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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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 Posted - Feb 18 2010 : 10:30:50 PM
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....is your oldest house plant? I have a croton that will soon be seeing its 14th. year with me. It's such a good plant--always tells me when it needs water, never acts fussy--it's like an old friend. What special plants of yours have attained friendship status?
Cindy
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 05:07:58 AM
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I have a aloe vera plant that my son planted in school when he was in 1st grade. He is now almost 25yrs old. So I guess it would be 20yrs old. 
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 05:16:40 AM
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I have a Rabbit's Foot fern that's probably about 5 1/2 years old and a shamrock that's about the same. I just moved the fern to a bigger pot.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 05:26:12 AM
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I have two oxblood begonias that are 33 years old. We had a whole porch full when we got married, and two pots remain. It is about time for me to start a new one by rooting in water. I never see these at the nursery anymore.
I also have a back porch full of Christmas cacti that are over 10 years old. But I think the cold weather has gotten them this year at last. May be time for new ones.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 06:51:15 AM
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I have a devil's ivy that is 16 and has grown into 6 different pots. I also have an aloe vera that is 14.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 07:09:12 AM
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here we have a potho that is about 25. i also have my dads peace rose from their house when i was young. it is about 36 years old. sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farmgirl #1014
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Tanna
True Blue Farmgirl
195 Posts
Tanna
Fort Worth
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 1:19:34 PM
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I have a shamrock that is 17 years old. She is not looking her best lately. I hope she bounces back though. I've had her longer than I've had DH ;)
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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Candy C.
True Blue Farmgirl
823 Posts
Candy
Mescal
AZ
USA
823 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 2:44:50 PM
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Joanna,
That is so cool!
I have a pothos that belonged to DH's late wife that was almost dead when we got together. I was able to root a couple of leaves and the durn thing is now taking over the kitchen!! It is probably about 30 years old.
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
2914 Posts |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 05:44:19 AM
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Wow, Joanna, that's amazing about your Christmas cactus! My neighbot just gave me a Christmas cactus this past Christmas. I also have some spider plants that I've had for a number of years, can't remember when I got the original. It's interesting that some of you have had your houseplants longer than you've had you've had your DH.
Cindy
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 07:28:37 AM
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Tina - I tossed out two yesterday but kept the others hoping and feeling that you are right and they will come back when warm weather returns. They look pretty sorry right now! :)
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 6:50:34 PM
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Let's see, I have an umbrella plant that is that is 35 years old. I have a snake plant that is a good 25. I have a christmas cactus that is at least 30. The snake plant and cactus are from when we had our greenhouses and grew houseplants and the umbrella plant was a housewarming gift .
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 1:55:51 PM
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I have several African Violets that has been passed down from my Grandmother. The origional plant is long gone but my sister and I have several offspring. We (grandma, Mamma, my sis and I) have kept this thing going for probably 60 years. Grandma always had a window full of them, for as long as I can remember. She died in the late 1950's.
I have a plant (never can remember it's name) from my Daddy's funeral, (1991) and one from Mamma's (1998).
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1515 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 8:18:42 PM
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I have a beautiful pink orchid cactus (Epiphyllum) plant that once belonged to my great grandmother. She passed away in 1956, but we have photos of that date back to the 1940's - 70 years now - and it was a large plant then. After she passed away, my great aunt and uncle cared for it until 1996. I found it lying neglected several years later (the couple who rented the house didn't want it and tossed it out in the yard, where miraculously it survived a few harsh winters) and nursed it back to health. My efforts are now rewarded every April-May with hundreds of blooms.
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 5:19:34 PM
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We have lots of bonsai and one of them is 150 years old. Bonnie
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 3:58:05 PM
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I have a Snakeplant that belonged to my Great-Grandmother.I don't know if it bloomed for her, but Mom said it never did bloom for her. It bloomed for me twice since I've had it, the last time being 2006. I think I got it from Mom in the late 80's.It has the most interesting tiny, waxy flowers when it blooms and they drip constantly. Quite interesting.
Sister-chick# 905(Oct.7th2009)
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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gr8tfulmom
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
Sarah
South Haven
MI
143 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 4:35:52 PM
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We have a christmas cactus that was my great grandmothers (1930's), then it lived at Ma & Dad's and when Ma died, I got her. I need to re-pot her but I've been putting it off. Dh is an indoor plant nut, he has a jade that is 15ish and looks like a tree, a bunch of hoyas that are 30 ish years old, and a really cool mother-in-laws tongue.
Farmgirl sister #779
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Ms_Ed
Farmgirl in Training
46 Posts
Edwina
Murfreesboro
TN
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:21:29 PM
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I have a Christmas cactus that I inherited about 1992 from my ex's grandmother. It was a full, flowing plant that provided multiple blooms 2x a year. I had it in the car when we moved during the winter. A below 0 night put it through a test. It lost so much. I thought I had lost it all together. It went back to its stalk and to months to shoot new branches. It is still recovering I think. It's been years. I haven't seen a bloom since the move.But it's alive. Yeah
Edwina Shannon
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