I asked the owner to give me one of the leaves.
More than five years ago I found a leaf in a variety goods shop.
The shop keeper told me that the leaf came from Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands) that consists of main four islands called Iwo island ( it became known as the movie "Letters from Iwo jima"), Nishi-no-island, Father island, and Mother island, which are located southern area .
She told me the name as well. It was Mother leaf.
I bought it (100yen per a leaf), and put it on water in a small tray as the shop keeper told me.
About one week later it started to have some thin roots like this photo shows.
And about another week later some baby leaves turned out at the edge of the Mother leaf.
The baby leaves and the roots grow fast, and the mother leaf will start to decade soon.
Before, when I bought the leaf and raised a baby leaf to a plant with a stem,(actually the baby leaf came to have some mother leaves on the stem), I failed to keep it during cold season. The plant seemed to be a sort of tropical one.
This time I'd like to raise it again and maintain the plant carefully during this winter.
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| I happened to see the plant in a cafe, so I revisited there with a camera. |
マザーリーフ繁らせて木々立つといふ父島、母島あを深からむ
They say there are many trees
with many Mother leaves
and it let me imagine the deep verdure
on Father island, on Mother island haricot
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Sweet. You make a poem and a little story out of an ordinary, every-day event. Suddenly, it is not ordinary.
("There are no ordinary moments.")
Hello, haricot
I knew the leaf for the first time.
A mystery of the Nature seems to be hidden inward.
Thank you.
ruma
This is a lovely and very interesting post, haricot! I once tried to raise a mango from seed that I'd saved. Like you, I put the seed in the shallow water. It sprouted and grew for a while but unfortunately it died in winter. I should have kept it in a warmer place. Your leaf looks quite OK!!
Looking forward to seeing it again on your blog!! Love the last photo!
白毫寺の記事、拝見しました。とてもステキなお寺ですね。今度、訪ねてみたいです。
台風が近畿の方へ行くと、ニュースが伝えていました。くれぐれも気をつけてくださいね。
Salut Haricot,
Quel joli nom pour cette plante...
"Dans la nature rien ne se crée, rien ne se perd, tout se transforme."
Merci de votre amitié.
Bon weekend.Celeste
How fascinating, I have never seen anything like this. Thank you for introducing me to something quite new to me.
Haricot--such lovely post--very moving and beautiful and a little mysterious. Thank you.
葉がミントンのプレートの模様と調和してきれいです。眺めるだけでとてもいい気分になります。この葉のことは初めて知りました。歌も素敵です。"There are many trees with many Mother Leaves.........." は、単に自然の営みだけでなく、比喩的に意味が深く、この歌全体がすばらしい理想の世界を表しているような気がします。
いつも心地よい刺激をありがとう。
I have seen a kind of this leaf. But It may not be sure. I think we called it "kanemochino-ki" or ....
Anyway I thought raising it up means having happy. But I couldn't raise it bigger than one certain size.
Thank you for a nice tanka as usual.
Oh, mysterious!! The lives have many forms and ways to increase. And this form seems me like a magic. I am amazed with its uniqueness. How delicate the roots are and how cute the baby leaves are! It is sad the mother leaf gives life to her babies and decays soon.
マザーリーフを通して父島、母島を思う気持ちがよく伝わってきます。いつもながら素晴らしいですね！
Hello
I came here to wish a good week.
Thank you enjoy my facebook.
A kiss.
Nita
Looks like Kalanchoe daigremontiana that I often saw as a houseplant in Moscow. Tried to find it in Finland but so far saw only other Kalanchoe varieties. Wikipedia says there're no males of this plant, they are all mothers.
マザーリーフはセイロンベンケイソウのことみたいですね。たまたま義兄がよく知らずに植え、花が咲かないのでだめなのかとほっておいたら２，３年目で花をつけたといって写真を送ってくれました。釣り鐘のように下向きにたくさん花をつけています。そういえば、たくさん小さな葉をつけている鉢植えを見たことがありますが、それだったんですね。haricotさんらしい、繊細で豊かな感性で父島 母島に想像力をめぐらせるポスト
素敵です。
Marc
Thinking of your comment, I noticed that a series of moments in which we live is always new.
Thank you for your inspiring comment.
ruma
Thank you for your comment.
I'm also surprised the inward energy of the leaf.
sapphire
It seems to maintain the naive plants during winter regardless of the species.
Thank you for your comment and for your experience.
Celeste
Merci pour votre commentaire et une belle phrase.
Ca me fait plaisir beaucoup.
Jenny
I'm glad to be able to raise the leaf again. I seldom see the species around here.
Thank you for your comment.
Jen
Thank you for visiting my blog and having left your heartfull comment.
I love the sequence of photos, and the final photo, where the plants are presented as a work of art.
stardust
比喩的にとっていただいて嬉しいです。
初めてこの葉を何気なく買ってきて、育ち方に興味を持った日々が思い出されます。
もう少しクリアな写真だといいのですが、、、。
sarah
金の成る木というのは聞いたことがあるのだけど。
sarahさんも花好きだから、色々な植物の名を知っておられるのでしょうね。この木も複数の名があるのかもしれません。
snowwhite
通りすがりに、あ、あの木だと思って嬉しかったです。他にも似たような植物として、子宝草というのを見た事がありますが、育ち方は分かりません。
Nita
Thank you for visiting on my blog and left your kind comment.
Ekaterina
Thank you very much for your information about this plant.
I've thought that it's a tropical, though I'm happy you had in Moscow, too.
cosmos
さすが、よく植物に関して名前などご存じですね。花が咲くとは！よく長持ちして花をさかせられたと感心します。葉をわけて育ててみた友達のも冬に消えたそうです。
Olga
Thank you very much your heartfull comment.
I'm sure it's tropical as it's always grown in pots inside houses in Russia. Winters in Moscow can be really cold sometimes. Once it was -35 degrees of frost, though that was an exception.
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