In article .rogers.com,
"Marvin Hlavac" writes:

And another question: how old is your oldest plant?


Don't have any idea about how old they get, but my oldest aquatic plant is
relatively young, an anubias that just won't quit (Oldest leaves, which I know
I should probably prune off, are infected with BBA and have been since shortly
after I planted it) that is about 2 1/2 years old.

My oldest air plant is this type of palm (not sure exactly what kind it is --
common houseplant that you often see sold in little pots at the grocery) that
I've had since my undergrad college days. I had a roommate in 1989 who was
given this small plant which he began to neglect...I adopted it then when it
was about 4" tall and now it is probably 2 1/2 feet tall with two crazy
offshoots. It's interesting because it's been with me ever since, and I have
had all kinds of turmoil since then during which I neglected the plant...so you
can see parts of its stalk that are thin and gnarled and parts that are robust
and straight reflecting periods of care and neglect. It's turned out to be
very strange-looking...reminds me of some odd misshapen, bony creature with
wild mad-scientist hair that Dr. Seuss would dream up.


Erica
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