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Title: plant id please
Post by: littlebabybird on May 14, 2009, 09:52:54
as a child i had a suculent with pointy jagged leaves
it grew baby plants in each little jaggy bit of the leaf
any ideas?
lbb
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Hector on May 14, 2009, 09:54:04
Littlebabybird, I have this plant if you want some wee babies? I think it's name begins with B?
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on May 14, 2009, 10:23:16
Bromophyllum
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Hector on May 14, 2009, 10:41:43
Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on May 14, 2009, 10:23:16
Bromophyllum

Sounds  similar to the stuff I put in my husbands tea  ;)
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Tulipa on May 14, 2009, 13:03:54
Or Mexican Hat Plant?

http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pda_3709.html

These fascinate me.

T.
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on May 14, 2009, 17:00:57
Kalanchoe was the first thing that came to my mind.
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Tee Gee on May 14, 2009, 17:11:17
Was it this one?

Echevera;

(http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Echeveria/Echevera.JPG)

Then there is sempervivum the 'house leek'
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: littlebabybird on May 14, 2009, 20:35:42
thankyou every one
Hector is very kindly sending me one


lbb  :)
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Twoflower on May 14, 2009, 20:41:24
Quote from: littlebabybird on May 14, 2009, 09:52:54
as a child i had a suculent with pointy jagged leaves
it grew baby plants in each little jaggy bit of the leaf
any ideas?
lbb

Wow yes i had one to and had forgotten about it :) I got good at growing them and we had them all over the house. ;D
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: littlebabybird on May 14, 2009, 20:44:39
i gave one to everyone on my junior school class when we went up to seniors
(i was a strange child)
lbb
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Twoflower on May 14, 2009, 20:49:13
No that's not strange, people use to give me plants when i was a kid. I brought allsorts home........i think the mother in laws tongue was the last straw ;D
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Hector on May 14, 2009, 21:07:21
ok, I have a few of these, so let me know if others want one/some  :)
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: springbok on May 14, 2009, 21:36:19
Is there an outdoor version?  I have been looking for similar plant at local nurseries with no luck.

I believe they can grow in gaps on walls etc :)
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: Hector on May 14, 2009, 21:38:48
Spingbokgirlie...do you mean these?
http://www.fernwood-nursery.co.uk/semps.htm
Title: Re: plant id please
Post by: springbok on May 14, 2009, 21:43:16
oh yes, they are :) thank you