I agree with the author that we need to see more examples of larger, older plants to get an idea of what our lil plant bbs could be someday. Fortunately there are some great Facebook groups for different genera, and of course there’s https://www.reddit.com/r/matureplants/
Reddit is the only major site that still gets away with outrageously shitty engineering. There’s no possible way to follow this link on iOS. The link shows only a link to open in app but they’re so shitty that it opens the app in the app store not the actual app.
Recently visited a local botanical garden and saw their mature Ficus lyrata (Fiddle lead fig) and was astounded to see mine at 6 feet tall was merely a juvenile branch on the entire tree.
The author has also a good point in that maturing plants is a lot of work and as they become more of themselves they become more than, imo, what people would consider aesthetically appropriate.
M.deiciosa is a hot plant right now and maybe in these 5+1 apartments someone will live in one long enough to let it really start branching up and out and taking up a valuable amount of living real estate. It also has these, to my fiancee, 'penile' roots that are to her unsightly.
They make me feel more alive seeing the plant thrive and do its thing.
