First plants!

[Slightperil]

Pitcher plant i can live with, but i just don't like octopus plant, i much prefer Caloe Gira, or just a Caloe plant.

A prayer plant is a bit of an odd name, not sure what others think? Maybe it's named thus because its not got a hope in hell of surviving?
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[Serephina]

I like the sound of Caloe Gira for the first plant- much nicer than Octopus plant. ( or Cephalopod Plant)

[Rils]

ixnay on the octopus plant -ay.

The name "prayer plant" is what the Earth variety is called (see the links in my previous post). It's called that because the leaves, which are laid out flat during the day, fold up together vertically at night, like praying hands.

Haven't noticed that the Gira species does that though.

And I'm still not convinced the pitcher "plant" is really a plant... I'm voting "fungus" in that election.
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[Dovahn]

Caloe plant sounds good.

I'm a little reluctant to give the Gira "prayer plant" the terrestrial nomenclature, because it doesn't exhibit the same behavior, especially because, with a day/night cycle, we could have seen it if it did.

As for the Urns, they definitely look like a fungus to me. A pretty large and sticky one, but a fungus. The other plants are green (for photosynthesis) while these are brown. If they were a plant, they would most likely also be green, if it works well for the others. I wonder if there's something inside them.

Dov

[rebusquilla]

Here is the Gira grass:






It's interesting that it seems to have adapted to grow on vertical areas - you can see one or two bends on the straw. These bends make me believe this is a "real" grass ( gramineae).You can also see it grows in cracks in the cliffside, where there sure is a bit of soil and moisture/water.

P.s I think caloe plant is a good name.

[Serephina]

I looked up gramineae since there are questions about the classification of grasses in the ages here. Here is a link for anyone else pondering the grasses question. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poaceae Thanks rebusquilla for digging into this further.

[rebusquilla]

Thanks for that link, Aricle! Now I can learn the proper terms in english! One gets a little frustrated when one lack the right expression. And yea I know that Graminaea nowadays is Poacea -keep forgetting. What one learn in early years tend to sit tight.

Since there is a "cliff-grass" in Kemo, a specie that only grows on the cliffsides, I suggest we name this one "Gira Cliffgrass". For the latin name I leave it to you guys

[rebusquilla]

I suggest the name "Broadleaf" for this plant. What do you guys think?
rebus

[Rils]

I still think it's visual similarity to Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura is interesting...
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