Remember these mystery flowers from a few days back?
To help identify it, here are some non-macro shots of the entire plant. Please, no comments about the water spots on my vase. They already gave me half an hour of grief as I was viewing the shots earlier.
Here is a closer view of the leaves. They’re a bit fleshy and have a snap to it. I know that because I broke a few of them. Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone.
And finally, here’s a shot to give you an idea of the size of the plant. Yes, that bottle there is purely for scale. It’s not open, and it doesn’t have less than a third of its contents left inside. Nope nope. It’s there in the name of science and the pursuit of accurate nomenclature of botanical species.
I heard the tannins from red wine can help individuals recall all the big words they learned in college. Even those they memorized for a few hours late at night cramming for an exam the next day.
But of course, I wouldn’t know anything about that.
Hmm… still a mystery. I tried googling to find out what it could bem but came up with nothing. Very interesting looking, though. Love your vase!!
Hmm… still a mystery. I tried googling to find out what it could bem but came up with nothing. Very interesting looking, though. Love your vase!!
I’ve called in my personal plant expert – my mom! I have emailed her this picture and we’ll see what happens! I learned everything I know about plants from her.
It’s a cabernet!!!!
What we weren’t naming the wine?
It looks like some type of geranium.
Cabernet… heh. Shrew is funny :)
Mom says it looks like a kalonchoa. That name is a new one on me. Never heard of it.
Okay, I just tried googling Mom’s plant name and found nothing. So I tried playing around with similar spellings in a plant finder catalog and found “kalanchoe” – it seems to have those very thick leaves like yours and lots of tiny flowers. Here’s a link to a picture of one I found on the ‘net:
http://biljoljupci.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/kalanchoe.jpg
Could it be Big Tattoo?
http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/071126/071126_WineTattoo_bcol_1p.standard.jpg
Karma, a gajillion points to your mom! Yes, it is indeed a kalanchoe. And I am feeling sheepish here because, well, we had a lot of these back in the Philippines. Also, I didn’t think to ask my mom, who knows the plant well and would have been able to identify it immediately.
Shrew is cracking me up here. I think she still has her head stuck in Gordo’s realm. ;)
God, that word was on the tip of my tongue for days now! Glad Karma called our mom. She would know – she gave me one of those in college and I sort of forgot it in my dorm room for all of winter break and killed it. Mom didn’t think it was very funny!
There are a plethora of these down south. I have a very nice coral colored one.