tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post172553337163256504..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Unfinished business: Justicia scheidweilerimr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-86952892933511035352011-06-24T04:00:59.246-07:002011-06-24T04:00:59.246-07:00Justicia scheidleiri: Pod person
DonJusticia scheidleiri: Pod person<br /><br />DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-32169698240361219092011-06-23T19:13:38.842-07:002011-06-23T19:13:38.842-07:00Well now I know why I saw these everywhere in the ...Well now I know why I saw these everywhere in the conservatory I used to volunteer in...Tomhttp://theatrumbotanicum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-56066728508238672762011-06-22T16:52:36.302-07:002011-06-22T16:52:36.302-07:00I recycle soil & seed media, and sometimes I g...I recycle soil & seed media, and sometimes I get mystery sprouts. I had Passiflora vitifolia show up that way. It took over a year to ID it. Sadly, it wouldn't bloom. Right now I've got Gloriosa superba sprouting in something I repotted two years ago (!), it must have been a tiny tuber to have missed it then. It refuses to bloom for me, and goes dormant for long stretches, but then Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157968454131571365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-67319224685978429262011-06-22T16:15:37.579-07:002011-06-22T16:15:37.579-07:00In some plants the seed ejection is caused by touc...In some plants the seed ejection is caused by touching the capsule so the seed has a chance of being carried away to pastures new by whatever passing animal does the touching. If the animal has a habit of leaning over pots of compost for most of its waking hours so much the better. Impatiens would be a classic example.<br /><br />Cute seeds. What they need is an advertising slogan and the plant Patnoreply@blogger.com