Took a picture of this cool plant, not sure what the name is, and whether it falls into the palm, cactus, or succulent family. Two years ago I got it as a hunk of dirt with a little green sprout at the top in a supermarket plastic bag from one of Tracey’s co-workers; he just ripped it off a huge plant in their backyard and told me to plant it. Which I did, starting it off with plenty of water, and then I just left it alone. It didn’t do much for a while, but then the green leaves starting getting bigger and bigger.

One day, I’m walking in from a jaunt to the mailbox and I see this big sprout popping out of the top of it. It started small but then got taller and taller. Then the shoot started getting small ivory-colored, bell-shaped white flowers coming off it. Getting a little closer to look, I realized we didn’t have just one plant anymore, but two plants – you can see the two individual plants from their trunks.

I know these things get huge, because Tracey’s co-worker’s plant filled a whole corner of their backyard. My hope is the flower shoot isn’t any more than an indication that it likes where it is and is willing to takes its sweet time in getting any bigger than it already is.