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On Apr 15, 2:00*am, Sacha wrote:
On 15/4/08 08:19, in article ,

"Charlie Pridham" wrote:
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Does anyone know what this type of plant is? *We just got this over
the weekend and I would like to find out how best to take care of it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. *Thanks!

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...eryPlant4-0800...

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...eryPlant4-0800...

Not a lot to go on! What made you buy it?

Possibly a Prostanthera, do you think, Charlie? *Or possibly not! *For some
reason I have a mental pic of it with little white flowers but I'm darned if
I know why. *Knowing where it came from would help but I'm guessing it might
be a home-grown that's unidentified by its grower.
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Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

We found this in a nursery in Los Angeles -- the shopkeeper told us it
was some kind of fern, but I couldn't find any fern pictures on the
web that resembled it. The pictures are just short clippings from the
plant, which was a tangled mess of very thick growth that was potted
in a hanging basket typically used for ferns. It's actually very
lovely; deep bright green with small leaves on each stem. Fine long
roots are visible under most of the stems.

I didn't see any flowers or buds anywhere on the plant, so it may not
have flowers (or maybe it's not the time of year when this plant comes
into bloom, if it does).

So it doesn't look like any common house plant, then, I guess? The
nursery shopkeeper indicated it would do best with filtered sunlight,
but if he didn't identify it correctly I am not sure he knew what he
was talking about.

I'll look into the Prostanthera on the web and see if it looks like
ours...any other ideas?

Thanks so much.

I don't think that it's a Prostanthera - the photos don't look like any
of the Prostantheras in my files.

When you were told it was a fern, the speaker might have meant
Asparagus, which isn't a fern, but which gets called a fern. (It's not
any Asparagus I've seen, but the variation in foliage in Asparagus does
seem to bracket your plant.)
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Stewart Robert Hinsley