https://espresso.economist.com/100f962d991f6846fc9b3e6699ed9b13 -- Dec 22nd 2018
Succulent succulents: houseplants
- Succulent n. 肉质植物 /adj.汁多味美的；肉质的；多汁的
- houseplant 室内盆栽植物
Millennials (generally, those born after 1980) get the blame for all sorts of social ills and various forms of online and real-world ennui.
- Millennials 千禧一代
- ennui 倦怠；无聊；厌倦
However they are also leading to a possibly more positive, green-fingered trend.
Exports of plants from the Netherlands, by far the world’s biggest producer of plant life, increased from 9bn in 2016.
In that year Europeans spent some €36bn ($42bn) on houseplants and flowers.
In America, millennials are thought to account for fully one-third of the houseplant sales.
- account for 占...（比例）
What explains the trend?
- trend n. 趋势；动向；趋向；动态
Unlike baby boomers in their own homes, young people are more likely to live in rented flats without gardens.
- baby boomer 在生育高峰期中出生的人
And although houseplants grow and require care, they are neither as demanding nor as costly as pets (and children).
Instagram, a viral photo-sharing platform, is also perhaps behind a spike in interest in cacti and other plants: #plantsofinstagram boasts 1.6m photographs.
- spike 猛增
- cacti 是cactus的复数,【植】仙人掌
- boast 自夸；夸耀 (of, about)；以有…而自豪
Sturdy succulents are particularly photogenic.
- Sturdy 结实的；坚固的；强壮的；健壮的
- photogenic 上镜的；上相的；
不养这些，但个人也喜欢多肉植物，软软的，像小宝宝一样，想去呵护。