A Wierd Growth

[neonlyte]

Months ago, we picked some wild rosemary growing in the scrub of the Arabbida mountains. The green fingered SO stuck the various twigs in water, one twig rooted and we planted it in a seeding compost in a pot on the windowsill. It died.

I left it alone for while, then finally uprooted it, except no roots and left the pot on the windowsill as we have some seedlings pushing through in another pot and I'd transplant them when ready.

On Friday, the 'dead pot' produced a 3cm shoot.
On Saturday, the shoot grew another 1 1/2cms and produced a leaf cluster.
On Sunday, it grew another 1 1/2 cms and produced a second leaf cluster.
This morning, it's close to 10cm with a 1cm long side shoot holding a pair of tiny serrated edged leaves.

I've never seen anything grow so fast, it's like a nature film in the kitchen

 

[English Lady]

It's not an alien, is it?

 

[neonlyte]

It quite possibly is 'alien', V.

Since my report of 3 1/2 hours ago, a second pair of leaves has opened on the spur, and a third pair are forming at the tip, each pair is turned to face the sun - tho' much of that today - we have wwhat appears to be a snow storm outside, it's actually 'seed pods' being blown in the wind off the park trees.

 

[kimbalee]

It could be a seed that was contained in the soil mix itself. If you look at the bag of dirt you used, you will see that it is not 100% sterile soil. Is likely to be a weed of some sort. Or maybe it IS an alien...

 

[Weird Harold]

Pictures?

It's hard to identify unknown items from just a description.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I would be very concerned, were I you.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/Jenny_Jackson/ScreenShot308.jpg

 

[glynndah]

I would be very concerned, were I you.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/Jenny_Jackson/ScreenShot308.jpg

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

http://www.seatwave.com/FileStore/SEASON/IMAGE/Little%20Shop%20Of%20Horrors174/Little%20Shop%20Of%20Horrors174_MainPicture.jpg

 

[neonlyte]

Here is the little bugger

The taller shoot has grown over the last 13 hours, the entire thing (10cm / 4 inches) high has grown since Friday morning.

 

[glynndah]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MG/144078~The-Day-of-the-Triffids-Posters.jpg

 

[jomar]

Here is the little bugger

The taller shoot has grown over the last 13 hours, the entire thing (10cm / 4 inches) high has grown since Friday morning.

Uh oh. Feed me Seymour!

 

[Weird Harold]

Here is the little bugger

The taller shoot has grown over the last 13 hours, the entire thing (10cm / 4 inches) high has grown since Friday morning.

In silhouette it looks a bit like a venus flytrap, so it's probably NOT a Triffid. I don't know if that picture is enough to identify it, but someone might recognise it.

 

[Katyusha]

On Friday, the 'dead pot' produced a 3cm shoot.
On Saturday, the shoot grew another 1 1/2cms and produced a leaf cluster.
On Sunday, it grew another 1 1/2 cms and produced a second leaf cluster.
This morning, it's close to 10cm with a 1cm long side shoot holding a pair of tiny serrated edged leaves.

I've never seen anything grow so fast, it's like a nature film in the kitchen

We had some lilies do that last year. I could put a ruler next to the shoots and literally watch them grow.

It was bizarre.

Put a ruler next to your shoots and see if you can watch it grow.

 

[damppanties]

*sigh*
neon, read the title and thought it's a medical thing.

 

[glynndah]

The plant on the Addams' Family was named Cleopatra. Does it answer to that yet?

 

[neonlyte]

It's Walnut!

I uprooted it, found the two halves of a walnut shell... and carefully re-potted it!

 

[kimbalee]

It's Walnut!

I uprooted it, found the two halves of a walnut shell... and carefully re-potted it!

hahahaha... good detective work!