ZZ T— Oops; sorry. ‘ZZ Plant’

Scientifically, “Zamioculcas zamiifolia” … hence, “ZZ Plant”!

I was in awe of this new stem. Many plants push out individual *leaves* that are rolled up; for example:
• http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-05-01
• http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-02-28
But in this case, an entire *stem* is pushed out with all the leaves rolled around the *stem*!

More & technical info from Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d179 » “ZZ plant or aroid palm is an aroid family member that is native to dry grassland and forest in Eastern Africa. It is a stemless evergreen plant that typically grows to 3' tall with attractive, pinnately compound leaves rising up from its rhizomes. Each leaf has 6-8 pairs of elliptic, glossy green leaflets (to 6" long). Flowers appear on mature plants. Flower structure consists of a spadix (erect spike of numerous tiny creamy white flowers) encased by a sheath-like green spathe.”

Another photo from this "session": http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Araceae_Zamioculcas_zamiifolia_94860.html

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/taxpage/0/0/79/binomial/Zamioculcas%20zamiifolia.html

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

1 year ago (“I think I have a handle on this one…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-01-26
2 years ago (“How many glasses?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-01-26
3 years ago (“Tick. Tock…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-01-26
4 years ago (“Through the mist”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-01-26

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[Danette Thompson]

Plants are amazing.

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette They truly are! There's never a day at the greenhouse when I don't "home in" on something interesting. Right now there isn't a lot of color, so I'm finding my awe-and-wonder in other ways and there's always some plant that says "Look at me! Photograph me!"