tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post383124117255595618..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Unfinished business: variousmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-48249204474885519912012-03-09T06:28:09.253-08:002012-03-09T06:28:09.253-08:00MrBrownThumb:
It's easier when you can't ...MrBrownThumb:<br /><br />It's easier when you can't afford to buy, for money and space reasons.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-9368452149770807112012-03-09T06:27:01.093-08:002012-03-09T06:27:01.093-08:00Yoma:
I'm pretty sure, though I do see the re...Yoma:<br /><br />I'm pretty sure, though I do see the resemblance; it's mostly the way the leaves are arranged (<i>Clerodendron</i>: in a whorl around the stem; <i>Excoecaria</i>: in two rows on either side of the stem) and the color (<i>Clerodendron</i>: a regular green-type green; <i>Excoecaria</i>: a weird washed-out olive green).mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-73766671993459709972012-03-09T03:25:16.359-08:002012-03-09T03:25:16.359-08:00Are you sure it's Excoecaria? I'd suggest ...Are you sure it's Excoecaria? I'd suggest Clerodendron quadriloculare "Brendanii".Yomanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-79749104870156908352012-03-08T21:11:52.848-08:002012-03-08T21:11:52.848-08:00Waiting two years for the pups to be potted up is ...Waiting two years for the pups to be potted up is some dedication. I think I would've broken down a long time ago and gotten it.MrBrownThumbhttp://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-23310308160126570802012-03-07T17:31:46.243-08:002012-03-07T17:31:46.243-08:00Tom:
Possibly. Other people do report that it'...Tom:<br /><br />Possibly. Other people do report that it's not that bad, so it might be more that I'm unlucky than that it's a bad plant. But on the other hand, this is the second time I've had to try to remove mites from it, and I've only had it for four and a half months. I'm not loving that pace.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-42947564573555359772012-03-07T16:10:30.597-08:002012-03-07T16:10:30.597-08:00I keep seeing Excoecaria and think "I want th...I keep seeing Excoecaria and think "I want that" and then never buy it. Perhaps I'm my subconscious is smarter than me?Tomhttp://theatrumbotanicum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-28340701556715499282012-03-06T07:55:23.556-08:002012-03-06T07:55:23.556-08:00My Excoecaria cochinchinensis has been doing very ...My Excoecaria cochinchinensis has been doing very well. no mites, however, i do spray mine down with neem everytime i bring it into the bathtube to be watered. I also found that it likes to stay on the moist side and will weep when it starts to try out a little.VA Paulnoreply@blogger.com