Beginner Gardening: Can these houseplants go outside?, 3 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
The staghorn started out as a tiny plant (from Walmart or Home Depot) probably 15-20 years ago. Two photos are in the ginger family (both from Home Depot a couple years apart) - one is Globba and the other a Curcuma. Both of these go dormant in winter so I put them in a dim location in the basement and don\'t water them.

Yes, lights are a must if you don\'t have a sunny window. I run 85+ shop lights in the basement in winter and most are turned off in summer when I move the majority of my plants outdoors.

I have five homemade shelves and probably close to 20 steel shelves. That gives me something to do in winter - lots of watering, sweeping floors, etc.