Document Growth by visivo
December 17th, 2007 11:03 PMThis is my selaginella lepidophylla. Watch her grow:
(excuse the awful color achieved in compression :)
chicken with selaginella fern
In the beginning, Chicken showed great interest in the unfurled fern. As did I. We all bonded over said fern. It was really quite beautiful and exciting.
she's on the left here.
Resurrect.
open, sesame!
She's been going strong for a few weeks, opening, curling inward again. Quite sensuously done. This is her in her latest open stage. Taken a liking to my ceramic bath, just the right size.
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those pictures look pretty professional. welcome to sf0!
I hate to be the one to tell you, but your chicken is a cat.
This may explain why you have been disappointed with its egg production.
@ Mister Blue: glad someone else is receptive
A vote despite calling Selaginella a fern even though it is in fact a lycopod (not quite moss, not quite fern).
And I'm not totally sure that unfurling is growing, but none the less the praxis is quite a pleasure to look at.
Agreed on both counts, and maybe I should not trust paxton's labels any longer.
I like to think of it as a whimsical variation of growth.
And also, I like to think that it's turning return to a nice greenish shade and flowering shape is a kind of growth, though perhaps just a change of state??
Neat--bonus points for growing it in a test tube. :) Welcome to SF0!