On 13 Mar, 20:11, K wrote:
La Puce writesOn 13 Mar, 19:10, sam wrote:
igtodd wrote:
Could anyone help me identify a plant that was given to me as a gift?
A photo is at
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~it/DSC02278.jpg
It grows lots of little plantlets on the edges of the leaves!

Looks to me like a Christmas Rose, Ian.Worth keeping.

Do you mean the winter flowering cacti, Schlumbergera? The leaves are
more serrated on Ian's picture. I'm not sure ...

Christmas Rose is usually applied to Helleborus niger.

Schlumbergia truncata is known as Christmas cactus. It looks completely
different from Ian's picture - the 'leaves' (which are actually
flattened stems) grow end from end from each other. Ian's picture
clearly shows true leaves placed opposite on a stem - this is sufficient
to identify that Ian's plant is not Schlubergera without recourse to
degree of serration.
--
Kay

I also have the Christmas cactus, taken from a single cutting of a
plant during the summer. Only in the last few weeks has it begun to
sprout new leaves, and appears to be growing well.

The photograph I posted of the B. daigremontianum was from growth of a
lot of the plantlets. The plant I was given has grown quite tall and
continuosly drops the plantlets onto the floor! I decided to grab a
load and put them on some soil. Given their inital size I didn't hold
out much hope, but they all grew! Now I _do_ have too many!

Ian