#pilealovers

[lespetitesplantesdemathilde]

[camgans-plantdiary]

Pilea Peperomioides

[lesbianhouseplantaddict]

Watermelon Peperomia baby leaves are so cute

[thegrowingspirit]

Pilea Peperomioides Growth

Pilea Peperomioides is a unique plant that has round leaves that grow from the center of the main stem and outward. It has several nicknames because of the shape of its leaves; Chinese money plant, UFO plant, friendship plant, missionary plant, and pancake plant. All creative names based off of the leaf structure and how easy it is to propagate.

I bought mine as a baby because I wasn’t sure how to take care of it. I love starting off with baby plants so that I can watch them grow and learn how to make them thrive.

When I first got my pilea I actually had it in a terracotta pot and honestly, I couldn’t believe how fast it was growing. It would put out a new leaf after another, just amazing growth. I don’t know what made me change it into a ceramic pot (shown above) I guess I just wanted to keep it thriving? When it already was. I’m annoyed that I did that.

Lesson I learned here: don’t try to fix what ain’t broken!

(It’s happiest previous home below)

I thought maybe the ceramic pot was too constricting and if it was going to have babies eventually, I was going to have a super hard time getting it out of the concave ceramic pot without damaging the roots. So.. I repotted it again (sigh). Now it lives in this plastic pot below. I can tell by the way the new leaves curl that it isn’t living it’s best life but it’s still slowly grown but not like before in terracotta. I may repot it again at the end of summer just because it’s been a lot for it so far. 😓

This just shows how indecisive I am…

Terracotta pot is the best for this plant aside from its water needs, light and fertilizing. The pot is important !

Happy growing!

[queeran-the-cloud]

POV: local plant dad offers you a plant in these trying times

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[notyourfriendwithoutsomegreenery]

cute pot for a cute plant 🥺 also look who's flowering!

July 19 2020

[fredvanhoof]

[monstera-daddi]

All growth starts somewhere