Re: Plant ID

We used to call them Alligator plants- and in western new york- we had 
them growing outside next to the garage.  Some of the babies always 
managed to survive and come up after winter (how I have no idea- since 
they would have been covered by leaves and snow).

Theresa

Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

>No, not too much info at all.  And I appreciate the Common name - it is
>captivating and that can help sell a plant. Growing in your gutters?
>Amazing, all we get are maple tree seedlings in our gutters.
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>Kitty
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>From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 5:14 AM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID
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>>Yep....that's exactly what it is, it's in the Kalanchoe  family....It's a
>>bryophyllum, not sure exactly which, since it's hard  to ID from the
>>photo....many of them look a like except for minor  details.    Very easy
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>to grow.  This
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>>is the darned plant  that is growing in my gutters, and every where
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>else....how
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>>on earth it manages  to get in those places is anyone's guess.
>>It also has the commo name of "Chandelier plant" because it blooms in
>>winter, with huge stalks with blooms that hang down in a circular like
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>patter,  much
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>>like a chandelier or one of those new shower heads that are huge.   LOL
>>Easy to propogate from the leaf.  Some folks also call them  aligator
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>plants
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>>here, because the children take two leaves put them together and  it looks
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>like
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>>the head of an aligator.  Okay....too much  info...sorry.
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>>Jim would know more about your Zamia since, if I remember  correctly, it's
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>a
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>>Florida native in the Cycad family.....called "Coontie"....or  so my
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>florida
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>>born Dh says.
>>Noreen
>>zone 9
>>Texas Gulf Coast
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>>In a message dated 5/19/2005 11:02:21 PM Central Standard Time,
>>gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
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>>Also for  Jim and any of you far southern folk, and for northerners, like
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>Sue
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>>who  love houseplants, could you look at this photo for  me?
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>>http://snipurl.com/f0om
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>>She ripped these leaves off another  plant that seemed to have the same
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>form
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>>and size as the Zamia.  Anyone  recognize this?  When I asked, she
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>mentioned
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>>something about mothers  and thousands, but clearly couldn't remember.
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>Does
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>>it look like some  sort of Kalanchoe?
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