Acclimating Imported Plants

When importing important plants from other countries, it is really important to consider how we are going to acclimatise them from their native environment into our homes. Unfortunately just popping them in some substrate on a windowsill if often not going to be enough. They will need some degree of rehabilitation and acclimatisation to recover from their journey. Imported plants needs weeks, and in some cases months to acclimate to their new environment.

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What is an aroid?

Aroid is the common name for plants within the family Araceae (sometimes known as the Arum family). The distinguishing feature of all aroids is the combination of spathe and spadix (also known as the inflorescence), commonly referred to as the 'flower' between hobbyists. The actual flowers numerous, and visible upon closer inspection ON the spadix. The spathe is a modified leaf that protects the spadix.

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What are Krastite Poles

You may have heard of the biggest update to moss poles and plant support for a long time - Krastite Poles! We wanted to delve a little further into these poles, and find out why they are so popular.

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Who are The Rare Plant Collective

The Rare Plant Collective started as a small Facebook Group at the back end of 2020. There has been a lot of learning as we grow, and we are now have a membership base of over 10,000 Members!

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