what is this plant and leaf shape?

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  1. xelard

    xelard New Member

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    Hello, everyone, this is my first post!
    With a bouquet of irises, we got these unrelated leaves of most unusual shape.
    The stalks and leaves have not wilted, and it has been 2 months already. The stalks have semi-soft, smooth feel, but resistant to slitting. The inner stalk is white and moist when cut at the end.
    Most interestingly, the leaves have a dry button within the blade, which serves as a start of a curving indentation in larger leaves. See the attached picture.
    The leaves have no odor, do not wilt, not grow, and have overall feel of a privet bush leaves, for which they were mistaken. Privet bush dries quickly, and has woodsy stalks that dry quickly.
    I searched online to match leaf image or description, and found nothing.
     

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Looks plastic to me!
     
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    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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  4. xelard

    xelard New Member

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    thank you, Lila. It is Ruscus, as I see on the wiki page...."Used in the floral trade as foliage." I am definitely interested in growing it since it is the most hardy and non-finicky and exotic flower.
    When we got the leaves, one of them did have a yellowish clump in the middle of the leaf, the clump fell of and left the dry button.
     

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