

Weird that a site called healthline.com could get away with making claims like that.

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#3122326 31-Aug-2023 17:06

networkn:Thank you for the suggestions. If they aren't going to provide air cleansing or other health benefits, I am unsure if I can be bothered. I quite like plants, but perhaps not enough to look after them :)

Don't Dyson have something you can plug in to do that?

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#3122329 31-Aug-2023 17:32

networkn:
Weird that a site called healthline.com could get away with making claims like that.

What do you expect from a website which (by its own admission) has no medical credentials.

"Healthline Media LLC. All rights reserved. Our website services, content, and products are for informational purposes only. Healthline Media does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment."

Anybody can register a .com domain.

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#3122333 31-Aug-2023 17:52

networkn:

Thank you for the suggestions. If they aren't going to provide air cleansing or other health benefits, I am unsure if I can be bothered. I quite like plants, but perhaps not enough to look after them :)

https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-snake-plant#what-is-it

Weird that a site called healthline.com could get away with making claims like that.

It doesn't appear to be anything to do with the NZ organisation. This video may help regarding the health benefits including having calming effects on people by being closer to nature.

https://youtu.be/FZTkqaTCVHs?si=4HzDaarmzp8swdfl

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#3122340 31-Aug-2023 18:28

networkn:
Weird that a site called healthline.com could get away with making claims like that.

I am shocked, shocked to discover that a payola web site would publish bogus health information.

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#3122388 31-Aug-2023 20:10

networkn:

Thank you for the suggestions. If they aren't going to provide air cleansing or other health benefits, I am unsure if I can be bothered. I quite like plants, but perhaps not enough to look after them :)

Take a look at this large selection of artificial plants, which are also suitable for anyone with allergies and look deceptively real... 😉

And since I have three of them, they even survive in the low-light cellar now.

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#3122398 31-Aug-2023 20:46

These are the best:

https://www.spotlightstores.com/nz/home-decor/floristry-greenery/artificial-flowers-and-plants/artificial-plants/décor-springtime-130-mm-self-watering-planter-pot/80542987?srsltid=AfmBOoroB11VO495oCQHab8tfHv5jDVmQhlTGxI4nEyP87SNuisRkMPyHN8

Overwatering be gone.

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#3122425 31-Aug-2023 23:58

Plastic plants fade and obviously not good for the environment as they eventually end up as waste.

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#3122434 1-Sep-2023 00:27

mattwnz:

Plastic plants fade and obviously not good for the environment as they eventually end up as waste.

Agree, but not if made of good quality and UV resistant plastics - hence I have it in the cellar. 😉

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#3122768 1-Sep-2023 19:38

Houseplans that I can‘t kill. 😋

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#3122821 2-Sep-2023 06:06

Zamioculcas

I've had some of the other suggestions in this thread and managed to kill them, or they start looking scruffy after a couple of years.

Was given 2 zamioculcas as house warming gifts about 3 years ago and despite my best efforts they are still alive and looking good.

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#3123678 4-Sep-2023 23:12

MadEngineer: These are the best:

https://www.spotlightstores.com/nz/home-decor/floristry-greenery/artificial-flowers-and-plants/artificial-plants/décor-springtime-130-mm-self-watering-planter-pot/80542987?srsltid=AfmBOoroB11VO495oCQHab8tfHv5jDVmQhlTGxI4nEyP87SNuisRkMPyHN8

Overwatering be gone.

and currently on special

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