It's great to have indoor plants, but sometimes watering can become a chore. To give the plant enough water to drench the soil many times results in excess water leaking all over the carpet. This illustration shows planting a large floor plant- simply reduce the sizes for a smaller desk plant.
Try this method that interior plantscapers use:
Choose a LARGE pot with no drain holes.
Add about 6" of Styrofoam Peanuts / chips (the kind for packing boxes) but NOT the ones that look like white cheese doodles! They melt.
Put your plant- with it's pot still on, in the center of the new larger pot. You can keep adding Styrofoam peanuts and fill the rest of the pot up, or use strips of light foam. As long as it bends, you can put it in between the potted plant and the new larger pot.
Cover the top of the plant/pot/foam with
1: Spanish moss
2: mulch
3: sheet moss
The end result will be a larger looking potted plant, an elegant and professional presentation and a cleaner neater way to water your plants without mess. The water will be able to drain freely, and using foam will help keep it bacteria free and let some air get in. Check it once in a while by going under the mulch and past the foam- to see if the water is staying stagnant under there.
You'll also be able to move the plant easier, and replace it with little effort if you need to.
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