— Uncaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1978
44
Rare plants
(Continued from Page 42)
A sampling of the many
varieties of rare, but not
particularly difficult to care
for, plants include a number
of peperomias. According to
Mrs. Oberholtzer, she and
her husband were the first in
- this area to propogate the
coin leaf peperomia. It is the
largest of this plant type and
is characterized by waxy
green leaves and a bullrush
type flower protruding from
the top of the cluster of thick
foliage.
The Davallia plants which
include the “footed ferns”
such as squirrel foot, rabbit
foot, and paw (Bear foot)
ferns resemble fem foliage
but have the unique
characteristic of forming
fuzzy roots or rhizomes
which grow out of the potting
medium and down over the
sides of the pot Mrs.
Oberholtzer said these
Davallia are considered rare
because they take so long to
root. It may take a year and
a half to form a new plant,
and several years to grow to
a large plant.
Some unique varieties of
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very common plants in
clude the hybrid sanseveria
(snake plant), a good grower
which has broad, light green
leaves with a black rim
around the leaf edge; and
the flask philodendron which
has a very thick, hollow
stem, and broad oval-shaped
leaves.
The fern-leaf philodendron
looks like a palm or blade
leafed plant rather than the
more common philodendron
leaf.
Another of the many
unusual varieties of the
usual house plants at
Oberholtzers is the succulent
geranium. “It either turns
you on or off,” quipped Mrs.
Oberholtzer. It’s unusual
display of gnarled silver
gray stems producing light
green, parsley shaped leaves
is so strange that it may be
shockingly ghastly to some,
or amazingly intriguing to
others.”
Some uncommon plants
which may be appealing to
the house decor but are not
particularly related to any
other common houseplants
include the dwarf banana
tree, which will not bear
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fruit but will provide unusual
eye-catching appeal; the
Coontie Palm (Zamia
Furfuracea) which is a “pre
historic sort of plant”, as
Mrs. Oberholtzer explained
it, with tough gray-green,
somewhat fumy oval-shaped
leaves; and the Needle vine -
- “for those who are afraid to
have a plant whose leaves
fall off’. The needle vine
looks like strings full of
needles hanging from the
sides of a pot—
Anthony’s Rick-rack has a
unique shaped because the
stems look like dark-green
rick-rack. The stick bush,
the goldfish plant, and the
mistletoe cactus are three
more of the many unusual
plants available at
Oberholtzers.
Mrs. Oberholtzer shared a
few things to remember
when caring for rare as well
as not-so-rare plants. First,
the biggest mistake is to be
impatient, to plant in too
large a pot, to water too
much, and to feed too much.
Plants need to dry and
breathe between waterings
as a usual rule - some types
vaiy, however.
To encourage higher
humidity in the air place
plants together in groups
and set an open jar of water
among them, she advised.
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about the plant and try to
follow it, she added.
Mrs. Oberholtzer admitted
she never had houseplants in
her home until she and her
husband went into this
business after they stopped
farming. Now her husband
puts his carpentry, electrical
work, and plumbing skills to
use in the greenhouses
where he does all his own
repairs and building. And
the Oberholtzers have a
botanical garden established
from a recently acquired
consuming interest and
patience in growing and
propogating rare plants.
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