With a name like the villain in a fantasy novel, you knew it had to be twisted.
(via Ongzi’s Secret Garden)
Botanical Wednesday: Dracaena
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Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
With a name like the villain in a fantasy novel, you knew it had to be twisted.
(via Ongzi’s Secret Garden)
These are your kinda plants, PZ. Not only do they look vaguely cephalopodic in nature, but they’re also poisonous to cats!
oooooh! corkscrewy!
Aaaah, lucky bamboo. The tourist markets of China are glutted with the stuff…
I have am indoor tomato plant that does that. It’s about 8 foot long, but only 2 feet high.
When I saw the title I was betting it was going to be this one :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_(plant)
actually. Awesome looking amazing trees and the logo for the Waite arboretum :
http://waite.adelaide.edu.au/arboretum/
Is it just my theory or are these not naturally twisted? I always assumed they were grown round somthething and rotated.
=8)-DX
You’re right, each is grown around a stake to make it twisted.
It’s that rare bamboo from Chernobyl.
You mean stakes get their amazing vampire-kiling powers from Dracaena? Makes sense; kill Dracula with Dracaena.
When I moved to my apartment in Lisbon, the landlord left a thin vase with two of these and some water.
Two years later when I left, only having changed the water, as far as I could tell they were alive and, I think, growing, with only one showing a spot of brownness. Probably needed a bit more root space at that point.
Ooohh! Fast bonsai.
Good idea.
I got time, then.