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scottsmom
Bath, PA
October 15, 2007
11:30 AM Post #4085196
| My grandma always had a pot of these. I still have them. We grew them in a hanging basket. She was very religious and had only one name for them. Moses in the bulrushes. The idea was that the little part where the flower was was the boat and the small flower inside was the baby moses. I looked online using this name and always came up with the biblical story. Thanks to you, I now know what it is. I think I'll continue to bring in in for the winter since zone 6 winters are too hard on these juicy stems. |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
October 15, 2007
4:28 PM Post #4086195
| I remember hearing it called that, too, scottsmom! I forgot about it 'til you mentioned it. Funny how some plants develop so many different names! I agree, they'll be better off indoors for the winter. |
City_Sylvia
Dallas, TX
October 15, 2007
8:59 PM Post #4087253
| Scottsman, my Mom always called it Moses in Boat too. its supposed to be a religeous plant ... the little flower in the middle represented Moses ... for 66 years, I have known it to be called that. In Miami it was everywhere and around Easter time ... the little pink flower appeared representing Moses. |
barksy
Atlantic Beach, FL
October 26, 2007
6:20 PM Post #4126878
| That's so cute. You can tell the administrator about these other common names for plants. It's helpful for somebody Googling for an ID. It's an option within the plant files menu. |
City_Sylvia
Dallas, TX
October 26, 2007
9:08 PM Post #4127387
| I wonder how did the name Moses in a Boat came about ... too many people, from all over the states call it that for it not to mean anything. |
barksy
Atlantic Beach, FL
October 26, 2007
9:16 PM Post #4127411
| It looks like the top two leaves are a boat cradling the pink flower. Have to use some imagination to get there but it works. |
City_Sylvia
Dallas, TX
October 27, 2007
11:05 PM Post #4130883
| I am taking a whole pot of it to the Roundup tommorrow. Barksy you must see a lot of it in Florida. I grew up in Miami (before it became a crime scene. lol) and it was everywhere. |
barksy
Atlantic Beach, FL
October 28, 2007
3:17 PM Post #4132633
| Definitely a lot of it here. It really likes the area! I am about to move to Albuquerque NM and am curious to see if it will make it through the winter there. |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
October 28, 2007
3:26 PM Post #4132664
| I was surprised to see a bed of it in full bloom in this area just last week--tempted to stop and ask for cuttings...LOL |
City_Sylvia
Dallas, TX
October 31, 2007
11:54 PM Post #4145674
| KYwoods why ask for a cutting? just break off a piece, Lord knows they should not mine, the way it rambles all over the place. I can send you some if you want it. |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
November 1, 2007
12:20 AM Post #4145740
| Thanks, that's sweet of you, but I'll wait until spring. |
