how does one make a monstera thrive?
do you actually need to trim
the biggest leaves?
or is it a bigger pot that i need
to hold in all these trailing vine-roots
as they escape their confines
and go searching for something to climb?
or is it simply the air around us
better humidified would do it?
or maybe a spritz of water once
or twice
a day?
i mean, my monsteras are all fine
they’re doing
fine
but i really
desperately
want them to
thrive
i keep forgetting to water my poor orchid
i mean, i always remember the next day
but it is nice to take care of all the plants together
it feels like they’re all family that way.
we have such
dramatic plants
in this house
drooping/
withering/
shriveling up
if we water them less
than twice a week
but add water
and it’s like watching those pill pockets filled
with strange sponge creatures
slowly grow into
full being
[again]
and of course
heaven forbid we
over-water those same plants…
it’s a delicate balance
and one i’m only just starting
to learn
[hence knowing/seeing
how dramatic, really
these plants can be]
it’s funny how
both in real life
and on screen gaming
all my plants are
over-watered
(though
to be fair
if we had a more
humidity-full house,
i wouldn’t feel the need
because the moisture
would be
in the air)
(i have no explanation
for the video
game
plants)
there is a house plant
i was certain was dead
so i tucked it outside
just to get the sadness out of my head
but the plant,
with natural sun and rainwater grew
from the tiniest sickly shrivel
to four full leaves popping through
that isn’t to say
the outside is always a sanctuary
(our peach tree and hydrangea
can attest to that theory)
but i suppose what’s here,
the moral to this story and the full truth,
is that sometimes all you really need
is naturally occurring on our Mother Earth
kipventures 