skraach Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Is it some kind of orchid? Wondering whether to throw it away or keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerry123 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 just keep and see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice555 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I have one here in a pot. I always assumed it was some sort of flower tho' I've never seen any on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 It looks a nice plant,, Keep it and Put it in a nice pot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skraach Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Found it: Zamioculcas zamiifolia Zanzibar Gem กวักมรกต (kwak morakot) From Africa and grown for its foliage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skraach Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 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 ! 20141115.jpg.jpg Flower ! 20141113.jpg.jpg By the way... That is not a plant ! 20150107.jpg.jpg 20150108.jpg.jpg 20150109.jpg.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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