Just over a month ago I wrote a post here about my attempts to grow a new houseplant (My Little Plantlet). I am pleased to be able to report back now that my plantlet seems to be going from strength to strength. The small new leave that had just emerged at that time has now grown much bigger, a second new leaf (bringing the total to four) has also sprouted and there is already a tiny shoot which promises to deliver a fifth leaf in the near future:
In the picture above you can see the two original leaves lower down, the largest (third) leaf angled towards the camera position, the fourth leaf already larger than the original two retreating away from the camera and the tiny little shoot reaching upwards at the top of the stem. The plantlet seems now to be fairly resilient and the stem is thickening a little.
I am not sure that I have ever had so much success with plants (I should write another post soon about the way my IKEA succulents are expanding rapidly on my office windowsill) and I can’t help feeling that I have somehow absorb some magic biological powers from now being in the School of Biological and Marine Sciences at work.
Tim O'Hare 