Anyone know what plant this is?

[skraach]

Is it some kind of orchid? Wondering whether to throw it away or keep it.

[gerry123]

just keep and see

[cooked]

Is it some kind of orchid? Wondering whether to throw it away or keep it.

Difficult to see but the leaves don't seem to be parallel veined, so not an orchid.

[rice555]

Hello All, I think I've got one in the yard, if I remember the nabe,

it Yok like in eggs.

It's a Chin thing and they are planted in the front of the house for good luck.

Maybe count the leaves to get the winning numbers.

rice555

[Gonsalviz]

I have one here in a pot. I always assumed it was some sort of flower tho' I've never seen any on it.

[welsh1]

It looks a nice plant,, Keep it and Put it in a nice pot

[skraach]

Found it:

Zamioculcas zamiifolia

Zanzibar Gem

กวักมรกต (kwak morakot)

From Africa and grown for its foliage.

[RedBullHorn]

กวักมรกต Kwak as in Nang Kwak, Morakot as in Emerald colour. This plant has glossy leaves.

I have 5 pots of this plant. We Chinese believed it to be fortune plant. I brought 9 leaves from my mom's garden in Malaysia in 2007, she told me to plant them in pot and wait for 8-months. The believes is that if the plant sprout meaning good luck, but if not then just let it be and continue with what ever you are doing with your life.

5 survive and 4 died.

Planting method she taught me was to get a medium pot with soil and compost premix, bury half the leaf upright with leaf stalk downward and wait. It take times to grow a root the size of an egg yolk, while the single leaf will wither and decay. The 7-8 month, if you are lucky... New leaves on a single stem will sprout. Too much water will rot its root during that period, once every 6-7 days will do...make sure pot have drainage holes. Genting Highland Casino in Malaysia has some of the biggest and most beautiful ones I have ever seen in their reception lobby and the cleaning workers wipe every leaf off dust with damp cloth so that the leaves retain their original gloss. My plants leaves are dusty because they are place outdoor. It is an indoor plant require little sunlight little water.

Celebrate !

Flower !

By the way... That is not a plant !

Edited February 3, 2015 by RedBullHorn

[skraach]

Thanks for that additional information. Very interesting. I planted mine in a pot and was watering every day, so I will reduce that to once a week as you suggest.

กวักมรกต Kwak as in Nang Kwak, Morakot as in Emerald colour. This plant has glossy leaves.

I have 5 pots of this plant. We Chinese believed it to be fortune plant. I brought 9 leaves from my mom's garden in Malaysia in 2007, she told me to plant them in pot and wait for 8-months. The believes is that if the plant sprout meaning good luck, but if not then just let it be and continue with what ever you are doing with your life.

5 survive and 4 died.

Planting method she taught me was to get a medium pot with soil and compost premix, bury half the leaf upright with leaf stalk downward and wait. It take times to grow a root the size of an egg yolk, while the single leaf will wither and decay. The 7-8 month, if you are lucky... New leaves on a single stem will sprout. Too much water will rot its root during that period, once every 6-7 days will do...make sure pot have drainage holes. Genting Highland Casino in Malaysia has some of the biggest and most beautiful ones I have ever seen in their reception lobby and the cleaning workers wipe every leaf off dust with damp cloth so that the leaves retain their original gloss. My plants leaves are dusty because they are place outdoor. It is an indoor plant require little sunlight little water.

Celebrate !

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Flower !

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By the way... That is not a plant !

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