Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get one
for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or even
genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite soft.
Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All suggestions
appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.

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Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get one
for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or even
genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite soft.
Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All suggestions
appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.


Most likely poinsettia.

Be warned. They're grown under special condtions in the nursery to
get them to the condition you see them, when offered for sale.

If you want them to produce coloured leaves\bracts year after year its
can be an uphill task. Allegedly.

There should be more info on here, although I haven't checked.


http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/


michael adams

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In article .com,
wrote:

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get one
for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or even
genus.

Genus Euphorbia.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite soft.
Height around 40cm.

As Michael Adams says, it is called a poinsettia - but, as I say,
it isn't. No matter. It isn't that hard to keep going for a few
weeks or months but, as he says, it goes green and needs special
treatment to redden up next year.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article .com,
wrote:

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get one
for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or even
genus.

Genus Euphorbia.

....

Given that the genus euphorbia contains over 2000 identified species,
I'm sure the O.P. would have realy appreciated that piece of information
if only you'd have provided it four minutes earlier. Shame.

....


It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite soft.
Height around 40cm.

As Michael Adams says, it is called a poinsettia - but, as I say,
it isn't.

....

Indeed it's actual botanical is name euphorbia pulcherima.
The "beautiful euphorbia "

Although whether that would have been of any more use down the Garden
Centre is open to question.


michael adams

four minutes can be such a long time on Usenet.


....

No matter. It isn't that hard to keep going for a few
weeks or months but, as he says, it goes green and needs special
treatment to redden up next year.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Indeed it's actual botanical is name euphorbia pulcherima.

Its called Euphorbia pulcherrima actually (pedant mode on).

"David Henderson" wrote in message
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Indeed it's actual botanical is name euphorbia pulcherima.

Its called Euphorbia pulcherrima actually (pedant mode on).


It's "it's" actually; when "it's" represents the contraction
rather the possessive.

What a shame to spoil such an original and highly amusing spelling
flame, with such display of manifest illiteracy.


michael adams

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"David Henderson" wrote in message
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Indeed it's actual botanical is name euphorbia pulcherima.

Its called Euphorbia pulcherrima actually (pedant mode on).


It's "it's" actually; when "it's" represents the contraction
rather the possessive.

What a shame to spoil such an original and highly amusing spelling
flame, with such a display of manifest illiteracy.


michael adams

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It sounds like a poinsettia.

Mel.


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Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get one
for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or even
genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite soft.
Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All suggestions
appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.

wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get one
for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or even
genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite soft.
Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All suggestions
appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.

If it is what we now believe it to be then this site will give you useful
ino about the plant
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/

"Rupert" wrote in message
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wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get one
for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or even
genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite soft.
Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All suggestions
appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.

If it is what we now believe it to be then this site will give you useful
ino about the plant
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/


Good thinking. That should come in useful if the O.P. misses the link
I left to that particular site around 2 hours ago, as you seem to have
done.



michael adams

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michael adams wrote:
"Rupert" wrote in message
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wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get
one for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or
even genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite
soft. Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All
suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.

If it is what we now believe it to be then this site will give you
useful ino about the plant
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/


Good thinking. That should come in useful if the O.P. misses the link
I left to that particular site around 2 hours ago, as you seem to have
done.



michael adams


Calm down FFS, everyone can read, no one's trying to steal your thunder!

"Phil L" wrote in message
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michael adams wrote:
"Rupert" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get
one for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or
even genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite
soft. Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All
suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.

If it is what we now believe it to be then this site will give you
useful ino about the plant
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/


Good thinking. That should come in useful if the O.P. misses the link
I left to that particular site around 2 hours ago, as you seem to have
done.



michael adams


Calm down FFS, everyone can read, no one's trying to steal your thunder!

....

If you want to try and order people about, I suggest you stick to your
wife and your kids. Either that or get a job as a Traffic Warden.

Then when they tire of you, try talking to the trees in the park.

Only morons, inadequates, and control freaks with too high an opinion
of themselves are stupid enough to try and tell complete strangers
how to behave on Usenet.

I leave it up to you to decide in which of those categories you wish
to place yourself.

You prize buffoon.




michael adams

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michael adams wrote:

If you want to try and order people about, I suggest you stick to your
wife and your kids. Either that or get a job as a Traffic Warden.

Then when they tire of you, try talking to the trees in the park.

Only morons, inadequates, and control freaks with too high an opinion
of themselves are stupid enough to try and tell complete strangers
how to behave on Usenet.


I see, so me telling you to calm down is not at all like you telling me to
talk to trees or become a traffic warden?
.....and you were doing quite well up until then..

I leave it up to you to decide in which of those categories you wish
to place yourself.

Obvously the same one as you!

You prize buffoon.

You prize buffoon.


BTW, To the OP spye22!! - me an Melanie think it's a poinsetta, which is
all you wanted to know really, without a bout of willy-waving and peurile
tantrums to confuddle the issue.

"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Rupert" wrote in message
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wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get one
for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or even
genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite soft.
Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All suggestions
appreciated.

Thanks,
Stephen.

If it is what we now believe it to be then this site will give you useful
ino about the plant
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/


Good thinking. That should come in useful if the O.P. misses the link
I left to that particular site around 2 hours ago, as you seem to have
done.



michael adams

It got stuck in the outbox as Onetel news server was playing up. Anyway
that's my excuse.

wrote:
Hi all,

I saw a nice looking pot plant the other day, and would like to get
one for the home, but have not a clue what it would be called, or
even
genus.

It was very christmassy having green leaves on the bottom half and
bright red leaves at the top. Leaves about 10cm span, and quite
soft.
Height around 40cm.

Does anyone have an idea of what plant this might be? All
suggestions
appreciated.

As everybody else has said, it's a poinsettia: note that there are
also cream-coloured ones. Others have also pointed you to a website
with instructions for getting it to perform next Christmas. I've done
it, and found it very interesting; but I was the only person who was
impressed. You get more "flowers" (they aren't exactly flowers in the
ordinary sense), but they're a heck of a lot smaller, and may not be
so bright, and the plants get gawky and leggy. In the trade, they get
treated with a chemical dwarfing agent to stop them growing up --
like Olympic gymnasts in some countries!

The nearer we get to Christmas, the cheaper they become, so I'd buy
new ones every year if the only object was cheerful Christmas
decoration. I haven't checked with my mother, who is the Fount of
Wisdom (if she hasn't yet been strangled by the homicidally-insane
Monstera deliciosa in her conservatory), but I think I remember we
had them growing outdoors in Oz when I was a boy. They aren't natural
over here, and for a long-term plant they're a bit of a nuisance.

--
Mike.