Traces of Plant Care

A group of indoor plants that clearly show signs of continuous care. Their condition indicates someone is tending to them: one plant has just been moved to the window, leaving a faint water stain ring in its original spot; another's branches are tied with thin bamboo for support; the soil surface shows dark marks from recent watering; two yellow leaves have fallen from one plant and haven't been cleared yet; a small pair of pruning shears and a brass watering can are placed on a nearby shelf; one plant has been repotted into a larger pot, with the old pot still empty in the corner. The plant varieties differ, and their sizes vary; they were not bought as a set. Avoid: depicting plants as perfectly neat and untouched, using artificial plants, putting away all care tools, making all plants the same variety and pot.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組明顯被持續照顧的室內植物。它們的狀態說明有人在管:一株的位置剛被移到窗邊,原本的位置留下淺淺的水漬圈;一株的枝條被支撐用的細竹綁著;土面上有剛澆過水的深色痕跡;一株的下方掉了兩片黃葉還沒清;一支剪定用的小剪與一個黃銅澆水壺放在旁邊的層板上;有一株被換到更大的盆裡,舊盆還空著擺在角落。植物的品種不同、大小不一,不是成套買來的。避免:把植物畫成完美整齊未經觸碰、使用人造植物、把照顧的工具全部收起來、讓所有植物的品種與盆器相同。