tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post3560046370133245878..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: List: Houseplants Which Trail But (Mostly) Don't Climbmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-12257622768320782932013-03-21T06:46:22.427-07:002013-03-21T06:46:22.427-07:00Anonymous:
Under natural conditions, outdoors, ye...Anonymous:<br /><br />Under natural conditions, outdoors, yes, both <i>Hedera</i> and <i>Epipremnum</i> will climb things on their own without assistance. Indoors, my experience is that they crawl unless someone makes a point of looping them around a support of some kind.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-73942269157541985662013-03-21T05:27:16.499-07:002013-03-21T05:27:16.499-07:00Hedera canariensis and Epipremnum aureum are both ...Hedera canariensis and Epipremnum aureum are both excellent climbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-17437751990960052302013-03-21T05:22:53.437-07:002013-03-21T05:22:53.437-07:00All true ivies (Hedera) climb by means of aerial r...All true ivies (Hedera) climb by means of aerial rootlets, why would you claim that Hedera canariensis does not climb? Epipremnum aureum also climbs by way of aerial rootlets. Why are you listing Epipremnum aureum?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-24111524959007647932010-02-07T08:10:21.007-08:002010-02-07T08:10:21.007-08:00Forgot to add, there are a number of orchids that ...Forgot to add, there are a number of orchids that cascade.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-60597208029237138482010-02-07T08:09:06.935-08:002010-02-07T08:09:06.935-08:00Senecio rowleyanus -- IME is generally quite easy ...Senecio rowleyanus -- IME is generally quite easy to grow. A quick draining media works well. Overwatering is a greater danger otherwise.<br /><br />Andrea said...<br />This Senecio looks palatable for humans. It looks like a seaweed which can be eaten.<br /><br />Alas, but it is not so Andrea. While I have never heard of any ill effects from nibbling on one, neither are they "tasty"Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-68134959421355999992010-02-05T00:00:12.524-08:002010-02-05T00:00:12.524-08:00This Senecio looks palatable for humans. It looks ...This Senecio looks palatable for humans. It looks like a seaweed which can be eaten.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-23431410763020338322010-02-02T20:07:18.211-08:002010-02-02T20:07:18.211-08:00Rhizowen:
How did that work out? And why did you ...Rhizowen:<br /><br />How did that work out? And why did you have to do it without them knowing?<br /><br />Nature Assassin:<br /><br />Well, I've seen <a href="http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/2007/12/random-plant-event-dischidia-nummularia.html" rel="nofollow">a <i>Dischidia</i> flower</a> before, but not <i>D. ruscifolia</i>. Davesgarden.com says <a href="http://mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-15483670243696520922010-02-02T18:21:46.005-08:002010-02-02T18:21:46.005-08:00Not that it needs to do anything, mind you-it just...Not that it needs to do anything, mind you-it just doesn't seem to have the chutzpah of, say, pothos. Case in point... your neon pothos is saying, "Look out, world!"Nature Assassinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951932729955216912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-27156273595855387682010-02-02T18:19:32.316-08:002010-02-02T18:19:32.316-08:00Does dischidia ever do anything... different? Flow...Does dischidia ever do anything... different? Flowers, and the like? I keep seeing them in Home Depot and nearly buying them.Nature Assassinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951932729955216912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-63162944315108727252010-02-02T14:39:14.955-08:002010-02-02T14:39:14.955-08:00Ah - Senecio rowleyanus - a key plant in my early ...Ah - Senecio rowleyanus - a key plant in my early years as I struggled to smuggle more plants into the house without my parents knowing.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-27069079741191411712010-02-02T05:14:40.335-08:002010-02-02T05:14:40.335-08:00Yay! Thank you very much. My house shall now becom...Yay! Thank you very much. My house shall now become much more trail-y.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-9280571205470657932010-02-01T22:51:25.216-08:002010-02-01T22:51:25.216-08:00I think the Gotu Kola is a creeping plant as well....I think the <a href="http://cianoy.blogspot.com/2010/02/ungreen-thumb.html" rel="nofollow">Gotu Kola</a> is a creeping plant as well. I got one because I believe it propagates by itself.Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07450114470669984306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-78148698553763480682010-02-01T06:36:22.363-08:002010-02-01T06:36:22.363-08:00I'd include Spider Plants in that list as well...I'd include Spider Plants in that list as well.<br /><br />Codonanthe spp. is another Gesneriad trailer which I don't think will climb.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347983770474369842noreply@blogger.com