{"id":9929,"date":"2016-08-26T04:44:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T03:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9929"},"modified":"2016-08-15T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T14:51:11","slug":"the-biggest-aspidistra-in-the-toilet-entrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/house-greenhouse-plants\/the-biggest-aspidistra-in-the-toilet-entrance\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Aspidistra in the Toilet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Palma Loo by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4506103292\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4015\/4506103292_e0aa945b3f.jpg\" alt=\"Palma Loo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On holiday in Majorca I spotted this potted Aspidistra plant marking the way to the toilets. It is fitting that it was located at The Banys \u00c3\u20acrabs, or Arab Baths.<br \/>\nThese baths are a remnants of Palma&#8217;s Moorish past and include the lush gardens of Ca&#8217;n Fontirroig. Although very small the gardens are home to Sardinian warblers, house sparrows, cacti, palm trees, and a wide range of flowers and ferns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspidistra<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspidistra is a popular foliage plant, grown as a landscape plant in shaded spots in areas with mild winters.<\/li>\n<li>It is better known as the middle class Victorian must have as a houseplant.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re grown for their ability to survive neglect and very shady conditions, indoors and out.<\/li>\n<li>In Japan, leaves of this species have traditionally been cut into pieces and used in Bento and Osechi boxes to keep each food separated.<\/li>\n<li>I have never seen one in flower but with 90+ species listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aspidistra\">wiki <\/a>they must reproduce somehow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also read about Bomb Proof <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/bomb-proof-plants\/\">plants<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Moorish bath by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4505478319\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4044\/4505478319_924bb1fb09.jpg\" alt=\"Moorish bath\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Odd Aspidistra Facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Aspidistra elatior can also be called the Cast Iron Plant and was made famous by the Gracie Fields Song &#8216;The Biggest Aspidistra in the World&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Aspidistra are native to China and Japan but were popular in Victorian England as a house plant amongst the dark and sooty atmosphere<\/li>\n<li>Aspidistra belongs to the lily family<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On holiday in Majorca I spotted this potted Aspidistra plant marking the way to the toilets. It is fitting that it was located at The Banys \u00c3\u20acrabs, or Arab Baths. These baths are a remnants of Palma&#8217;s Moorish past and include the lush gardens of Ca&#8217;n Fontirroig. Although very small the gardens are home to Sardinian warblers, house sparrows, cacti, palm trees, and a wide range of flowers and ferns. Aspidistra Aspidistra is a popular foliage plant, grown as a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/house-greenhouse-plants\/the-biggest-aspidistra-in-the-toilet-entrance\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-house-greenhouse-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}