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Help with plant identification please.
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| Mary Fisher 2008-03-24, 8:25 pm |
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"Moonbeam" <Moonbeam.25dc717@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi, I've got a houseplant that was left in my house from previous
> owners. I have no idea what it is just wondered if anyone could help?
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> Sorry about the quality, they were taken on my phone.
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>I can't identify it but it doesn't look to be worth saving.
Chuck it!
Mary
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| On 24/3/08 22:27, in article 47e82ae1$0$763$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.net,
"Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
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> "Moonbeam" <Moonbeam.25dc717@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Chuck it!
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> Mary
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Why? I disagree entirely.
I cannot think of the name but the word Crassula springs to mind - probably
wrongly, I'm just not sure. It could be worth trying this: fill a glass
with water and cover the top with clingfilm. Pierce a slit in the top and
cut a leaf from the plant. Poke it through the slit in the clingfilm and
wait and wait......and wait. It *might* produce some roots, in which case
you'll have a new plant. Don't water the one you've got very much - those
leaves look as if they're made to retain water and won't appreciate wet
conditions. You could also try chopping off one of the longer growths and
potting it up in some gritty potting compost, again leaving it well drained
and frost-free but on a sunny window sill.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| shazzbat 2008-03-24, 8:25 pm |
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"Sacha" <sacha@nowhere.myzen.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 24/3/08 22:27, in article
> 47e82ae1$0$763$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.net,
> "Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
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> Why? I disagree entirely.
> I cannot think of the name but the word Crassula springs to mind -
> probably
> wrongly, I'm just not sure. It could be worth trying this: fill a glass
> with water and cover the top with clingfilm. Pierce a slit in the top and
> cut a leaf from the plant. Poke it through the slit in the clingfilm and
> wait and wait......and wait. It *might* produce some roots, in which case
> you'll have a new plant. Don't water the one you've got very much - those
> leaves look as if they're made to retain water and won't appreciate wet
> conditions. You could also try chopping off one of the longer growths and
> potting it up in some gritty potting compost, again leaving it well
> drained
> and frost-free but on a sunny window sill.
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> Sacha
It looks a bit Kalanchoe-ish to me. And yes, I would try potting up some of
the stem growth as Sacha suggests. Also you may get a bit of stem to root in
water.
Steve
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| On 24/3/08 23:50, in article fs9enr$t2p$1@news.datemas.de, "shazzbat"
<shazzbat@spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
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> "Sacha" <sacha@nowhere.myzen.co.uk> wrote in message
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> It looks a bit Kalanchoe-ish to me. And yes, I would try potting up some of
> the stem growth as Sacha suggests. Also you may get a bit of stem to root in
> water.
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> Steve
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Kalanchoe was tugging at my mind - well done! it that's what it is, I hope
someone will tell us which.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| shazzbat <shazzbat@spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> writes
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>It looks a bit Kalanchoe-ish to me. And yes, I would try potting up some of
>the stem growth as Sacha suggests. Also you may get a bit of stem to root in
>water.
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Yes, agree with Kalanchoe. Stem should root, but I'd do it by leaving it
on top of moistish compost - since it's a plant of arid conditions, it's
more likely to root that way than in water.
It's growth habit will be to elongate its stems, dropping its lower
leaves, so if you do get a cutting to take, it will eventually become
leggy again.
You don't have to take cuttings, you can just let it carry on growing.
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Kay
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| David in Normandy 2008-03-25, 5:25 pm |
| Moonbeam says...
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> Bob Hobden;780576 Wrote:
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> Thanks for all your help
> It is defiantly a type of Kalanchoe, as to which one, I'm still
> unsure.
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> MB
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Yes, those Kalanchoes are quite stroppy aren't they :-)
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