A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 mother-in-law tongue -Blooms?????

Ive had this M-I-L-Tongue for almost 17 years this is the first time I have ever seen this.. could it be something happened to get dropped in it and its growing now,,or,,

Do Mother-in Law tongues Bloom???
It's growing in the center of the plant



Here is a closer shot...


Has anyone else had one bloom??

What you've got there is a blossom from your plant. (No, nothing got dropped in your pot!)

Patty S...,OH The plant marker says "Leaf Me Never"
Whats funny is that this is the first spring in 2 years that it got a dose of any fertilizer, actually it was just egg water, Guess she liked it

So you have seen one bloom? COOL! I'll post a picture when it actually does bloom K??

I've had mine bloom once, but then I moved it into a bigger pot and it hasn't done it since.

What did it look like and how long did it last??

The flowers were creamy/white with a very sweet smell. Seems they lasted a few days, after blooming I cut the stalk off.

Diane go to my photobucket I posted a bloom on mine I think january of February not sure. That was first bloom I had ever seen on one and my sister said she had never seen the bloom before. I have since split mine up some so maynot bloom again for awhile. flowers/MotherinlawTonguebloom.jpg" alt="[Linked Image]" class="post-image" style="height:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;"/> decided to go ahead and post it.

Is there a reason to cut the flower stalk off ?? Or was it just for esthetics??

Jimmmy Thanks for posting you picture!! I've never heard of this ,, the plant must really have to be mature.. it still hasn't bloomed out yet tho it is getting a little taller..
Did you cut your stalk off as well ??

Diane

Diane I didn't cut the stalk but I did seperate it some into other pots and gave a lot of it away. Have some here to give Patsy and Annmarie just have to get it to them.

Whats funny is that this is the first spring in 2 years that it got a dose of any fertilizer, actually it was just egg water, Guess she liked it
egg water is a form of fertilizer? do you just mix the egg into water? if so how much water and how many eggs? I have 1 snake plant i took off 2 babies. Now that I know it blossoms once pot bound I will leave it in it's current pot until i see a blossom
Myrna

I think it`s because the plant is pot bound. Mine got a bloom and I was amazed. Then my sister`s did the same thing and they where both pot bound. I`ve since repotted mine so I don`t expect it to bloom any time soon. Sue Good Pix.

The flowering stock has gotton much taller but no blooms yet, I hadn't looked at it for a few days and looks like it really could bloom any day now,, I'll post a pict when it does!