66. Stuart
“I treat my plants like they are my children.”
Stuart Wilson, 36
London, United Kingdom
Interior Designer
Favourites: Definitely my Begonia maculata wightii. It’s so pretty and it my best behaved plant, hehe.
65. Lefteris
“Entering my jungle-flat feels like entering a sanctuary; a shelter with all the essential green vibes you need to relax and re-bond with nature!”
Lefteris Anestis, 25, Greek
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
PhD Candidate
Favourites: Apart from the Monstera and Pilea which are everyone’s favourite because they are so fun to grow, my new favourite plant is the Strelitzia nicolai (Giant Bird of Paradise) because it’s such a statement plant that gives my flat an ultra-tropical, jungle look.
64. Rafa
“If you kill a cactus, you are a bad person…”
Rafa García García, 39, Spainish
Asturias, Spain
Biologist
Favourites: My favourite plants are cacti and succulent plants. I like it Astrophytum, Copiapoa, Lithops, Mammillaria and Gymnocalycium.
63. Brace
“Nobody likes soggy soil, including your plants.”
Brace Tiemann, 22, American
Philadelphia, Missouri, USA
Life Insurance Agent
Favourites: Euphorbia and other tall cacti!
62. Michael C
“In addition to its disinfectant power, Marseille soap can boost the plant’s vigour.”
Michael Cartura, 29, Italian
Genova, Italy
Green-artisan / songwriter
Favourites: Indoor plants are my favourites. I grew up between my mother’s and my grandmother’s house and, though they were very different environments, lush plants were a fixture in both places. If I had to name a favourite one, this would be my Ficus lyrata! I like its hard yet fragile leaves, as mysterious as the sound of the instrument the plant derives its name from.
61. Brett
“Is there anything sexier than actively-growing aerial roots?”
Brett Weiss, 25, American
Boynton Beach, Florida, USA
Plant Broker
Favourites: Aroids, Epiphytes & Caudiciforms… Oh my! I LOVE plants that have developed specialized adaptations to allow them to thrive in precarious situations – whether those are aerial roots to provide anchorage of a plant in the treetops, swollen caudices to store water for arid-climate plants or unique trichomes that allow uptake of water through the leaves of the plant.
60. Marcelo
“Once a day I like to mist them and that’s the time I check every single one.”
Marcelo Paixão, 27, Brazilian
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Biotechnologist
Favourites: I love my orchids! They grow slowly and I love finding new shoots and flower stems every now and then. It’s always a nice surprise. I also enjoy my Rubber plant and ZZ plant.
59. Gergely
“I often switch the position of the plants during winter time to maximise the light potential.”
Gergely Nemeth, 29, Hungarian/German
Berlin, Germany
Art historian, Photographer-to-be
Favourites: Cercestis mirabilis, Alocasia frydek, Begonia venosa and Philodendron gloriosum
