Yes, it is rhizomatous. The long bare piece is a rhizome, you can cut off the growing tip with its leaves and propagate it by itself, it will make a more attractive plant, and the remaining rhizome can be cutoff and possibly you will get small plantlets from it if you put it on something like damp sphagnum. And then from the base of this plant at soil level you should get fresh growth there. I don't know the name of this plant. If you try these propagating methods be sure and maintain humidity.

For those following that have not seen her new post; link is below. Posted by emeraldisle624 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 18:34 Hi everyone, I know I haven't posted much lately but I am here at least once a week seeing what you are all up to. I feel like I have been wishing the days away, trying to keep my mind busy and letting my body and medicine do it's thing. It's been a long 7 months since the endometrial cancer was first diagnosed. I had my 3rd and final d&c last week at MGH in Boston. Everything about the procedure went like clockwork, unlike the last time. I was the FIRST patient allowed into pre-op in what seemed like hundreds that showed up at 5:30am. The lobby at MGH was seriously like a bus terminal, never seen anything like it. I wasn't the first one to show up nor was I the first one to see the people in the surgery check-in lobby but somehow I got to be the first sent down to the nurses in pre-op and get a room/prepped for surgery (everyone else had been told to take a seat and they'd be called soon). Then I was the first one wheeled to surgery and then the first one discharged! I swear God was holding my hand and making things as easy for me as possible, I had an aura-type feeling about me all day. If it was just my imagination, it's ok I'll take it! I never saw or talked to my doctor, I think it was because everything was on schedule (or maybe even a bit early as my husband got the call at 8:30am that I was on my way to recovery) and they had me knocked out when she arrived. Breezed through recovery, out in record time just to go home and wait 7-10 days for the results. I had such anxiety leading up the surgery that my whole body hurt. I swear I hurt even more in this past week waiting, like I tensed up while sleeping or something. I didn't feel too stressed during the day while awake as I have been pretty good at going with the flow and trying to put my trust in having everything work out the way it's destined to. Since tomorrow is day "7" of the 7-10 days I was going to email the nurse and ask if any results were available yet. She knows I am anxious and that I would be waiting every last minute. Depending on the results, I'd either be scheduling an appointment with the fertility specialist or to have my inevitable hysterectomy. I got a call this afternoon that said "blocked" on my cell phone. My stomach dropped as I knew who it was going to be, the doctor or the nurse with my results. I just wanted to update you all that I will be calling my FERTILITY SPECIALIST to make an appointment to get in there as soon as I can for the next step. All of the pathology came back with no malignancy found! I even had her email me a copy of the report because I was so afraid that she called the wrong person and was giving me someone else's information! I have it in black and white, NO MALIGNANCY FOUND, in 2 different places next to my name! I of course couldn't stop crying and I was waiting for my husband to get home. He got home and the dog ran outside with him. He's getting the mail, chasing the dog, all these things while I am just patiently waiting for him to come in. And I told him the doctor's office called and quickly went to add that the cancer was gone, I am to stop my meds and get in touch with the fertility doctor tomorrow. I felt like I was dreaming. I thanked God so much for answering all the prayers that were said for me and for giving me this opportunity. I still have a long road ahead of me and there are absolutely no guarantees of anything. But I am going to try my hardest to make our dreams come true. I am so very thankful and humbled by everyone in my life (online and in person) who have reached out to me and helped me more than they will ever know. Please continue to keep me in your prayers, I hope there is a miracle in the making. I am on a short timeline and I should have a better idea after seeing the fertility doctor again soon. (I think the meds have to be out of my system 30 days but I don't recall exactly.) Sorry for the long post, I didn't want to leave a word out in case this and my other posts ever help someone else. I hope you are all doing well and please know I think of you all often. Your prayers and healing messages changed my life and today is living proof of that. I am by no means cured of cancer, in case anyone just diagnosed finds this thread by googling or whatever. The only thing that happened is the medicine counteracted the hormones and, in my fancy medical terms, chased the cancer cells down and ate them. So, slowly but surely, since I am no longer taking the hormones, the cancer will slowly grow back and there is no way to know how fast or slow that could happen which is why time is of the essence to get pregnant now. When/if I get pregnant, my body will naturally make huge doses of that missing hormone and actually protect me from the cancer during pregnancy. I will have to have a hysterectomy within a few months or after pregnancy no matter what due to the cancer risk. I can't grasp how remarkable our bodies are. Thank you again. emeraldisle624 Here is a link that might be useful: Just a quick update!

Ham and Potato Casserole This recipe is from New & Healthy Brand Name Cookbook, editor Hedi Levine. This serves 4. Ingredients 1 cup diced cooked ham 2 cups diced cooked potatoes ¼ cup margarine or butter, melted, or oil 1 small onion, minced 3 tablespoons flour 1 ½ cups milk Salt and pepper to taste ½ cup grated sharp cheddar cheese ¼ cup bread crumbs 2-2 ½ cups green beans, cooked and drained Put ham and potato into a shallow 1 ½ quart baking dish. Add onion to melted margarine and cook until onion is golden. Blend in flour. Add milk and cook, stirring, until thickened. Season with salt and pepper, then pour over ham and potato. Sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs. Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes. Add heated green beans in a ring around the edge of the casserole. Jambalaya This recipe an old boyfriend made for me. I broke up with him before I got the recipe. One of my sorority sisters was dating his brother. She got the recipe for me. A heck of a way to get a recipe! You could just as easily substitute all chicken (or part chicken & part sausage)instead of using shrimp. Serves 4. Ingredients 12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined 8 oz boneless, skinless chicken, diced 8 oz smoked ham, diced (Kielbasa or Andouie sausage also work well) 2 cups cooked rice 2 tablespoons butter or margarine ¼ cup each diced tomato, diced onion, diced celery, diced green pepper, and sliced okra 1 cup tomato juice (I like spicy V-8 or Bloody Mary mix instead) 1 cup stock, chicken, beef or seafood 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper ¼ teaspoon black pepper Salt to taste 1 tablespoon gumbo file, optional Melt the butter in a sauce pot and add vegetables. Sauté vegetables for a couple minutes and add seasonings. Add shrimp, chicken and ham and sauté until cooked. Add rice, stock, tomato juice and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in gumbo file to thicken and serve immediately.

Good plan Peren.all. It is so frustrating to write a perfect paragraph and have it disappear. If you don't want to mess with Word or Office, just do a draft in your own email and copy/paste that into the Houzz forum. Once it is posted just trash the draft. When I tried to post a photo in a new topic, my photo was too large. I waited and waited for it to appear but it didn't. Then I reduced the resolution size and it posted right away, so I wonder if there is a size limit in there somewhere. -Babka