A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
Can anyone please tell me what it is, where it originates from and
how I should be looking after it? It started "flowering" a few weeks
ago and has so far produced three little "nests". Every few days, a
tiny white "fledgling" peeps out for a few hours and then retreats
again, so far as I can see to wither away. Is that it?

--
Thanks,
Noel

Ildhund wrote...
A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
Can anyone please tell me what it is, where it originates from and
how I should be looking after it? It started "flowering" a few
weeks ago and has so far produced three little "nests". Every few
days, a tiny white "fledgling" peeps out for a few hours and then
retreats again, so far as I can see to wither away. Is that it?


Sorry, meant to point out that those are 6" tiles behind the pot, as
a size guide.

--
Noel

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:14:22 +0100, Ildhund wrote
(in article ):

A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
Can anyone please tell me what it is, where it originates from and
how I should be looking after it? It started "flowering" a few weeks
ago and has so far produced three little "nests". Every few days, a
tiny white "fledgling" peeps out for a few hours and then retreats
again, so far as I can see to wither away. Is that it?



I get a flash of an image, too quickly to see it, and then a box marked
Windows Live. Then no way of getting back to the image. Can you check that
your url is correct?


--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

On 28/8/07 12:14, in article ,
"Ildhund" wrote:

A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
Can anyone please tell me what it is, where it originates from and
how I should be looking after it? It started "flowering" a few weeks
ago and has so far produced three little "nests". Every few days, a
tiny white "fledgling" peeps out for a few hours and then retreats
again, so far as I can see to wither away. Is that it?

Could it be a Dracaena? I'm completely ignorant on that sort of plant but a
Google image search might help.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sally Thompson wrote...
Ildhund wrote:

A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
Can anyone please tell me what it is, where it originates from
and
how I should be looking after it? It started "flowering" a few
weeks
ago and has so far produced three little "nests". Every few days,
a
tiny white "fledgling" peeps out for a few hours and then
retreats
again, so far as I can see to wither away. Is that it?


I get a flash of an image, too quickly to see it, and then a box
marked
Windows Live. Then no way of getting back to the image. Can you
check that
your url is correct?


Sorry about that, Sally. It seems to have worked for Sacha (next
post in thread), so it must be something at your end. What browser
are you using on which operating system?

--
Noel

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:59:06 +0100, Ildhund wrote
(in article ):

Sally Thompson wrote...
Ildhund wrote:

A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
Can anyone please tell me what it is, where it originates from
and
how I should be looking after it? It started "flowering" a few
weeks
ago and has so far produced three little "nests". Every few days,
a
tiny white "fledgling" peeps out for a few hours and then
retreats
again, so far as I can see to wither away. Is that it?


I get a flash of an image, too quickly to see it, and then a box
marked
Windows Live. Then no way of getting back to the image. Can you
check that
your url is correct?


Sorry about that, Sally. It seems to have worked for Sacha (next
post in thread), so it must be something at your end. What browser
are you using on which operating system?



I'm using Firefox, and on a Mac (Sacha also uses a Mac). With all due
respect, I don't normally have problems viewing images so I suspect that the
problem is not at my end, but something at the "Windows Live" end.


--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

I don't know what it is but there's one of them in our kitchen. It's
the only survivor from a basket arrangement present given to my wife
about ten years ago. It still has a label that says "Rainbow". That
may have been the name of the whole lot rather than just this plant.
It is now about three foot high and has grown many stalks. The stalks
are woody. It has never flowered.

Steve

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.

http://www.easynn.com

On 28/8/07 13:29, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

I don't know what it is but there's one of them in our kitchen. It's
the only survivor from a basket arrangement present given to my wife
about ten years ago. It still has a label that says "Rainbow". That
may have been the name of the whole lot rather than just this plant.
It is now about three foot high and has grown many stalks. The stalks
are woody. It has never flowered.

Steve

Bingo. Dracaena marginata aka Rainbow tree.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote...
Steve Wolstenholme wrote:

I don't know what it is but there's one of them in our kitchen.
It's
the only survivor from a basket arrangement present given to my
wife
about ten years ago. It still has a label that says "Rainbow".
That
may have been the name of the whole lot rather than just this
plant.
It is now about three foot high and has grown many stalks. The
stalks
are woody. It has never flowered.


Bingo. Dracaena marginata aka Rainbow tree.

Bless you! Thank you all so much. I was foxed by the lack of
woodiness - her stalk is still a firm, fleshy purple because she's
still so young. I suppose I should consider myself privileged to
have her flowering, then, even if the spectacle is a trifle
underwhelming.

--
Noel

Sally Thompson wrote...
Ildhund wrote
Sally Thompson wrote...
Ildhund wrote:

A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from
a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which
I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into
this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
snip


I get a flash of an image, too quickly to see it, and then a box
marked
Windows Live. Then no way of getting back to the image. Can
you
check that
your url is correct?


Sorry about that, Sally. It seems to have worked for Sacha (next
post in thread), so it must be something at your end. What
browser
are you using on which operating system?


