Post #67096 by Swanky on Wed, Dec 31, 2003 9:38 AM

Here is what I have in the bar/computer room now. This spring when there is a lot more selection and big palms in the stores, there will be more. Thsi is also very crowded towards the window now. I have one florescent 15 watt light I leave on each night switching which side of the room gets it. So far, all is well.

On the right you see the trunks of a large palm, and then going left, and smaller palm, then barely you see the large leaves of another hearty, fast growing plant. The big bushy guy in the center is one of the draconis species. They do well, but grow very slowly, so buy it large to begin with. The one on the far left is a corn plant maybe? Something like that. A large trunk on those, and they are pretty hardy too.

On the right I have smaller stuff, and then there is the shorter guy with the colorful leaves. This plant does well, but it a drinker. Water it twice a week, and avoid hitting it. The leaves will break off. If it gets dry, they fall off. The larger dark leaf plant I think of as a rubber tree, but I don't think it is. Hearty and grows pretty fast.

Thereare and will be more. Since we spend so much time on the computer, it's in the tiki room. Enjoy the space. I have a dark wood desk and have made it so that I have plants all the way around 3 sides of the desk to "engulf" it. I may need to get another light or two as summer gets here and I move these plants away from the window and "arrainge" everything better. But they are happy so far.