When my dog died a couple years ago, my mom picked up a potted flower/plant from someplace like Co-Op or Sobeys. For a while, it sat next to his urn, but eventually started moving around. (somebody would put it at a window, then it'd turn up on a shelf in the kitchen, then it'd end up outside, etcetera, etcetera). For a while there this last winter, it was in danger of dying, as it was put in a room nobody used (thus nobody remembered to water it), placed against a window (freezing!), and generally just ignored. But I rescued it, replanted it, and tried to look out for it's best interests. However, I have no idea what kind of plant it is, and therefore, what kind of care it needs. I think it was flowering when mom got it, but I can't remember what kind of flowers they were. I've been doing some reading up and learning more about plants and leaves than I ever thought existed, but every time I do a search with this plants parameters, I'm not finding the right results. I've uploaded some pictures I took a few days ago. At one point in it's deathly, critical phase, it was leaning over and trying to dislodge itself from the soil, so I stuck a hard plastic straw in there and loosely tied it with hemp twine to give it support. So that's why it looks like it does... For further identification purposes, I'm in the prairies of Alberta, Canada. And I do have cats, so I'm also curious on if this is toxic to them (I went through a stage of researching all the toxic and non-toxic flowers, so I feel like this plant looks familiar, but I've also been looking at it for almost 2 years so maybe I never came across it in my researching) Anyhoo, sorry for the long text, but much thanks if an ID can be made :)
By jove, I think you've got it! Makes perfect sense, the leaves do look like bird feet, and all the pictures look exactly right. And it looks to be a "droopy" plant. I've got to learn how to do cuttings or however that's called, so it's not just one little arm of plant, lol Many thanks!
Trained they look really good. See.. http://jalonburton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/create-beautiful-ivy-topiary.html https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t...%3A%2F%2Fbloomiq.com%2Ftips%2Ftopiary;670;353
FYI If you are worried about plant toxicity Congratulations!!!. So many people aren't aware that many house plants can harm animals and children if chewed on. One sure plant for cats to play with and safely chew on is the Chlorophytum comosum aka Spider plant. They love to bat at the aerial babies and chew on the plant. There are several places on "google" to check out plants. barb
