Re: ID please?

**S* H* <s*@yahoo.com>**

Thanks much!!!   I love the chain store plant policies.  "Every plant must have a label!!"  not that it actually means anything useful, or that it is even the right label.  Only that every plant must have a label.  Now I can put a real label on it.

Sheldon

----- Original Message ----
From: Marek Argent <abri1973@wp.pl>
To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:46:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] ID please?

Hi,

This plant is commonly known as Homalomena 'Emerald Gem' but I suspect it is 
a species.

Marek Argent

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheldon Hatheway" <sfhatheway@yahoo.com>
To: "Steve Marak" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:57 AM
Subject: [Aroid-l] ID please?

> Hi, all!!
>
> I was meandering through the floral section of our local supermarket the 
> other day and happened upon the attached plant.  Never having seen this 
> one in real life before I thought I would ask the clerk what it was.
>
> Clerk (reading generic label):  That's easy.  It's a 6" tropical foliage.
> Me (trying to look patient):  I already know that.  I wanted to know what 
> KIND of 6" tropical foliage.
> Clerk (looking uneasy): Uh . . . I don't know . . . uh . . . GREEN?
> Me (heaving great sigh): Thank you ever so much for your help.  I'll take 
> it.
>
> Now someone please tell me what this 6" tropical foliage plant is.  I know 
> it's an aroid because of the flowers which you can barely see and which 
> are completely closed.  Is it a Homalomena or something like that?
>
> Thanks much for your help.
>
> Sheldon Hatheway
> Canby OR  zone 7B
>
> PS:  Ignore the water spots on the leaves.  I'll clean those up after I 
> chop (oops, I mean carefully dissect) it into its component pieces to make 
> a bunch more of whatever it is.
>
>
>
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