Dieffenbachia pod???
cj_speciosa
10 years ago
I noticed that there is a strange growth coming out of my diff. where another leaf would usually come from. Actually there are two of them. Is this a flower?
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10 years agoNot really sure.. Haven't done the research yet but surely there are images of them all over google(I'll have to check).
I'm terrible with these things lately. A chunk of it has disintegrated on me over time but that batch may just be bad or something,right?
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