Ever since Tuesday’s This Just In post, with all those mounted epiphytes, we’ve had staghorn ferns on the brain. Definitely one of the more dramatic plants, especially when they’re mounted, staghorns really are plants-as-art. As epiphytes, staghorns get moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and even debris that falls on/around them, rather than from soil/fertilizer-so…
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This Just In: Living Art from Pistils Nursery
No matter where we find ourselves, we’re always on the hunt for cool plant shops, and in Portland, Pistils Nursery fits the bill. This gorgeous shop is full of amazing (and sometimes hard-to-find) plants, handmade gifts, and rad living art. Even better? They have an online shop, so all of us who don’t live in Portland…
Textile Treasury: West African Indigo
Indigo, that deep, nearly black, shade of blue, is one of the oldest dye colors in the world. Made from the Indigofera plant family, cultures all over the globe use indigo dye in their traditional textiles. At The Jungalow, we’re really into the resist dyed indigo cloth that many countries in Western Africa, like Mali,…
Plant-o-Pedia: Jade
If you have a room that gets lots of direct sunlight, a jade plant might just be the perfect house plant for you. A shrub-like succulent with shiny, jade-green leaves, jade plants are fairly easy to grow as long as they get lots of light, and not too much water. In climates like Southern California,…
Plant-o-pedia: Monstera deliciosa
The monstera (often referred to as a Split Leaf Philodendron, though it isn’t actually in the same genus as the Philodendrons) is a favorite of ours for adding a little green to a room- pop a leaf or two in a pretty vessel and you have the impact of a plant, in a more compact form….
Textile Treasury: Rebozo
The rebozo, a long scarf-like flat garment, which you may recognize as one of Frida Kahlo’s signature accessories, is not just beautiful, it’s a great multi-tasker. With it’s origins in Mexico sometime before 1572, many of the indigenous women there have been using them (or similar garments) for everything from a head covering, to a…