"Cereus-validus." in . com:


What in the freak is a "Climbing Shell plant" supposed to be? Is that
something Texas oil barons like to grow? Why isn't it called a "Climbing
Shell Bush"? Which catalog was that?


"ambitious shell-gamer" might be more polite than social climber?


google:

climbing shell plant (vigna caracella)

aka snail plant! :-)