Today I went out in the garden and there is a plant growing that is brand new.
It has a straight stem about 10 inches high, no leaves, dark colored, about as
big around as a calla lilly stem. The stem is dark brown or maroon. At the top
of the stem is a group (about 20) of very shiny "berries" which look like very
small bell peppers. The group of berries remind me of a bunch of bananas
(elongated). I cut one open and it had three "seeds" inside". I am riddled
with curiosity and wonder if anyone knows what this could be. I never saw a
plant before with no leaves.

Ora

Are you in Austin, Texas?

Might be a rain lilly seed pod, but the 'banana shape' throws me.

-Nancy

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:03:37 GMT, "N. Woolley" wrote:

Are you in Austin, Texas?

Might be a rain lilly seed pod, but the 'banana shape' throws me.

-Nancy

I live in the Bay Area (California). The thing is not banana shaped but the
"pods" are clustered upward (piled on top of each other). Actually it is very
close to another plant and it occurs to me that it might be part of that other
plant which has long dark green leaves (about 8 inches long with yellow veins).
Its leaves are about four inches wide and tend to curl toward the center. I had
a diffenbachia once and it grew a thing which I guess was a seed source.

I looked up rain lillies and the plant is different.

Ora

wrote:
I live in the Bay Area (California). The thing is not banana shaped but the

Why post your questions to austin.gardening then? Just asking...

--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

It was the only gardening group I found.

Ora

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:06:28 +0000 (UTC), (Victor M.
Martinez) wrote:

wrote:
I live in the Bay Area (California). The thing is not banana shaped but the

Why post your questions to austin.gardening then? Just asking...

You might try rec.gardens, it's a national(international?)group. I'll bet
if your server carries austin.gardening, they have rec.gardens.

Dale

wrote in message
...
It was the only gardening group I found.

Ora

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:06:28 +0000 (UTC), (Victor M.
Martinez) wrote:

wrote:
I live in the Bay Area (California). The thing is not banana shaped but
the

Why post your questions to austin.gardening then? Just asking...