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justmeLisa
Brewers, KY (Zone 6b)
October 26, 2001 6:25 PM Post #16899
| I bought this from the grower that keeps me on my toes. She does not mark any of her plant names. When I asked her what this one was she told me she didn't know. She said the lady who gave her this plant only know it as a "Voodoo Plant". Anybody recognize it? 
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Terry
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a)
 October 26, 2001 6:30 PM Post #153380
| Lisa, the leaves remind me of Swedish Ivy, which is in the Plectranthus genus (I think)...check out this link: http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/plectranthus.htm
Is it even close? Also, do the leaves have a distinct aroma when they're rubbed or crushed? |
justmeLisa
Brewers, KY (Zone 6b)
October 26, 2001 6:34 PM Post #153381
| Vols, the leaves have no aroma. It almost looks like a type of mint, but no smell. The leaves also feel like those of a plastic plant. The hyperlink looks somewhat like my plant, but I just can't tell...going back for another look. |
justmeLisa
Brewers, KY (Zone 6b)
October 26, 2001 6:40 PM Post #153383
| k...went back in for another look. Not the same :( I thought that all members of the Lamiaceae family all had square stems, did a little reading and confirmed my thoughts. This plant has round stems. Drats!
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Terry
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a)
October 26, 2001 6:51 PM Post #153389
| Yeah, I meant to ask you about the stems. Okay, I give up. Guess we'll have to just hang out and wait for PoppySue or Baa or somebody to come in here and rattle off a name ;0) |
Baa
October 26, 2001 7:32 PM Post #153409
| Baa doesn't know what it is if it hasn't got a square stem.
Any further description of the flower Lisa? |
JustJen
Dansville, NY (Zone 6a)
October 27, 2001 2:48 AM Post #153689
| kinda looks like a peperomia to me. but thats a houseplant so i dont think thats what it is.
jen |
Joy
Kalama, WA (Zone 8b)
October 27, 2001 3:01 AM Post #153708
| It looks like Ajuga to me. |
justmeLisa
Brewers, KY (Zone 6b)
October 27, 2001 3:33 AM Post #153739
| pooh gals! I know what both of those are and neither one is it :( |
JustJen
Dansville, NY (Zone 6a)
October 27, 2001 12:38 PM Post #153855
| lisa, what about growing conditions?
what a challenge, lol
jen |
Baa
October 27, 2001 6:04 PM Post #154029
| Lisa is there a scent to the flowers of leaves? |
justmeLisa
Brewers, KY (Zone 6b)
October 27, 2001 6:58 PM Post #154041
| Baa, the flowers do not a smell at all.
MSJen, the plants as of now are in a container. They are not picky about their conditions at all. I keep them at normal waterings, tolerates both sun and some shade. HOWEVER! I think we might be getting somewhere...the link that Vols gave me kept haunting me..lol..It really looks like the plant. I went outside and gave a good hard look, the new growth of *some* of the stems seemed to be a little more square-ish than the older, more woody growth. The older growth and growth on the outside looks very round to me. I took one of the square-ish looking stems and cut it and asked DH to take a good look at it, he said it looked "square-ish, sort of".
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justmeLisa
Brewers, KY (Zone 6b)
October 27, 2001 7:03 PM Post #154043
| the only thing that is throwing me is the discription says:Plectranthus are noted for their aromatic leaves when crushed or even brushed against, and the variety of aromas is as diverse as the genus itself.
The leaves have no smell to them at all |
Baa
October 27, 2001 9:16 PM Post #154080
| Lisa
If it does have sqaure stems which is the bit throwing me LOL then I think it may be a Teucrium. |
Baa
October 27, 2001 9:17 PM Post #154081
| Any scent to the leaves when bruised? |
justmeLisa
Brewers, KY (Zone 6b)
October 27, 2001 9:42 PM Post #154090
| no baa, none at all |
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a)
October 27, 2001 10:33 PM Post #154124
| Lisa, this is really bugging me. I hope I'm not leading you on a wild goose chase with the Plectranthus, but I'm still leaning that way. It's a decent-sized genus, and I imagine that the leaves vary in odor and intensity. For instance, does Swedish Ivy have any notable scent? I don't recall ever thinking it did.
Here are a couple links worth looking at. This first one is in French: http://nature.jardin.free.fr/vivace/ft_plectranthus_madag.ht... And here is the translated page, although I'm not sure you can open it (cookies and all :) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://n...
And here is a link with an extremely detailed (and technical) description of the flowers, stems and foliage: http://www.hear.org/pier/plscu.htm
If you don't want to wade through the description (I barely could), be sure to check out the thumbnail photo of the flower and compare it to yours, I think that will help you decide once and for all if we're on the right course or totally off base.
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justmeLisa
Brewers, KY (Zone 6b)
October 28, 2001 1:42 AM Post #154266
| Vols, I think I will mail you a piece of this thing! |
gardenwife
Newark, OH (Zone 5b)
November 1, 2001 8:24 PM Post #156295
| "I think I will mail you a piece of this thing." Sheesh, sounds like some kind of crazy Cajun mob warning or something, LOL! |
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a)
November 1, 2001 9:29 PM Post #156323
| hehehe, I hadn't thought of it that way, GW - but you might be right! (Wonder if Lisa still has my address - think I oughta move real quick?) |
MaVieRose
High Desert, CA (Zone 8a)
November 2, 2001 9:54 AM Post #156619
| Liza ... the leaves and flower reminds me somewhat of a single petaled african violets. don't u think so???? just can't recall the variety. almost like one of those gesneriad[sp?] specie ... ma vie rose |
Aimee
Georgetown, TX (Zone 8a)
November 2, 2001 11:35 AM Post #156641
| My Swedish ivy is blooming right now, and it looks exactly like the photo you posted, Lisa. I forgot to check for scent, but will later today. I've never noticed it in all these 35 years I've had it, and have made cuttings and baskets of it by the dozens. |
MaVieRose
High Desert, CA (Zone 8a)
November 4, 2001 6:49 AM Post #157572
| Lisa... another site for plectrantus http://www.fernlea.com/accent/variety/plect.htm and other ivy plants. hope that help some ... ma vie |
