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Getting to know my house plants: Parlor palm, Chamaedora elegans
Parlor palm (Chamaedora elegans) is a popular, slow-growing house plant that is known to have been passed from generation to generation. Mine is a first-generation parlor palm, practically hidden away among dracaenas and the arrow head plant in the mixed...
February 6, 2010 6:01 pm
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My kalanchoes are blooming again
I have had common kalanchoes, the ones with 4-petal flowers... 3.21.03 ...and calandiva, with double flowers, at various times in the past, but have not been able to get either one to bloom again until this winter. 2.2.10 Kalanchoe is...
February 3, 2010 6:44 pm
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Getting to know my house plants: Rubber plant, Ficus elastica
"What the shamrock is to Ireland the rubber plant is to the dweller in flats and furnished rooms..." - The Rubber Plant's Story by O. Henry ( William Sidney Porter, 1862 - 1910) Rubber plant (Ficus elastica), a cultivated, ornamental...
January 31, 2010 5:51 pm
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