Re: Plant I can't identify

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• Subject: Re: Plant I can't identify
• From: J* <s*@sprint.ca>
• Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:35:50 -0500
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Hi this is Helga again.
                                I have always found it looked like Rhoeo and
someone sent me a picture of them and it looks a lot like the ones in the
picture. I also have a picture of Rhoeo in two of my plant books and the
growth is the same but color of leaves is slightly different, perhaps because
mine isn't getting the right lighting?!? Also, mine doesn't flower! Do you
know at which period it is supposed to flower? (my books don't mention that)
And do you know if it takes many years before it flowers (like Strelitzia for
example) ? Perhaps is doesn't flower because I treated it like a foliage
houseplant when it is not. I haven't given it any restiong period. Anyways,
of all the suggestions I got, Rhoeo is the closest in resemblance. Not the
variegated form but the green form.
I would appreciate more info if you have the time and thank you for the info
you have already given me.
Helga

Andrea Coleman wrote:

> I think what you might have is called a "Moses-in-the-cradle".  Since I'm
> at work at the moment, I can't check my books for the correct botanical
> name, but I think it begins with an Rheo.....?? The giveaway was when you
> said it had little plantlets nestled in the base.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Merit Multi-Dimensional Training Inc./
> Montreal, Quebec  CANADA
> TEL (514)484-3342
> FAX (514)489-3164
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