Beginner Gardening: Can you identify my plants?, 0 by mandapandabear
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Subject: Can you identify my plants?
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mandapandabear wrote: I've recently adopted houseplants as a new hobby (more like addiction lol) My sister who is already into growing gave me an unknown. Neither one of us knows its name or species. It's very nice, it was a chew toy for her six cats for a while but it's repaired very nicely since being at my place. I'd like to know how to care for it specifically. Can anyone tell me what this is? It looks to me like a member of the bamboo family, or dracaena. It resembles a branch of "Lucky Bamboo". It has the bumpy stalk with the same type of leaf growth, except the leaves are striped on the outer edges like zebra grass. I just recently made the plant stand up with a stake. It was leaning for the last month so the top growth is crooked, growing in the direction of my window. I'd like to snip that crooked piece off and propagate it for a new plant and to fix the old one's appearance. It did this very rapidly just as lucky bamboo would. I water it when the soil dries out and have kept it in direct western light, which doesn't appear to harm it (no sunburn). I've also fed it a stick of Miracle Grow houseplant food. It appears to be growing in regular dirt, not anything store-bought. There is a tiny sprout growing next to it, this started recently so I must be doing something right to be promoting new growth. There is also another unknown type growing next to it, it has a grassier appearance and was practically destroyed by the cats. Its growing back nicely. Green, red tipped spines growing from it now, looks like thin grass. I know I've seen this plant before but can't see it (like the other one) in any directories. Sorry for the book but please tell me what these guys are so I can have some fun with them! Thanx in advance. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/downyfresh/my plants/... http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/downyfresh/my plants/... http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/downyfresh/my plants/... http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/downyfresh/my plants/... http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/downyfresh/my plants/... http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e364/downyfresh/my plants/... |