Please help me identify this plant - huge sentimental value!
I am re-posting this after trying on the succulent forum where I thought it belonged.
Apologies in advance to those who might find this unusual/odd - but I
need some help with growing a plant I picked at an overseas cemetery,
off my grandparents' grave. They meant everything to me and their place
is an ocean away. When I visited I noticed there were two small planters
with two light green plants, left and right of the grave. They were planted there by my family. I do not know
what kind it is but I attached some pictures below. Light green,
thicker leaves (thick and sturdy, almost succulent but I am not sure).
It appears that a seed may have traveled and another plant, just like
those two planted in the planters, grew on its own, right on their
grave. I picked it up hoping that I could snatch it with some roots but
it came without. I took it with me anyway and placed it in a small cup
of water. It lasted forever and eventually started to grow roots in the
water - as in the attached pictures. It flew back with me to the States
and I placed it in water here too...and it keeps growing some white
roots.
I eventually planted it in a pot in some regular soil and placed it on a shelf indoors, where I also grow some African Violets under lights (see pic); but honestly, I don't know what I am doing because I don't know what this plants is and what its needs are.
Any tips would be immensely appreciated as this plant has a huge
sentimental value for me (virtually mystical). I feel that it was meant
to live and come here with me and if I can make it live, it will bring
me a lot of luck from my grandparents.
The climate it was living in overseas was temperate continental
(South East Europe) - overall cooler than where I am here, in the South.
Thank you so much in advance!!
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seedmoney
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Please help me identify this plant!
Comments (12)You could pull it out, as gently as possible, and put it on some newspaper to dry more quickly. This is not a thirsty, wilty plant, and the soil in which another plant previously died from what anybody would describe as "rotting" isn't stuff I'd want any plant in. So whenever you do repot, I'd try to get rid of as much of it as possible, then not pack the soil around the roots, so they can breathe and move/grow easily through it. If you find the roots aren't taking up most of the space/soil in the pot already, something in the bottom of the pot, taking up space so some of the soil is eliminated (so it dries more quickly,) might help. Anything that doesn't impede water escaping from the pot, block the drain hole(s), or hold excess moisture itself, like some pieces of styrofoam, could help do that. If you see that the pot is packed with mostly roots and very little soil, (which I doubt,) untangling them a bit, trimming some of the longest, could help. I don't do much with store-bought potting mixes, so hope some folks will jump in and talk about what they like for Peps. I don't get the idea you're into 'mixing something' for one office plant. Something chunky, porous, that dries quickly, will be the most comfortable for the plant, though that usually requires taking a plant to a sink for watering. Since so much water runs right through this kind of mix, comes out of the drain hole(s) so easily, it's necessary to add a lot of water over the whole surface or the whole contents of the pot won't get wet. This could be too messy, or need to be done too often for your office environment. For that reason, a more traditional potting soil that you don't get soggy wet, and just let dry for longer periods of time might be what you choose (though once in a while, I'd let it get a little extra dry, then take to sink and water so some flows out of the hole, to try to avoid any issues with tap water chemicals building up to toxic levels.) Every grower has to find the balance between what the plant would prefer and their schedule/environment....See MorePlease help me identify monster plant!!!
Comments (14)i am so honored.. lol.. i think ... cara close... i have added that the dark berries are an attractant to kids who think they might be tasty ... personally.. anything i need to boil for an hour or two, in two separate water baths ....... i can live without.. lol ... it is a perennial ... and by next season.. its root will be bigger than horseradish .... and near impossible to dig out.... and any part left in the ground WILL be back ... as far as i am concerned.. it is poisonous in every aspect .... and in summation.. EVERY SINGLE SEED WILL SPROUT NEXT YEAR .... it would be much easier to get rid of one now.. rather than the thousands next season ... i have some 8 footers.. i have to do tomorrow... to avoid seed ripening.. i will cut them to the ground.. and drip full strength round up on the stump ... and half of them will still resprout ... ken...See MorePlease help identify this house plant for me :)
Comments (4)That would be fine until frost, then it needs to come back inside. I don't know that I would take this Impatiens outside at this point. It's been fine for 4 years where it is, has sentimental value, and would be much more likely to catch downy mildew outside, a fatal (always/usually?) disease of I. walleriana. Snapping off the taller stems would result in more mass closer to the soil. When those are growing again (both the cut piece should continue to grow, along with new growth from the stump,) snap a few more. Doing it gradually would prevent the "bunch'a stumps" look of doing it all at once, and any risk associated with failure, though small. You could start a new pot or just make the current pot look more full. Since these plants do snap easily, repotting is difficult on one with many tall stems such as yours, I might opt for sticking cuttings in a pot of fresh soil. When a nice 2nd pot is going, a repotting attempt could be made on the mama plant without so much concern....See MorePlease help me identify this plant ASAP
Comments (5)My first thought as well. There are some with orange berries, like L. ciliosa (just plucked it from the internet...). Do you perhaps know the color of the flowers? and did it grow for a while without pruning? it seems huge in one of those pics. Bye, Lin...See More
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