Your rose looks similar to a rose in the Sacramento Cemetery, our found rose, "Dr Peck's 12th Avenue Smoothie" is thornless, once blooming. Very fragrant. This found rose is thought to be the same as the Charles Lawson in commerce. Below is a link to a photo I took in the cemetery a few years ago. I liked this rose so much that I propagated it and planted it in my yard even though it is a once bloomer. It is quite vigorous and now takes up the back corner along the fence. Here is a link that might be useful: Dr Peck's 12th Ave Smoothie/Charles Lawson

Thanks y'all, I'll look up Dioon spinulosum. In the meantime, more pics. There's really only the one leaf. It's putting out another, and that growth is cute and fuzzy. This is super slow-growing cycad. Or else it doesn't like where it is. Linx: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/8980645601_e2c648624a_b.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/8981838326_edafbee27f_b.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5349/8980653321_413c1d1ef7_b.jpg

From everything I've heard, you fill the tray with room temperature water (doesn't have to be exact! I just run the faucet until I get what I feel is not too cold, not too hot, and pretty close to room temperature. Some say to use distilled water, but I think it depends on your area and how harsh your sink water is. I've never had a problem with the water here though) and let the plant sit in it for no longer than 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, pour out the remaining water from the tray. The way I check to see if my plant is ready for more water is by wiggling my finger around in the soil a little to see if it's moist enough. If it's pretty moist, I don't water. If It's dry-ish/not really moist (don't let your plant get BONE dry, but don't keep it soaking either. I know, it seems so complicated, but you get good at judging fairly quick :) ) then I water. If your plant was over watered, I'd wait for it to get dry-ish/not really moist, and then wait one more day before watering. I don't know if that's what everyone else recommends, that's just how I judge it. As for fertilizer, I'm not really sure! I don't fertilize my plants (shocking, I know) because I'm afraid I'll end up over fertilizing. Plus, the soil I use claims to fertilize for up to x amount of months (I forget how many ahah), so I just depend on that. Charged soil is kinda frowned upon, because a lot can go wrong with it - but mine's an AV soil, and if I'm not fertilizing anyways it's all fine :) Good luck on your AV journey and congratulations!!! :) I hope I didn't ramble on too much in my post lol.

Thank you so much for the reply! I will look that up! :) I'm embarrassed to say, I've been staring at them for two days and still have no idea if those are flower stalks or what. Ha. I tried looking up the difference to see if I could figure out what was in store for them, but ended up lost in a sea of Google. :)