Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Ant Plant Goes to Seed

So when I bought this little guy, they told me it was an Ant Plant. I've since googled that and it doesn't seem like those at all! Any ideas?

If the fall, this whatever-it's-called plant started blooming a ton! Covered in little pink buds that never seemed to open. A few month later I started noticing all these long, thin seed pods and it stopped blooming.



Then one day I come into the kitchen and there is all this fluff on the sink and the windowsill. After closer inspection I realize that the pods have split open and all the seeds sort of floated around. I collected about 50 or more seeds over the next couple of week and am keeping them. I want to see if I can sprout them this spring. I figure damp coconut coir will work but we'll see.