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Mon, Nov 29, 10 at 19:43
| Sure its common..but this big isnt. A local plant.
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- Posted by rozegardener (My Page) on Mon, Nov 29, 10 at 23:28
| Cool! What is it that looks like a hose going around and around the trunk? Where is local to you, Stan of H? Humbolt? |
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| Those are the roots-in the wilds of southern Brazil they usually lean on trees as support when they get tall. H-is for Hayward,about 20 miles even from Oakland ,SF,and San Jose. The heart of the bay as the city slogan goes. |
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| The roots are gnarly, they snaked all over my driveway. The plant is surprisingly hardy, I never even had any leaf damage in Zone 9 'freezes'. Chad |
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- Posted by scarlett2001 24 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 1, 10 at 1:04
| That is a "monstero" philo. I have one, too, but not as big as that puppy. The air roots are what is wrapped around the trunk. LOVE it. |
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