Re: Strange Plant

Loretta, I have had three replies so far. If I get more I will forward them to you.-


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Now here's something for all you experts. I have no idea why she contacted me because this sounds like a plant from Mars! But I'm looking forward to what I hope is a flood of conjectures and maybe even a positive ID!! ---Chas
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Loretta, 5/14/00

Back east (NYC) "Live Forever" referred to Hylotelephium varieties in my
childhood (AKA Sedum spectabile) while sempervivums were always called "Hens
and Chicks". I've never heard of this inflation trick but shall try it in the
morning.

By the way in certain parts of the mid-west "Live Forevers" were known
instead as "Never Dies". This is a graphic example of why common names are
all but useless and we should all try to keep up on proper botanical
nomenclature, learning how to spell a plant's name even if we're unsure of
the pronunciation.

Michael D. Barclay, Really Special Plants & Gardens
Cal Hort Council Lifetime Memeber of the American Rhododendron Soc.
Speaker for the ARS Speakere's Bureau
Berkeley, CA USDA 9+/10 Sunset 16/17
Growing 2,000 species and varieties of plants 15 miles from the Golden
Gate.
Designer/Contractor/Educator

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From: "Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr@email.msn.com>
To: <cdills@fix.net>, <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Cc: <lorsmith@shianet.org>
Subject: Re: Strange Plant!!!
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 05:04:19 -0700
X-Priority: 3

I'm nowhere near an expert, but even an expert would have to have
some idea of :

Where does this plant grow - in its natural state, not as a houseplant -
does it grow in Michigan ?

How tall does it grow ? Does it have flowers ? What kind - single
or in "bunches" ? How many petals ? How are the leaves attached
to the plant ? Are the leaves "hairy" or smooth ? Do they have
rounded edges or are the edges jagged (serrated) ?

Is it used any other way ?

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:44:42 -0700

To: cdills@fix.net
From: Jane Reese <jreese@silcom.com>
Subject: Re: Strange Plant!!!

My children did the 'blow up the leaf' trick with plain old jade plant (Crassula arborescens) that grows in abundance here. It probably would work with a variety of succulent leaves. 'Live for-ever' gets applied to various succulents, locally to Dudleya species.

Jane
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