Low maintenance plant for bathroom?

anon_ymous

Essentially I'm looking for a plant that can take in the humidity and therefore potential mould from the bathroom

I already have a trickle vent extractor fan, and windows but it'd be good to have a decent looking plant too that's very low maintenance

ironhide

Spider plant, loves a bit of humidity, super easy to look after and before long youll have a few baby ones. If you can kill one of them in a bathroom you are pretty special!

Emmia

I'm not sure I'd rely on plants to prevent bathroom mould, but spider plants are difficult to kill

grumbler

Emmia said:

I'm not sure I'd rely on plants to prevent bathroom mould

Absolutely. On balance, plants don't absorb moisture unless they grow very vast to enormous size.

twopenny

Do you want it trailing or upright?
I had a trailing philodendron for many years. It got huge which was fun. Suspended in a macrame plannt hanger and it was like being in the rainforest. Very relaxing.
Ive often had Peace lillies in bathroom pots. They keep nice and green in the humidity flower sometimes. Found in most supermarkets.
Orchids will thrive.
Plants wont absorb enough moisture. Mosttly they give more out as they transpire.

The Air plants do live on moisture in the air. A whole different look.

FreeBear

How about a staghorn fern or perhaps a bird's nest fern ?

anon_ymous

Emmia said:

I'm not sure I'd rely on plants to prevent bathroom mould, but spider plants are difficult to kill

Fair. I mean I do have a trickle vent extractor fan to begin with. It's just something additional. I figure I've already got a trickle extractor fan that's on 24/7 (Unity CV3), and I've got windows open.

This is just something else that I can use there 

grumbler

ironhide said:

Spider plant

Snake plant - yet another animal - is virtually unkillable.

horsewithnoname

I’ve got a peace lily in my bathroom, not dead yet and I generally manage to kill houseplants 😬

MikeyPGT

Emmia said:

I'm not sure I'd rely on plants to prevent bathroom mould, but spider plants are difficult to kill

My spider plant really doesn't like my bathroom - I think it may be too dark for it as it goes all floppy and its leaves turn brown at the ends ...

Eldi_Dos

horsewithnoname said:

I’ve got a peace lily in my bathroom, not dead yet and I generally manage to kill houseplants 😬

Can I suggest American desert plants might suit better,give a more melodic flow to the decor.