I'm using Firefox, and on a Mac (Sacha also uses a Mac). With all
due
respect, I don't normally have problems viewing images so I
suspect that the
problem is not at my end, but something at the "Windows Live" end.


You may well be right that this MS innovation ("Skydrive", still
being beta-tested) doesn't play nicely with their competitors'
products, but at least we've established that there's nothing wrong
with the URL. I'll pass your experience on to the development team.
Anyway, Sacha seems to have put her finger on it - see her response
a bit later.

Thanks for trying!
--
Noel

[Thank you, too, for sharing the Burne Jones window. Morris
wallpapered the
hall in my old college.]

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:08:34 +0100, Sally Thompson
wrote:


Sorry about that, Sally. It seems to have worked for Sacha (next
post in thread), so it must be something at your end. What browser
are you using on which operating system?



I'm using Firefox, and on a Mac (Sacha also uses a Mac). With all due
respect, I don't normally have problems viewing images so I suspect that the
problem is not at my end, but something at the "Windows Live" end.

I use firefox and viewed it fine.
--
http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
Or get it delivered for free

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:07:30 +0100, "Ildhund"
wrote:

Sacha wrote...
Steve Wolstenholme wrote:

I don't know what it is but there's one of them in our kitchen.
It's
the only survivor from a basket arrangement present given to my
wife
about ten years ago. It still has a label that says "Rainbow".
That
may have been the name of the whole lot rather than just this
plant.
It is now about three foot high and has grown many stalks. The
stalks
are woody. It has never flowered.


Bingo. Dracaena marginata aka Rainbow tree.

Bless you! Thank you all so much. I was foxed by the lack of
woodiness - her stalk is still a firm, fleshy purple because she's
still so young. I suppose I should consider myself privileged to
have her flowering, then, even if the spectacle is a trifle
underwhelming.

Perhaps that's a difference. The fleshy bits became woody as they
grew. I don't understand the flowers. I can't imagine how any plant
can only flower when young - what would be the point in growing?

Steve

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.

http://www.easynn.com

"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
al.net...
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:59:06 +0100, Ildhund wrote
(in article ):

Sally Thompson wrote...
Ildhund wrote:

A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
Can anyone please tell me what it is, where it originates from
and
how I should be looking after it? It started "flowering" a few
weeks
ago and has so far produced three little "nests". Every few days,
a
tiny white "fledgling" peeps out for a few hours and then
retreats
again, so far as I can see to wither away. Is that it?


I get a flash of an image, too quickly to see it, and then a box
marked
Windows Live. Then no way of getting back to the image. Can you
check that
your url is correct?


Sorry about that, Sally. It seems to have worked for Sacha (next
post in thread), so it must be something at your end. What browser
are you using on which operating system?



I'm using Firefox, and on a Mac (Sacha also uses a Mac). With all due
respect, I don't normally have problems viewing images so I suspect that
the
problem is not at my end, but something at the "Windows Live" end.


--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

Works for me also.
thanks keith

On 28/8/07 14:07, in article ,
"Ildhund" wrote:

Sacha wrote...
Steve Wolstenholme wrote:

I don't know what it is but there's one of them in our kitchen.
It's
the only survivor from a basket arrangement present given to my
wife
about ten years ago. It still has a label that says "Rainbow".
That
may have been the name of the whole lot rather than just this
plant.
It is now about three foot high and has grown many stalks. The
stalks
are woody. It has never flowered.


Bingo. Dracaena marginata aka Rainbow tree.

Bless you! Thank you all so much. I was foxed by the lack of
woodiness - her stalk is still a firm, fleshy purple because she's
still so young. I suppose I should consider myself privileged to
have her flowering, then, even if the spectacle is a trifle
underwhelming.

Glad it worked - it was a leap of memory on my part, I must admit because,
as I say, I'm not greatly into such plants.


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

keith kent wrote:
"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
al.net...
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:59:06 +0100, Ildhund wrote
(in article ):

Sally Thompson wrote...
Ildhund wrote:

A carrier bag of assorted and unidentified cuttings I got from a
friend last Autumn included a tiny (1") two-leaf job, which I've
done my best to mollycoddle and nurture. It has grown into this:
http://tinyurl.com/3bt6vu
Can anyone please tell me what it is, where it originates from
and
how I should be looking after it? It started "flowering" a few
weeks
ago and has so far produced three little "nests". Every few days,
a
tiny white "fledgling" peeps out for a few hours and then
retreats
again, so far as I can see to wither away. Is that it?

I get a flash of an image, too quickly to see it, and then a box
marked
Windows Live. Then no way of getting back to the image. Can you
check that
your url is correct?

Sorry about that, Sally. It seems to have worked for Sacha (next
post in thread), so it must be something at your end. What browser
are you using on which operating system?


I'm using Firefox, and on a Mac (Sacha also uses a Mac). With all due
respect, I don't normally have problems viewing images so I suspect that
the
problem is not at my end, but something at the "Windows Live" end.


--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

Works for me also.
thanks keith



For some strange reason, tinyrurl.com does not work from work (on
Windows XP, or Linux, Firefox of IE) but I never had any problem from
home...