It's magic!

@GreatMartin (23676)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
November 21, 2020 3:48pm CST
Edited it 5 times--finally--but not how I wanted it to look A year ago today I posted basically the same picture but these are all new. Every morning I walk out of my bedroom (no light in there for flowers to bloom! LOL) into my living room, kitchen, bathroom and see blooms of Holiday Cactus, Begonias, Geraniums, white pepper blossoms if not actual peppers. Yellow Cuban plant blooms in the inside of the entrance of my front door. When I have been out whether I come in through the front or back door I am hit with red, white, yellow and pink blooms. People compliment me on my 'green thumb' but I don't have one. All I have is good lighting and, as I like to joke, I threaten them to bloom or I'll see and they start popping up right away! Sadly none of these flowers have an aroma or if they do not a strong one. Maybe in 2021 I'll start looking for indoor Lilacs, Roses and other flowers that have an aroma and bloom indoors---any suggestions??? Until then I am going to start trimming the big mother Holiday Cactus plant, picture 2, and start growing more like the 'baby' I started last year--see pictures 1 and 4. I might, if they have them, in February/March, buy some of the bulbs that The Dollar Tree usually has for sale.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Nov 20
I know your flowers are amazingly beautiful!
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Nov 20
I really love nature!!
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Nov 20
@CarolDM NO ONE equals her!!
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Nov 20
@GreatMartin You know I do as well.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
23 Nov 20
VERY nice!
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Nov 20
Yes, Mother Nature does good work!!
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Nov 20
@FayeHazel I taught her everything she knows but don't tell anyone that because she gets mad and unleashes a hurricane or tornado!!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
23 Nov 20
@GreatMartin Oh yes indeed :-)
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Nov 20
They are beautiful. You do have a green thumb.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 Nov 20
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Nov 20
No just a threatening voice: "GROW OR ELSE!"
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@LadyDuck (458177)
• Switzerland
22 Nov 20
If your photo does not upload it is may be bigger than 3MB, you should resize and retry. The indoor flowers I love more for his scent is the gardenia, beautiful and it smells so good.
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@LadyDuck (458177)
• Switzerland
23 Nov 20
@GreatMartin Yes, gardenias grow indoors, the important is that they receive at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight through a sunny window, not a problem where you live.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Nov 20
@LadyDuck Now I have to go 'hunting' for a clipping!!!
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Nov 20
I don't know if Gardenias grow indoors--will have to try it!
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
22 Nov 20
Your apartment looks like a greenhouse Martin, lovely. The only indoor plant I have is a poinsettia that my son brought me.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
23 Nov 20
@GreatMartin iIdon't think I've ever tried to keep one for that long, I chuck them out when they are past their best.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Nov 20
@jaboUK Yes people have tried to do that with me but no way!!
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Nov 20
I used to get 2 poinsettias every Christmas but they only get spindly and look gross 6 months later indoors!
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@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
22 Nov 20
I still say you should grow corn.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Nov 20
If anything carrots for a carrot cake!!
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Nov 20
@xander6464 Better than a corn cake!!
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@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
23 Nov 20
@GreatMartin Carrots would be good, too.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
21 Nov 20
I think geraniums would be lovely. The leaves are fragrant. Especially if you get some scented geraniums like rose geranium.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Nov 20
None of my Geraniums have a scent.
@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
22 Nov 20
I’m allergic to flowers, so I can’t help you with the kind that have heavy sneezing potential, I mean, scents. Photo tip: if you’re using an iPhone, choose the “medium” size for the photo and it should post.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Nov 20
As I told JJ--I have never had a problem posting pictures before. I don't use my phone for pictures! :O)
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
22 Nov 20
Is there such a thing as indoor Lilacs?
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Nov 20
I am going to find out--they don't grow outdoors here!!
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Nov 20
I love all of your flowers very beautiful, How about a lovely lily plant. I had one in Latvia and it bloomed for quite a while with lovely scented white lilies,
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Nov 20
For some reason our lilies don't have an aroma!!!
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
22 Nov 20
A lovely sight to see all year round. I can have flowers in doors in winter. I like to have my cup of coffee looking at real live flowers!
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Nov 20
I like to have my coffee looking at everything!!!
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
22 Nov 20
Oh, your plants look beautiful.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Nov 20
Thank you.
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@Cheyee (8362)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
22 Nov 20
I don't know anything about flowers because I am the 'brown thumb'. But I want to see your flowers. If people compliment that, those flowers must be really beautiful.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Nov 20
Here is one of the pictures
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@Cheyee (8362)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
22 Nov 20
@GreatMartin that's beautiful. You have a lot of flowers for indor garden.
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