A few months ago I wrote about my accident with my Maranta plant in which I broke off both of the branches. I really thought that my plant was gone, but instead, the little, crazy resistant Maranta awarded my clumsiness with two new branches and rooting of the broken parts. I was really amazed by the way things turned out, but the small Maranta had more surprises for me.

A couple of weeks ago I noticed a tall, what I thought branch, forming at the top of the plant. I was honestly shocked when I noticed a flower forming and when eventually the Maranta started blooming. The Maranta isn’t really an often blooming plant, many have them without seeing a single flower, so I really wasn’t expecting one on my wounded Maranta. The flowers show only when she has perfect conditions, and considering that my window has a tiny glass and that the house doesn’t get much light I didn’t expect this to be considered perfect conditions. But it seems I was wrong, last week both of my Maranta branches started flowering at the same time. Pretty white flowers, which remind me of small vax violet flowers open day after day and brighten my window.

Also, the crazy Maranta started opening and closing its leaves in the morning and the evening lately. Its common name is “Praying plant”, and it really does look like it’s praying every night. I can imagine she’s probably praying for me not to break it again. I have no idea the reasons why my Maranta suddenly decided to act like it does. It clearly likes its environment, or maybe she likes her new neighbors, and there are lots of them.

I’ve turned my window into a jungle. I said multiple times that my windows are small, tiny to be precise, but this doesn’t stop me to fill them with multiple plants. The Maranta plant is on my living room window, which has a small built-in table in front. This was supposed to be my work table, but I decided to sacrifice it to accommodate my plant collection. Together with my Maranta here I had my Monkey leaf Monstera, Peperomia, and Syngonium, but lately, the collection got even bigger. 

I wanted to buy a Dieffenbachia for a long time, but I never managed to find one at a reasonable price. Most plants sold were big and expensive, and I’d rather buy a small one that will grow in my condition. The older plants tend to die when I bring them to my home, and the younger ones accommodate to conditions and continue to grow. Finally, I managed to get a Dieffenbachia small enough to be happy in the living room.

Right about the time when I bought the dieffenbachia, my mum decided to repot her old plants. Long story short I ended up with 2 more new plants. I got an Epipremnum cutting with roots, which we accidentally broke off while trying to untangle the big plant and an Aglaonema plant. Aglaonema is actually huge, and that’s only half of the mum’s old plant. She had to divide the big plant since it got too big for her window, and I got my own big plant. 

Now my window is completely full. I will probably stop buying plants for the living room window until we install a big growth light above the window to simulate more natural light. Of course, not buying anything only applies if I don’t come across a big Monstera plant, a cheap Ficus, or some other plant that catches my eye. There are always more windows I can fill with plants, except for the kitchen window which is also overcrowded with violas, Soleirolia, bamboo, and new Dracena cutting, but that’s a whole other story.