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Can you help with this plant?

Posted by anney Georgia 8 (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 4, 09 at 16:44

Mystery plant

I am being perhaps unreasonably picky here since I can't find a leaf structure in any of the plant pictures suggested that matches the leaf structure above, that triangular stem and then the leaves growing out through the stem.


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RE: Can you help with this plant?

Looks like an Epiphyllum sp., but I don't know if there is a way discern the species based on the vegetation alone. Technically there are no leaves there, just flattened stems.


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RE: Can you help with this plant?

  • Posted by anney Georgia 8 (My Page) on
    Wed, Nov 4, 09 at 19:03

lycopus

Thanks for the input. Whatever comprises that plant structure (whether stems or leaves), I haven't seen any pictures of mature plants that show that sort of broad spreading vegetation, though I've seen spikey growth and even vine-like growth on various species. Maybe you're right, that there's no way to ID it by the vegetation alone.

I suppose I'll have to just wait until Spring if I can keep it alive that long, and if it blooms, there might be a better chance of IDing it.


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Agree with Epiphyllum, but it'll long since have rotted by Spring being kept in water.


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  • Posted by anney Georgia 8 (My Page) on
    Wed, Nov 4, 09 at 21:00

It's in coarse potting soil now. I had to ID it to learn how to care for it!


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