Re: Plant ID

Oh, so this is how you developed your fondness for horticulture, Theresa?

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID


> Yeah- it seems weird to me to, but we had them for years- and since my
> mother really wasn't fond of this plant, I'm quite sure she didn't
> replant it there each year.  We used to yank handfuls of the babies off
> and throw them at each other as kids.  The ones that were already
> starting to grow little roots used to get stuck in our hair- charming, eh?
>
> Theresa
>
> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:
>
> >hardy Kalanchoe babies in NY? Wow!  I would suppose all the snow and
leaves
> >were really good insulation.
> >
> >Kitty
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 8:51 AM
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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.
> >>>
> >>>Kitty
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
> >>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 5:14 AM
> >>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>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
> >
> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>to grow.  This
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>is the darned plant  that is growing in my gutters, and every where
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>else....how
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>patter,  much
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>plants
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>here, because the children take two leaves put them together and  it
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >looks
> >
> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>like
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>the head of an aligator.  Okay....too much  info...sorry.
> >>>>
> >>>>Jim would know more about your Zamia since, if I remember  correctly,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >it's
> >
> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Florida native in the Cycad family.....called "Coontie"....or  so my
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>florida
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>born Dh says.
> >>>>Noreen
> >>>>zone 9
> >>>>Texas Gulf Coast
> >>>>
> >>>>In a message dated 5/19/2005 11:02:21 PM Central Standard Time,
> >>>>gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
> >>>>
> >>>>Also for  Jim and any of you far southern folk, and for northerners,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >like
> >
> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Sue
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>who  love houseplants, could you look at this photo for  me?
> >>>>
> >>>>http://snipurl.com/f0om
> >>>>
> >>>>She ripped these leaves off another  plant that seemed to have the
same
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>form
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>and size as the Zamia.  Anyone  recognize this?  When I asked, she
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>mentioned
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>something about mothers  and thousands, but clearly couldn't remember.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Does
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>it look like some  sort of Kalanchoe?
> >>>>
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