I had a learning experience today. I had some excessive bass in a particular location in my room (not in any of the listening positions). I know about room treatment and acoustic panels, but don’t like them. Today I bought a new plant for decoration, which I placed next to a speaker. Guess what: excessive bass is gone 
Some plants are apparently excellent for room treatment.
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Is it a rock plant?
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Probably a Joshua tree.
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You’ll have to call it Robert.
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Well I’ll be dammed - a new rose perhaps?
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I don’t quite understand how plants could affect low frequencies unless it is a substantial foam roll indoor tree but I kind of get it that in some instances they could act as diffusers for higher ones.
Glad it somehow seemed to work for you though.
I wondered why my system sounded different at Christmas? It was the tree!
Of course now I have a dedicated listening room with loads of acoustic panels.
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I also do n’t know how it works, but it does. And it is not even that big. It is about as high as my Spendor A4.2.
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Could it be more about the pot and the soil than the plant?
No, the pot is pretty small. It must be the leaves of the plant. It is not a night and day difference, but it takes just that little bit of excessive bass off. I could not believe it myself, so I removed the plant and than put it back a couple of times. I was not expecting it at all. Funny stuff.
I think you should rip off all the leaves in the name of audioscience
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I had the same experience in my ex house. And same comments
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Feed me, Seymour!
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See more (plants), hear more (music)!
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A joke from the 60’s ? Enlighten me Debs.
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Be careful, the plant might get withered , I had this experience and move it away from speakers.