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    Communities > Forums > Plant Identification
    Forum: Plant IdentificationReplies: 3, Views: 57
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    Studley
    Rochester, NH (Zone 5a)

    December 26, 2012 9:15 AM

    Post #9367488

    At first I thought this plant would be an onion or some type of allium, but there is no scent to the leaves or plant at all. I thought perhaps an ornithagalum, but the base of the stem doesn't form a bulb, but instead grows out like a spider plant, losing lower leaves as it grows. I am stumped. A customer brought it in to me for an ID. She has grown it as a housplant for years and there are about 20-30 of these stems growing in one pot. She has never seen it flower.

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    TomH3787
    Raleigh, NC (Zone 7b)

    December 26, 2012 9:28 AM

    Post #9367499

    Just a guess... maybe a Bulbine that is not getting enough light.
    JasperDale
    Long Beach, CA (Zone 10a)

    December 26, 2012 6:04 PM

    Post #9367941

    Agree with Tom that it's a bulbine.
    Studley
    Rochester, NH (Zone 5a)

    December 28, 2012 12:11 PM

    Post #9369152

    Thanks for your help. That's what it is.

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