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Space plant? #2138 June 20th, 2003 at 02:28 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington B Bill OP The Garden Helper
OP Bill The Garden Helper B Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington	Golden Shrimp Plant Pachystachys lutea http://www.thegardenhelper.com/golden_shrimp.html The only complaint I have about my zoo visit was the lack of plant identification tags. I am trying to identify this plant which was located in the zoo's tropical rainforest building. My best guess is that it is some type of Aphelandra! I'll let you know if I find the correct name...

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Re: Space plant? #2139 June 20th, 2003 at 03:00 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	That is sooooooooooooooooooooooo neat!!!!!! Weezie What is that??? Do you know? Is it a real plant? Plastic? Or an underwater plant?

Re: Space plant? #2140 June 20th, 2003 at 03:18 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington B Bill OP The Garden Helper
OP Bill The Garden Helper B Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington	The only complaint I have about my zoo visit was the lack of plant identification tags. I am trying to identify this plant which was located in the zoo's tropical rainforest building. My best guess is that it is some type of Aphelandra! I'll let you know if I find the correct name...

Re: Space plant? #2141 June 20th, 2003 at 04:06 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 SW Pennsylvania Carol5270 Member
Carol5270 Member Joined: Jan 2003 SW Pennsylvania	Hi, Bill, Thanks for another beautiful picture! I have saved this one to use in my soon-to-be yellow and blue sunporch. Will fit right in with the new decor. Keep 'em comin'. They are really enjoyable!

Re: Space plant? #2142 July 29th, 2003 at 08:14 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 SE TX`in the yard somewhere mo... njoynit Member
njoynit Member Joined: Jul 2003 SE TX`in the yard somewhere mo...	is it yellow indian pipe?they don't really grow in soil is more like organic matter and they don't need light cause they don't do potpsynthesis.sometimes called ghost plant.I've seen it in white but know it said came in yellow& pink also(was at a plant thing that had tags,though memory ain't always good and didn't seem to get tag on cam when passed through)

Re: Space plant? #2143 July 30th, 2003 at 04:11 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington B Bill OP The Garden Helper
OP Bill The Garden Helper B Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington	The Space plant has foliage (although it didn't show in the photo). Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora) have no leaves whatsoever...

Re: Space plant? #2144 October 23rd, 2003 at 05:30 PM
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OP Bill The Garden Helper B Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington	This mystery has been solved thanks to boxmonkey's beautiful garden and weezie's sharp eye and memory!

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