Showing posts with label air filtering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air filtering. Show all posts
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Gerbera Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) - Best Air Cleaning Plant #5

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One thing you may have noticed is that our list of air cleaning houseplants is that none of them so far have been flowering plants. Sure, pl...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia camilla): Best Air Cleaning Plant #18

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There are actually two plants by go by the name of "Dumb Cane", the Dieffenbachia "Exotica Compacta" and the Dieffenbac...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Corn Plant (Dracaena fragrans "Massangeana"): Best Air Cleaning Plant #12

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The corn plant is a bit of a misnomer, as it has nothing to do with corn. But if you've ever shucked corn, you'll understand where t...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens): Best Air Cleaning Plant #2

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The Areca Palm goes by a number of names: yellow palm, the butterfly palm. bamboo palm, or golden cane palm. It's native to Madagascar, ...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Dracena "Janet Craig" (dracena deremensis "Janet Craig"): Best Air Cleaning Plant #13

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As much as I hate Kmart for the fungus gnat infestations, I do like the fact that they keep sending me free money to use. And so, with the p...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Red-Edged Dracaena (Dracaena Marginata) a.k.a. Dragon Tree: Best Air Cleaning Plant #20

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Next on the list is the red-edged Dracaena, or dracaena marginata . Dr. Wolverton's book, he calls it the "Dragon Tree". Th...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Dracaena Deremensis (Warneckii): Best Air Purifying Plant #17

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This seems to be another houseplant with an identity crisis, and it's largely due to the fact that it's a cultivar--a cultivated var...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum): Best Air Filtering Plant #24

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I'd published this post earlier naming it as the #1 air cleaning houseplant, since this is the plant that's cited at the top of most...
Monday, June 16, 2014

The Best Air Purifying Houseplants - For Real This Time

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In my last post I shared with you my new obsession--finding the best air cleaning houseplants and putting them in my office. The problem i...
Monday, June 9, 2014

Air Cleaning Plants from the NASA study - My New Obsession

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As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I'm taking a little break from the Aerogardening and waiting anxiously for the Niwa. In the interim, I f...