Comments on: Palaw Blooms…

By: mary

mary — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:30:39 +0000

MM for $2.00 you can creative a more conducive enviroment for your writing and cooking experiments. I am truly impressed with your creative abilities. Can your future book also include your flower arrangements for the complete entertainment guide?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:51:04 +0000

zaN, yes, I buy that; a type of aroid or colocasia, the same family as gabi.

By: zaN

zaN — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:01:02 +0000

https://www.natureproducts.net/Forest_Products/Aroids/Aroid_sp.html
Probably belongs to the same family as the above. The leaves resemble those of the ‘gabi’

By: myra_p

myra_p — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:38:22 +0000

In Manila, palaw blooms are expensive… Between 50-100php per bloom, depending on its size. So yes, you got yourself a very good deal :)

By: noes

noes — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:47:05 +0000

spectacular!

By: marilen

marilen — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:46:20 +0000

Waiting for your post to see palaw at the source – you said marshy areas, take out the waders, right? what a beauty of an arrangement.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:43:14 +0000

millet, :) betty q, hmmm… I don’t think that’s the right scientific designation. The blooms I had were over a foot long. And the leaves they send were gabi like or taro like (not necessarily from the same plant)… I gotta see these at the source… :)

By: millet

millet — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:38:11 +0000

MM, i knew you would! ikaw pa ;-)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:34:21 +0000

bumblebee, the container has to be packed tight with the horsetails so they have no choice but to stand straight. The leaves are relatively light, hence the balance is possible. millet, I haven’t seen the root, but have made it known I am on the lookout for them. betty q, thanks for that, I couldn’t figure out what their scientific name was…

By: bumbleBee

bumbleBee — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:48:08 +0000

Hi MM, I’ve been a fan but only had the guts to comment now. ;) I am not really a fan of having plants indoors, but I just fell in love with this.

Who would’ve thought that such a small container could (and would) hold up such tall arrangement? Kudos to you, MM! As always, you leave me in awe.

(PS – I’m from the Philippines and I’m surprised that my IP address registers a US-based computer)