It can't be that rare, but they don't seem to have them in any of the
nurseries around here. Inherited without a label, I wonder if anyone
would like to identify this beast for me:


http://www.nook.demon.co.uk/pics/odds/Geraldine.jpg


I know it needs a little support there ... don't worry, I plan to re-pot
it this evening :-)

Thanks for taking a look,


--Neil (famous pot-plant ignoramus).



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In article , Neil Trotter
writes
It can't be that rare, but they don't seem to have them in any of the
nurseries around here. Inherited without a label, I wonder if anyone
would like to identify this beast for me:


http://www.nook.demon.co.uk/pics/odds/Geraldine.jpg


I know it needs a little support there ... don't worry, I plan to re-pot
it this evening :-)

Thanks for taking a look,


--Neil (famous pot-plant ignoramus).



You know when you drive along a road and see a sign 'Heavy Plant
Crossing' ?

Well you have one!!!

If you are old enough, it is rather like a song from years ago about a
man who was walking along a beach and found a box and when he opened it
up he found a '''''''''''' and never did get rid of it :-(( Everyone
said 'Get out of here with your ''''''''''' and don't come back :-((

Mike
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identify this beast

Possibly a rhizomatous begonia.

In article , Neil Trotter
writes
It can't be that rare, but they don't seem to have them in any of the
nurseries around here. Inherited without a label, I wonder if anyone
would like to identify this beast for me:


http://www.nook.demon.co.uk/pics/odds/Geraldine.jpg


It's a begonia, though I'm not sure which species. Sutherlandii has
spots, but smaller and narrower leaves.

I know it needs a little support there

No it doesn't! It likes to droop!

... don't worry, I plan to re-pot
it this evening :-)


--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

In article , Mike said:

You know when you drive along a road and see a sign 'Heavy Plant
Crossing' ?

Well you have one!!!

:-)

On Sat, 10 May 2003 17:28:08 +0100, Mike
wrote:

You know when you drive along a road and see a sign 'Heavy Plant
Crossing' ?

Well you have one!!!

g

Judging by the size of the leaves, I suspect that Geraldine may be a
Begonia Lucerna, in which case she will get a lot heavier! Mine is
currently around 5' tall, so be warned...

--
Serena

Sometimes I sits and thinks ... and sometimes I just sits. (Punch cartoon)

In article , Kay Easton said:

It's a begonia, though I'm not sure which species. Sutherlandii has
spots, but smaller and narrower leaves.

Thanks for that, Kay, and thanks also to IntarsiaCo & Serena, for giving
me a Clue. It's nice to know where to come when you need one. Now I
know what to ask search engines to find further info ...

I know it needs a little support there

No it doesn't! It likes to droop!

.... and that's the second thing I've learned about it! Now that it's in
a slightly bigger pot, it's C of G is at least somewhere over the ledge
it lives on.


--Neil.



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Neil Trotter wrote in
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It can't be that rare, but they don't seem to have them in any of the
nurseries around here. Inherited without a label, I wonder if anyone
would like to identify this beast for me:
http://www.nook.demon.co.uk/pics/odds/Geraldine.jpg

Its a Begonia...
Not sure which type....
It could be a Begonia Maculata (red undersides?)
Or possibly a Begonia Lucerna....AKA B. Corallina de Lucerna

I know it needs a little support there ... don't worry, I plan to re-pot
it this evening :-)

Dn't worry about that.....It tends to like to droop....
Although you could put a mosspole in the new pot and trail it up it....
It will look nice....And you can trail it a little if you wanted..

Thanks for taking a look,

no probs