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Got a lovely surprise yesterday morning coming in to my office! I have a little prayer plant on my desk and it seems to be sprouting some cute little flowers now! Never expected it to flower. Totally made my day!

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[–] kbyanyname 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The flowers don't seem to last long but they're very cute! That plant looks so happy!

[–] cyberdecker 5 points 1 year ago

No, they don't seem to last long at all. Those two there have already fallen off but there are three more farther down.

It brings me a lot of joy that it was happy enough to flower for me. I spent many years thinking I was terrible at talking care of plants, but now, knowing and better understanding what they need, it has taught me a lot.

Thanks for your comment!

[–] LiesSlander 3 points 1 year ago

I have one of those too! Glad yours is blooming. Mine flowers sometimes, but sadly it got infected with thrips a couple years ago and I haven't been able to kill them. It flowers less often, but does okay with regular maintenance on my end (rubbing all the surfaces with a little neem oil and soap in water).

[–] Facelikeapotato@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh nice! Mine's never flowered, yours must be very happy.