Re: Plant ID

Oh- something like that....  Fortunately you don't know my mother, so 
she can't show you the picture of me covering in mud at about 14 months 
of age.  Apparently I have always been drawn to dirt...

Theresa

Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

>Oh, so this is how you developed your fondness for horticulture, Theresa?
>
>Kitty
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 9:28 AM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID
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>>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
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>>Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:
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>>>hardy Kalanchoe babies in NY? Wow!  I would suppose all the snow and
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>leaves
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>>>were really good insulation.
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>>>Kitty
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>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
>>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 8:51 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID
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>>>>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
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>>>>Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:
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>>>>>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
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>>>>>>Yep....that's exactly what it is, it's in the Kalanchoe
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>family....It's
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>>>a
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>>>>>>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
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>>>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.
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>LOL
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>>>>>>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
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>>>looks
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>>>>>like
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>>>>>>the head of an aligator.  Okay....too much  info...sorry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jim would know more about your Zamia since, if I remember  correctly,
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>>>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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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,
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>>>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
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>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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