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edleigh7
head gardener
Australia
1005 Posts |
 Posted - 09/12/2008 : 18:44:18
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Seen this one and of course had to have it Haven't seen this one before either, I am getting an id so will be able to tell you what it is soon. I love it, enjoy....
and the variegated petioles or stem..
Ed
Brisbane QLD AUS
Tropical Collector
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2008 : 18:59:05
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Its a beauty.Its always exciting to get a new plant .Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2008 : 19:03:11
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It looks darker than the usual ones... nice one 
I used to have a few dieffs but don't have any now... don't know why... I will have to do something about that I think... a good excuse to buy more plants 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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edleigh7
head gardener
Australia
1005 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2008 : 19:16:34
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Thanks Pitta, I love my Aroid or Arum family of plants. I am always sniffing around trying to find something different
Gail it is darker and not so lime green of the usual Dieff's, and the photo didn't do the yellow splotches justice....
Ed
Brisbane QLD AUS
Tropical Collector |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2008 : 19:33:21
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Nice and Green..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 06:30:32
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A man after my own hear Ed, stubby on the BBQ  nice plant BTW
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 06:52:44
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in canada...diefs are strictly indoor plants.
they do amazingly well indoors, actually. when i got to oz...i was quite surprised that no one has houseplants. i realize it's because we can grow out of doors all year round...but plants cheer the house up too.
dieffenbachia is supposed to make a tea that renders the drinker without voice for 48 hours.
i am wondering if this will work on a dog...for obvious reasons.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 08:20:20
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Tessa. Dieffenbachia have the common name,Dumb Cane,they are also very poisonous .
There have been cases of the plant causing the throat to swell, so you cannot speak.
Of course you would have to injest some of the plant to have that effect.
In my garden I have a large patch of the commonest one ,which I have to have removed.
In the tropics they do take over like weeds .Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 10:12:04
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Tessa, I don't have many indoor plants as I kill them too easily 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 12:19:30
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I have a few but I forget to water them 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 12:30:36
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When I lived in Melbourne I had lots of indoor plants a rubber tree that went past the ceiling then bent over, then there was that green climbing thing that I grow out side here, it almost took over the family room then started creeping it way in to the kitchen so I chopped it back real short and it never was the same after that.
Then there was the philo and begonia's and I must not forget the African Violets I had lots of those as I kept potting up leaves and making more..
My Sister house was just as bad she used to have a lot of Cyclamens and Peace lilies and some Devils Ivy in the bathroom
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 12:59:32
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MA. In the eighties I had 16 different plants in my lounge.
Now I'd prefer to see everything growing outside .Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
Cooktown |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 13:19:48
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Great Dust gathers.. Better outside where you can hose them off..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Marleneann
assistant gardener
Australia
363 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 18:41:34
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Ed I would be interested in knowing the name. A great find.
Marleneann on beautiful Buderim. |
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