Re: Cast iron plant

Hmmmmmmm........I DO see the resemblance. ;+)

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cast iron plant


> Part of God's Plan, Kitty. A little bit of good to offset a large dose
> of slime. Kinda like tax cuts, if you dig.
>
> On Friday, March 5, 2004, at 05:46 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Jim,
> > You mean that slugs actually have a reason for being?
> > Kitty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 5:20 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Cast iron plant
> >
> >
> >> Hi. Has anyone seen the cast iron plant [Aspidistra elator] bloom?
> >> Smelled the flowers? I've always considered then funeral parlor
> >> plants.
> >> Somber. Dark green, erect spear-like leaves. Put them in pots and
> >> forget about them--they'll take all sorts of neglect and abuse.
> >>
> >> Down here they are used in landscaping in shady areas. And today I
> >> discovered three things about them. First they bloom, given the right
> >> conditions [which I haven't figured out yet]; the flower looks a lot
> >> like a small crinum lily flower, actually a cluster of small tubular
> >> flowers.
> >>
> >> Second, the fragrance of the flower is fantastic, quite jasmine-like.
> >> It is reported to be most fragrant at night, but my source says even
> >> during the day one can smell them from 8 feet. The dead one he brought
> >> into the office--it had been riding in his truck most of the day--had
> >> plenty of fragrance.
> >>
> >> And three, their pollinators are [hope you're ready for this] snails
> >> and slugs. No wonder they never set seed in funeral parlors.
> >>
> >> Guess I'm going to have to plant one of those. But not tomorrow.
> >> Tomorrow, I'm going down to ECHO to buy a couple of Brazilian cherries
> >> to add to the orchard.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> Zone 10
> >>
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