Mother Nature's Artistry is presented here on the last day of every month. Check back again next month to see what Mother Nature has been up to!
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Mother Nature's Artistry
Mother Nature's Artistry is presented here on the last day of every month. Check back again next month to see what Mother Nature has been up to!
Oh Wow! It looks like a carefully sewn patchwork quilt made from velvet with little beads sewn on.
ReplyDeleteHey Grower Jim, I have two of these plants in my garden, but neither are fruiting yet. Do you know how long yours took to fruit?
ReplyDeleteWhat a great picture! I've never seen this fruit.
ReplyDeleteAli: If you started them from seed it may take two or three years before they are big enough to fruit. If you started from a mature tip cutting with a thick stem, they should flower with the next growth cycle. Flowering is usually in mid-summer, and then it will take another 14 months for the fruit to mature!
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful! I too get flowers on my monstera plant. Is the fruit edible?
ReplyDeleteVery cool indeed...love that mosaic pattern!
ReplyDeleteReally pretty. Mother nature does artistry like no other.
ReplyDeleteIf mine didn't freeze back each winter it might set some fruit one of these summers. :-)
lotusleaf: The fruit is edible, but only when fully ripe and the scales start falling off by themselves. Even then, you can only eat the part that has been exposed. One fruit will ripen over a period of about a week and you eat a little bit each day.
ReplyDeleteMeems: Mine are under heavy tree canopy so if there is a hard freeze they only get some leaf damage. The stems remain and flower each year.
Would make for a fantastic pattern of ceramic tiles!
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