I've named the green thing Giorgio Jr after the other green thing turned yellow and shriveled up. In case anybody is wondering I had named that other green thing Giorgio
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2025
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You missed an opportinity to call it "Immortal 2".
The water requirement depends on species. What you got there is clearly not a low maintenance entry level plant.
That looks like a type of ZZ/snake plant. Reverse image search says it's a whale fin plant.
I water my ZZ plant once a week, at most (soil dries between waterings), once a week. Care for whale fin plant is the same.
That's about as entry level as it gets. Unless your comment was sarcasm...
I was thinking of succulents and cacti. If you travel somewhere for 2 weeks and forgot to water the plants before you go, it's ok. Some plants can just handle it regardless. Once a week plants are pretty average IMO. Bonsai and orchids are high maintenance plants for those who need a new hobby.
From experience: orchids are not high maintenance, if you know what you're doing
It may be low maintenance after all! It looks like a pup from a type of bromeliad known as Silver Vase.
K hold on...
📝.... It's a "plant"
Please go on
And an organic life form. They tend to be very picky about the conditions they consider suitable. This involves variables like temperature, pressure, radiation, pH, water, concentration of several nutrients and so on. Once all of these are approximately right, the organism itself can handle all the fine tuning (AKA homeostasis).
Some life forms have a very narrow operational window, so you may be required to adjust the environment accordingly. For example, providing radiation in the 400-700 nm wavelength is usually acceptable. Radiation outside that range will not be utilized and may even have detrimental effects to DNA integrity.
I, also, am picky about these variables
📝 No gamma radiation...
Even UV (10…400 nm) can be harmful. Not all plants can handle that very well. Intensity plays a role too. Just a little bit of <400 nm radiation should be fine, but if you increase the power output, it’s going to start damaging the plant. Some plants actually produce compounds that mitigate the harmful effects of UV radiation.
I will take measures to regularly bombard Giorgio Jr with photons of said wavelength
Don't overdo it either though. Plants can look like they're drying out when they're suffering from too much water. Happened to me several times. And that one looks thick-leafed so I'll hazard a layman's guess: it doesn't need much water in the first place.
All this also depends on direct sunshine and heat in your home, i.e. evaporation.
You are also supposed to treat it nice.
Gently caress it occasionally, bring it a friend to hangout with, let selective guests of other species pay visit to it for "recreational" purposes and also ..... this sounds weird, but I swear there are articles written on this.... TALK to it.
All of this keeps is healthy and "happy".
Like...you know...a child!
I'm just trying to get a leash fitted & I'll take Giorgio Jr to the park later