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Ponytail
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Can anybody tell me what a very young Ponytail plants bulb thing looks like. I know what it looks like a little bit older, but I have had this young plant given to me that is supposed to be a Ponytail, but its bottom looks more like a roundish bulb. TIA Sno Please reply to the group-my email address is fake to deter spam. |
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Ponytail
Snogoose wrote:
Please Can anybody tell me what a very young Ponytail plants bulb thing looks like. I know what it looks like a little bit older, but I have had this young plant given to me that is supposed to be a Ponytail, but its bottom looks more like a roundish bulb. TIA Sno Please reply to the group-my email address is fake to deter spam. Baby ponytails look a bit like 'a roundish bulb' and darken and get woodier with maturity. What are the leaves like? Ponytail (Beaucarnia) leaves are leathery and slender (linear), all originating from the top of the 'bulb'. If the plant you have is entirely green and succulent, you might be dealing with a thing called 'Pregnant Onion'. Yeah, I'm serious! The first time I purchased a Beaucarnia, I admire the juicy green bulb and thought 'Oh, it'll grow woodier in time...). It never did! Instead, I wound up with a rather attractive potted specimen which threw hundreds and hundreds of baby bulbs (and now I have *legions* of them!!!!!) I actually had to search for a while before I finally found a real Beaucarnia! LOL! FWIW, Pregnant Onion (does *any*one know its latin name? It's too pretty to be called 'Pregnant Onion'! has between two and, say, eight long, straplike, shiny leaves at any given time and is usually 'pregnant' (ie. hatching new babies). It might help if you let us know how big your 'bulb' is, what colour, what sorts of leaves it's sprouting and perhaps where you got it from??? -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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Trish, the bulb is dryish on top, 2cm across, leaves not at all succulent,
strappy, coming out from the top of the bulb. The longest leaves are about 20cm long. It was given to me by my niece who in turn got it from her friend who said it came up in her garden. She has large adult Ponytails so I am hoping. Thanks, Sno Please reply to the group-my email address is fake to deter spam. "Trish Brown" wrote in message ... Snogoose wrote: Please Can anybody tell me what a very young Ponytail plants bulb thing looks like. I know what it looks like a little bit older, but I have had this young plant given to me that is supposed to be a Ponytail, but its bottom looks more like a roundish bulb. TIA Sno Please reply to the group-my email address is fake to deter spam. Baby ponytails look a bit like 'a roundish bulb' and darken and get woodier with maturity. What are the leaves like? Ponytail (Beaucarnia) leaves are leathery and slender (linear), all originating from the top of the 'bulb'. If the plant you have is entirely green and succulent, you might be dealing with a thing called 'Pregnant Onion'. Yeah, I'm serious! The first time I purchased a Beaucarnia, I admire the juicy green bulb and thought 'Oh, it'll grow woodier in time...). It never did! Instead, I wound up with a rather attractive potted specimen which threw hundreds and hundreds of baby bulbs (and now I have *legions* of them!!!!!) I actually had to search for a while before I finally found a real Beaucarnia! LOL! FWIW, Pregnant Onion (does *any*one know its latin name? It's too pretty to be called 'Pregnant Onion'! has between two and, say, eight long, straplike, shiny leaves at any given time and is usually 'pregnant' (ie. hatching new babies). It might help if you let us know how big your 'bulb' is, what colour, what sorts of leaves it's sprouting and perhaps where you got it from??? -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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Thanks Adrian, I didn't think I was being hoodwinked but the round bulb had
me puzzled. Looks like I have a long wait for mine to be 1.5m tall. Sno "Adrian" ay@no-spam-liquisol-com wrote in message ... On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:21:18 GMT, "Snogoose" wrote: Trish, the bulb is dryish on top, 2cm across, leaves not at all succulent, strappy, coming out from the top of the bulb. The longest leaves are about 20cm long. It was given to me by my niece who in turn got it from her friend who said it came up in her garden. She has large adult Ponytails so I am hoping. Thanks, Sno It sounds identical to a baby ponytail I was given about 10 years ago. It's now 1.5m tall, and growing very happilly in the garden! |
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Ponytail
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:21:18 GMT, "Snogoose"
wrote: Trish, the bulb is dryish on top, 2cm across, leaves not at all succulent, strappy, coming out from the top of the bulb. The longest leaves are about 20cm long. It was given to me by my niece who in turn got it from her friend who said it came up in her garden. She has large adult Ponytails so I am hoping. Thanks, Sno It sounds identical to a baby ponytail I was given about 10 years ago. It's now 1.5m tall, and growing very happilly in the garden! |
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