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Old 28-02-2005, 06:18 PM
Killey Nelson
 
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Hi Allan

What you have there is a Deffenbachia (sp?). The "behavior" shown in your
picture is in no way unusual.

"If there is no such thing as a stupid question, then every question
deserves an answer." Anon


"Alan Little" wrote in message
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Thanks for the replies, everyone. The Pothos seems to have recovered;
it's been a couple of days and no new yellow leaves. I'll definitely give
it some fertilizer though, and if the problem re-occurs, consider re-
potting it. I have a feeling that I may have missed a watering a few
weeks ago, and the plant is just so big that it took this long for the
trauma to propagate.

As for the other plant (does anyone know what it is?) I'm starting to
wonder if its behavior is natural. All of the stalks that sagged have
started curving back upward, making an 'S' shape in the stem. In fact I
discovered one stalk which I hadn't noticed before, which did the 'S'
thing quite some time ago and has been growing upward since; I've
highlighted it in the picture below. The plant is showing no other signs
of distress, so maybe this is what it's supposed to do. It was just
surprising to see it do it after three years of just standing up
straight.

http://www.holotech.net/images/02270001h.JPG

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Alan
"Failure is impossible for those who refuse to abandon their goals."
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