An update to: https://www.reddit.com/r/houseplantscirclejerk/comments/199rk5c/help_get_me_fired_for_too_many_plants_in_my_cube/

{edit} You circlejerkers really like pics. Here ya go, ya filthy animals. https://imgur.com/a/Ian4uDT

I also forgot to mention the 2 bags of triple mix under my credenza. {/edit}

Since that post, I have had administrative staff stop by and ask what is happening to "my jungle" when I go. I have also had facilities staff express a concern with water and dirt. Sadly my boss has not said anything yet. I suspect she doesn't want to write me up over something this ridiculous. I shall continue to push the boundary. It must exist somewhere.

I am now nearing 30 plants in my cube, with 2 pots of dirt (peppers that didn't germinate), one dead thing, 4 sticks stuck in mud (currants that my partner wants propagated), and 3 bananas with "just the tip" showing.

Here's the current sitch: (updates since last post are bolded)

Plant #1: Ficus Benjamina - vigorous growth and wonderful sheen to its leaves. I trimmed back suckers (using my office scissors) last week, and it seems to be happy. Very little leaf drop compared to winters in our living room, but our housekeeping staff may just be vacuuming them up and I'm not noticing.

Plant #2: Oxalis triangularus (Red Shamrocks) growing in base of Benjamina - Not sure whether these are still alive. I may have killed them somehow. I still see leafs, so they're still there.

Plant #3: Pothos - Also growing out of the base of the Benjamina. It is currently about a foot long. I am training it up my cube wall. Still going strong

Plant #4: Spider plant - going strong. I rotated it 180° to try and get it to leaf out on both sides of the pot. Seems to be working.

Plant #5: Mixed colour peppers - 6 in 3" pots. 4 of them have germinated. Secondary leaves are just coming in!.

Plant #6: Roma Tomatoes - one large (12" pot) with 6 seedlings. These are now well established. I should dig 'em up and replant deeper.

Plant #7: Potatoes in grow bags - 2 grow bags each with 1 starter potato. I have my hopes, but I buried them deep and so far I see no growth. I choose to believe that deep underground, good things are happening. Starting to have second thoughts. Still no sprouts. Maybe I should plant new ones closer to the surface.

Plant #8: Monstera - This sucker is trying to take over the world. Loads of new growth and shiny leaves. Still pushing out aggressive growth. It's spreading outwards, not upwards. Maybe I should stake it or trim it or something.

Plant #9: Palm tree - I can't decide whether this thing is in good shape or not. Some stalks seem healthy while others seem dead or dying. Maybe I need to adjust watering. I can't decide. No change.

Plant #10: Aloe Vera - this little guy is easily forgotten. I thought he was struggling, but it seems he's turned a corner. I may have been under watering him. Still doing well. But for some reason after the leaves get about 5" long, they turn orange, dry out, and die back to the stalk. new leaves come in faster than the old ones die though so maybe everything is ok?

Plant #11: Pothos 2.0 - When I was digging around in the Benji looking for shamrock corms, I broke off a chunk of pothos vine by mistake, so I transplanted it into another planter. It is now just pushing out leafs. I hope it grows. This guy has 2 shiny leafs now and I think it's going to be a superstar.

Plant #12: Tradescantia - a coworker had a super-healthy Tradescantia, so I took a snip from it and planted it in the pot with pothos 2.0. It is definitely rooted and pushing up new leaves. It is hanging on the wall over my monitor. Growing nicely. Should get really annoying to everyone since it will grow to cover my computer screen.

Plant #13: Fern - hanging from ceiling. The fern is fun, it is super obvious and every time I water it there is a waterfall into my recycling bin. It needs a haircut since the underneath has all died, but it keeps pushing out new growth from the top, so meh.

Plants #14-19: Black currant starts - They are literally twigs stuck in dirt. Some have a leaf or two.

Plant #20: Celosia - It's dead. I do not expect it to resurrect, but maybe it will. But I doubt it.

Plant #21: Spider plant 2.0 - this was a baby from the spider plant I already had here. Now the family is back together.

Plant #22: Pothos 3.0 - this was the mother plant that all the other pothos came from. It lives in a turtle-shaped pot. Which is adorable.

Plant #23 - 25: Aloevera 2.0 - 4.0 - These are struggling. They are tiny, and my kids were trying to grow them at home. I think they have been underwatered and not had enough light in the living room.

Plant #26: Schefflera aka Australian Umbrella tree - I believe the words "Dr. Seuss" describe it best. I kinda like it.

Plants #27-29: Bananas in dirt - following instructions on YouTube, I have stuck 3 bananas in dirt and covered them with plastic cups. According to the internet this is how bananas are propagated. 2 of them are green, one is brown. All the YouTube people used yellow bananas. We'll see what happens.

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