Identification: I had luck the last time I was here!

Discussion in 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants' started by MJoseph, Jun 10, 2008.

  1. MJoseph

    MJoseph Member

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    Here's another plant that I wondered if anyone of the talented members of this board would be able to identify -
    It's a houseplant, and I remember actually seeing it when I visited the Jardin du botanique in Montreal many years ago; so when I got a specimen I was thrilled but somehow I lost the label, and dont remember the name.
    Help!
    Here's an image (the last time, about 4 years ago! members of this board were not so lucky, they had to rely on my verbal descriptions of the devil's back bone and peperomia obtusifolia!! and yet came back with identifications within a couple of hours or a day or so of the posting!! Hope I'm as lucky again:) )

    Just in case the picture doesn't tell all, the foliage consists of long thin stringy stalks - not much by way of flowers - except sometimes when it is severely underwatered it does come out with tiny white flower like protrusions...
    Thanks for helping me solve this puzzle.
     

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    I really want to say that it's a Euphorbia....

    E. leucodendron, maybe?
     
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    edleigh7 Well-Known Member

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    Isn't it what they commonly call a pencil cactus??

    Ed
     
  4. MJoseph

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    Well I looked at the pictures of E. leucodendron on google, and it looks more spikey and upright in those pictures than my plant. Same with pencil cactus.
    Mine is dropping down more like Rapunzel's hair
     
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    crreion ; "Mine is drooping down, more like Rapunzel's hair"
     
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    ugh... I meant to say "correction" instead of "crreion"
     
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    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Mistletoe Cactus
    Rhipsalis Sp. I believe.

    HTH
    Chris
     
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    joclyn Rising Contributor

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    i couldn't think of it earlier...i, too, wanted to say euphorbia and i knew it wasn't right...

    chris got it...it's one of the rhipsalis varieties.
     
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    I believe you are right Chris. Pictures can be deceiving, but looks like the Rhipsalis I have.
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    I had the nagging suspicion it was a cactus.... I had one very similar.
     
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    Yesss! Thank you, thank you very much, Chris and Lorax and Jocelyn!
    I looked up Google images, and the pictures are 100% like my plant - one of them has a colloquial name attached "Old Man's beard" and it does look like that!
    Wow! you guys are superb!
     

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