I don't remember the exact cultivar name of this plant but it is a variety of Aspidistra or " Cast Iron" plants. Despite the fact that it is nearly indestructable, as the name implies, it just plain cool with all those random little gold spots all over it. Deb got it for me for my birthday last year. This morning it gave me a nice little surprise! see if you can find it... (near the bottom of the picture)![]()
The flower actually blooms on top of the soil, just like that! Very unique! It must be pretty happy where it's at because I expected it to take at least a couple years to get established and mature enough to flower!
And here is another speciality- an african violet with variegated leaves!
I was at a friend's house a couple years ago and she had a violet that looked like it was very sick from a distance. Upon closer inspection I found that it was completely healthy and vibrant, not faded and sun-bleached as I had previously thought. I got a leaf of it from her and started a new plant of my own. When it started growing, I was a little disappointed because the leaves were all growing in solid green! Maybe I got a dud and it reverted back to a normal plant style! 'Oh well' I thought. African violets are fun to have anyway!
Well it grew and grew, and I saw the mottled leaves starting to grow out from the center! Woo hoo! It hasn't flowered yet, but I'm sure that it will soon. The multi-colored leaves are interesting enough right now anyway.
