Just hit 200 different houseplant varieties in my collection. Is that too much or not enough?

I counted them all up last night after a friend joked I might have a problem. Started with like 10 pothos two years ago. Now I have things like variegated string of pearls and some obscure philodendron I found at a nursery in Ohio. Half my friends think I'm nuts, the other half say they wish they had the space. Where do you draw the line between hobby and hoarding?

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johnson.eva5d ago

Has anyone actually counted or are we just guessing? I mean 200 sounds impressive but maybe some are just different colors of the same pothos.

kellyallen5d ago

Damn, 200 different varieties? That's wild. I thought my 30 were getting out of hand but you're on another level entirely. I mean, as long as you can still walk through the room and water them all, I'd say it's not hoarding yet, just serious dedication.

danielowens4d ago

Ngl, I think you've passed the hobby line and are now running a small botanical garden out of your living room. Honestly, hoarding is when you don't water them and they turn into dead sticks, but 200 varieties just sounds like you're a plant dealer without the price tags. Tbh, your friend is probably just jealous you can name more plants than they can. I mean, unless you've got stacks of dead plants in the corner, you're good. Keep going, you might hit 300 by next year and then what, open a greenhouse?