When I was away recently, I left instructions for Terry to water all the house plants twice a week only if they felt totally dry - 1/4 cup of water per plant.
When I came back two weeks later, the snake plant had this sturdy stalk growing from its center. (It reminds me of "Jack and the Beanstalk.") Now I'm wondering: Is this a snake plant flower? (I have never seen one before.) Or did a seed land in the soil and begin to grow in the same pot?! (I guess I'll have to do some online searching to find out!)
Later: Wow! This Wikipedia article indicates that it does sometimes flower - and that it is one of the best plants around for improving indoor air quality!
Plants are always surprising us aren't they? I know that we had 'fed' one of our aloe plants with some of our worm compost and a couple of months later it decided to grow a full green pepper plant (complete with a beautiful little pepper as well!)
ReplyDeleteI wonder if your worm compost had a little pepper seed in it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't been surprised by fruit in any of my flowerpots yet (unfortunately)!
I like the idea of improving indoor air quality!
ReplyDeleteMe too!
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