Aspidistra, la pianta d’appartamento che sfida ogni condizione con eleganza e resistenza L’Aspidistra è una vera guerriera verde, capace di sopravvivere anche nei luoghi più difficili dove altre piante non osano spingersi. La sua forza sta nell’adattarsi a scarsa luce e bassa umidità, resistendo silenziosa e lenta nel tempo, fino a diventare una compagna di vita duratura. Con una silhouette slanciata e foglie che possono raggiungere i 70 cm, l’Aspidistra regala un tocco di eleganza discreta agli ambienti domestici. Raramente fiorisce in casa, ma quando lo fa, regala fiori rosso cupo a livello del terreno, un dettaglio affascinante e poco comune. Originaria delle foreste ombrose di Cina e Vietnam, questa pianta appartiene alla famiglia delle Asparagaceae e racconta una storia di resistenza e adattamento perfetta per chi ama la natura senza troppe pretese.

Aspidistra, la pianta d’appartamento che sfida ogni condizione con eleganza e resistenza #Aspidistra #PianteDiAppartamento #Giardinaggio

—De niño en muchas casas las
había en el salón, y creo recordar que
eran casas atardecidas y apacibles.
Tengo una desde hace días. Y sí.

#ray9crisc #aspidistra

1st of the month so Agatha has a good drink 🌿

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#aspidistra

1st of the month so my beloved Agatha - aspidistra - gets a good water 💧 🌿

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#aspidistra

Painted and natural #aspidistra and #sunflower playing with the the surface of leaves in a vase by #tommcmillin. #hanabaka weekend zoom class with @chiekomihori Chieko Mihori Sensei. #sogetsu #草月流いけばな #草月流 #生け花 #いけばな #ikebana #花道 #華道 #икебана #ikebanaflowers #現代アート #フラワーアート #sculpture #japaneseart

Painted and natural #aspidistra playing with the colors in a mid-century modern glass goblet. Great #hanabaka weekend zoom class with @chiekomihori Chieko Mihori Sensei. #sogetsu #草月流いけばな #草月流 #sogetsuikebana
#ikebanainternational
#いけばな男子 #生け花 #いけばな #ikebana #花道 #華道 #икебана

It's the first of the month so the day I water our aspidistra called Agatha... 🌿

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#plantscrolling

Up with this I will not put!! F’ing lily beetles on my aspidistras !!! #gardening #mygarden #aspidistra

#aspidistra with painted #palmtrees🌴 flower branch and blue hose arrangement in a #akirasatakeceramics vase. An informative #hanabaka weekend zoom class with @chiekomihori Chieko Mihori Sensei. #sogetsu #草月流いけばな #草月流 #sogetsuikebana #sogetsuschool
#いけばな男子 #生け花 #いけばな #ikebana #花道 #華道 #икебана

#aspidistra #hydreangea and #carnation arrangement playing with the shape of these 2 Japanese vases. Another #hanabaka weekend zoom class with @chiekomihori Chieko Mihori Sensei. #sogetsu #草月流いけばな #草月流 #sogetsuikebana
#sogetsuryu #ikebanainternational
#いけばな男子 #生け花 #いけばな #ikebana #花道

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Dappled Expectations' leaf showing yellow spots in young leaf.

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Dappled Expectations' leaf developing the pale halo around each spot.

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Dappled Expectations' leaves from last year, with fully developed spots and halos.

Watching the spots develop on this Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Dappled Expectations'. They start as yellow pinpricks and expand, then develop a pale green halo.

#aspidistra #castironplant #houseplants #gardening #bloomscrolling 🌱

Close up of aspidistra plant in white pot against sky blue background with new shoots appearing

New #aspidistra shoots always bring joy. Keeping it flying.

#Aspidistra elatior 'Variegata'
Variegated Cast Iron Plant

Two large clumps waiting for me.

#aspidistra and #rose in two different #woodfiredceramics vases. Last image in 2nd vase without the rose. A class with @chiekomihori Chieko Mihori Sensei. #sogetsu #草月流いけばな #草月流 #sogetsuikebana #sogetsuintheworld #sogetsuryu #ikebanainternational #いけばな男子 #生け花 #いけばな #ikebana #花道 #華道 #икебана

Aspidistra "stars and stripes", is a variegated cultivar. I want to give credit to JC Raulston Arboretum in North Carolina who created this one and other beautiful aspidistras! Here it is after it enjoyed time outside this summer in the shade of o=my porch. #houseplants #aspidistra #castironplant

Close up photo of flowers borne at soil level. The flowers are campanulate, pale yellow with dark center and white stigma.

Aspidistra species have astonishing floral diversity. Flowers are often among leaf litter & overlooked. Their pollination biology is very poorly studied. They probably rely on flies, but maybe beetles are involved? #Asparagaceae #Aspidistra #Diptera #pollination #Coleoptera #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪

Plate from a journal article showing 17 photos of the startling variation in flowers of Aspidistra.

Although #Aspidistra spp. are similar in vegetative morphology, floral morphology is off the charts. This plate is 9 years old & doesn’t include the dozens of species described since 2014. Source: Tillich, H.-J. 2014. Taiwania 59(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.6165/tai.2014.59.1 #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪

Bar graph showing number of taxa describe per decade. The vast majority of species was describe in the past 50 years.

There is a group of closely related #Asparagaceae from E & SE Asia that is undergoing a taxonomic renaissance. The group includes Aspidistra (212 spp.), a genus in which we’ve seen an explosion of new species. This graph shows the number of species described since the 1820s. #Aspidistra #Botany 🌾🧪