CiaraMar 24

I know nothing about plants, other than that I’ve learnt that they die if I try to take care of them. So I leave them alone and they look after themselves. I’ve been ignoring this plant for a year. I don’t know what it is or what it does. The other day, I noticed a weird little mismatched shoot. It keeps growing, more and more overnight, like Jack’s Beanstalk, up and up and up. I think unfurling may happen. I am not even embarrassed about how exciting I find this.

#Bloomscrolling

CeliMar 24
Show threadCiara
This is my hobby now. Staring at this, waiting for something to emerge. It should be a sport. Furling. The Furling Championships. The Olympic Medal In Watching Things Unfurl. Better than worrying about politics, I tell you.
Mar 24 at 5:02pmWeb
Show threadCiaraApr 12
This plant just keeps on growing and growing. A new little bit unfurls every day, like a teaser. Watching this plant's progress is such a peaceful pleasure. I've been staring so hard at the tip that I only just noticed that three - three! - more of these twirly unfurly shoots have emerged from the soil. I think I may be a botanist now. Or a florist. Or a horticulturist. One of those.
Show threadSjaak K. 🇳🇱🇪🇺🍋Apr 12

@CiaraNi

Caring for a zamioculcas is a rewarding task… It doesn't have to be too precise and the plant will atill do what you bought it for: growing.

Show threadCiaraApr 12
@sjaakkeuvelaar I didn't even know what kind of plant it was. It just suddenly, after about a year of me mostly ignoring it, it just started Doing Things. I am fascinated by it.
Show threadAsbjornnApr 12
@CiaraNi Hvor er den fin. Ved du hvad den hedder? Jeg vil prøve at finde en til mig selv.
Show threadCiaraApr 12
@asbjornn Jeg vidste ikke selv, hvad den hed, indtil den begyndte at opføre sig interessant og jeg begyndte at kede folk med Breaking News om den. Den er en Zanzibar Gem, Zamioculcas, Zanzibar ZZ, afh. af hvem, man spørger. Den trives, når man ignorerer den, har jeg opdaget.
Show threadAsbjornnApr 12
@CiaraNi Det bliver bedre og bedre! Det er lige min type plante.
Tak.
Show threadCiaraApr 12
@asbjornn Haha - også min type plante. Det er derfor, det har gjort mig så glad. Jeg er helt overrasket over, at en plante hos mig overlever, endsige vokser og vokser og tilføjer exciting new bits.
Show threadMarkgreve Adam af JazzApr 12
@CiaraNi one of those sounds like cozy jobs 🌱😊
Show threadCiaraApr 12
@aj42 Agreed 🌱 🪴 🙂
Show threadForest FernMar 24

@CiaraNi

I love your hobby. I could watch that for days so definitely, furling should be a national sport.

Show threadCiaraMar 24
@forestfern It should, seriously. Now I think that Hurling and Curling are just spelling mistakes. The sport they are meant to be playing is Furling.
Show threadForest FernMar 24

@CiaraNi All those curlers intently looking at ice where plants don't grow. We just need to redirect them to the houseplants.

*seriously, I love curling and those curlers!

Show threadCiaraMar 24
@forestfern Good plan
Show threaddasgrueneblattMar 24
@CiaraNi 💚
Show threadLisa 🦔 [Copy Moon Joy]Mar 24
@CiaraNi the dopamine of anticipation is So Good! 🪴
Show threadCiaraMar 24
@mycrowgirl That's it! It's the anticipation. Accelerated by the fact that I know nothing about the plant so I don't know what may or may not emerge - I am observing it like an excited child.
Show threadLisa 🦔 [Copy Moon Joy]Mar 24
@CiaraNi the best way to observe, honestly! 
Show threadCiaraMar 24
@mycrowgirl 💚
Show threadquixoteMar 25
@CiaraNi The next stage is a time lapse photography setup next to you 😆
Show threadCiaraMar 29
@quixote Haha - I'm watching it so much and so closely that I'm almost a time-lapse set-up myself at this point. It's still growing and growing!