Hey friends. Thanks all for the clarification. I thought it was a chinese evergreen. But let me clarify. My mom is in Johnstown, pa. I went there to drop the kiddos off for the trip. The plant certainly doesnt need more light... It sits in moms sunroom with has very very high indirect light. If anything it needs love and water. My mom has been neglecting the plants recently as my step dad was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. So they have been in and out of the doctors getting biopsies and what not to see what stage and type to determine treatment. Its beeen pretty stressful. Anyways... Vegas was nothing to write home about. Hubby got food poisoning and was out of commission thurs eve and friday morn. He is slowly getting better. Feels real weak and run down. But he did muster up strength to see the town. Not our thing.. Too fast paced and we dont gamble, at all. Key west is more our style. But at least we got to see it. I miss the kids like crazy. Ateast we did relax, and that was most important!!

Yes, I am fairly convinced that it is Actinidia arguta : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinidia_arguta Now that I suspect it is this type of plant, I can investigate pruning and proper care. Thanks very much for the answers! bg Here is a link that might be useful: Wikipedia page on Actinidia arguta

Hi Julia, Here's a link to a site that may help you. It doesn't tell you what the combining forms mean, but it does give you pronunciations. Click on any word to actually hear it. But---A LOT of people have different pronunciations, so as long as people can figure out what you're looking for, don't worry about it too much. As the intro at this site says, "...if you can't remember the preferred pronunciation of a plant name, just say a chosen interpretation with conviction." I don't have it, but the book Meldy recomends looks really excellent. Good Luck, Skybird Here is a link that might be useful: Fine Gardening Pronunciation Guide

This week a friend gave me a columnar cactus and another friend gave me a repurposed light fixture turned upside down to use as a pot. They both add so much to the zeric front bed I thought I'd sneak a photo in here for the few that might still look at this old post. The light fixture was found dumped during an office remodeling project. Isn't it gorgeous? I planted it with a Green globlet agave and topped it with red lava rock to pick up the green and red color. When the cactus plumps up and grows it will be in better balance with the pot.