Just to elaborate further...the ficus resides in the #loisclark channel. He's our mascot. And sometimes people hide behind him if they need to - although it's not a very successful method of avoiding reader nagging we've found as somehow they always find us.
Over the years, as Pam says, he's become quite a celebrity, having guest appearances in many fanfic.
Recently, we had an emergency situation when a #loisclarker who shall remain nameless (but who was Elena IIRC...) forgot to water him - but he survived and, in the main, he doesn't give us any trouble at all.
LabRat