Surprise! It’s an angiosperm!
By Candice on May 11, 2008 in General
Here’s a houseplant I bought at Ikea. Some sort of palm, as far I know. I’ve had a bunch of these things, and I’ve never seen one flower before (is that a flower!), and really, that yellow thing is kind of creepy, isn’t it. I hope it will refrain from growing any more of them. I bet I’m allergic to that shit, too.
It’s obviously not blooming (word doesn’t really fit, if you ask me) because I’m treating it well. It’s probably been speaking with my other plants, and has learned how many of its plant brothers and sisters have been massacred by me (and they’ve only seen a fraction of it, because those living now have had relatively short lives). It’s clearly trying to reproduce before its inevitable demise. I just realized how dry the soil looks in that photo. What? Plants need water to live? News to me! (I’ve had plenty of succulents die of dehydration). I’ve never seen one of these flower before most likely because one has never survived long enough.
(Unrelated to this plant: “photo”, short for “photograph” is a legitimate word now. “Pic” will have its day yet.)
And hey, good news: I’ve figured out what compels me to post blog entries — responsibility / obligation avoidance. Everybody just give me a lot of shit to do, and I’ll put it off by posting here instead. Drought over! Actually, the explanation could also be several other unmentionable factors. But the avoidance rationale is good enough.
I guess I’m going to get back to laying-out some CD liner dip dop.
4 Comment(s)
By Candice at 17:20:47 on May 11, 2008 | Reply
In fact, it seems that this is probably Chamaedorea seifrizii, and that I’m not supposed to water it until the top third of the soil is dry and I should “expect to lose of some of the interior foliage as the plant begins its acclimation to your indoor setting”. Thanks, internet! I never know what the hell to do with random, unlabelled houseplants, but I follow directions well. Maybe this one will have a chance at life.
By Zap! (1 comments.) at 22:44:23 on May 24, 2008 | Reply
Play Plant Tycoon, those plants never die
By Phronk (7 comments.) at 22:08:44 on May 27, 2008 | Reply
Procrastination is the reason half the internet exists.
By Mac (30 comments.) at 22:49:25 on May 29, 2008 | Reply
Sounds like your thumb is as green as mine; actually more like a thumb in a Black hood (like Jack Ketch on Gawker (see you there)).