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Mock Orchid


Question
I am sorry, but i do not have the means to email you a photo.  Let me see if I can be more desciptive:  it has very long flat green leaves about 1-1/2 inches wide.  It grows from the center out and is shaped like a fan.  It does bloom during the longest, sunniest days of summer. It also LOVES heat/sun the sunnier and hotter is is the better.  It also (obviously) drinks a lot of water, i have to check it every couple of days.  The plant grows a long stalk from the center and the blooms come from the top of this stalk (there is what resembles pod inside the end of the stalk and that is where the flowers come out from)  The flowers are small, they have 3 white outer petals and 3 purple and white inner petals that curl to resemble an orchid.  only one flower comes out of this pod at a time and it only lasts until evening. I have had up to eight flowers come from one pod.  after the plant is done blooming, this pod becomes a baby plant which can be put into water to start new plants.
Hopefully this additional information will help you.
Again, thank you for your time !!!
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I was given this plant by my sister, she brought it up from Florida (she said it grows outside there). She told me it was called a "Mock Ochid".  The leaves are long and grow like a fan.  It gets stalks from the center of the fan that eventually blooms one flower at a time and they do resemble an Orchid and the smell is beautiful. Can you tell me any more information about this plant ??? Also, is toxic (I have cats)  Thank you very much for your time !!
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Hi Sandy,

The only plant listed as "mock orchid" is a fictional plant in a 1993 Dennis the Menace movie that bloomed once every 40 years!

I am sure that there are many flowers that are reminiscent of orchids in some way that people end up calling "mock orchid."

Without a photo or a detailed description of the plant, I cannot tell you what your plant is or how to care for it.

You can email me a photo at [email protected]

Regards,
Will Creed

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Hi Sandy,

I am perplexed by your comment that the plant has pods that become baby plants. That is quite unusual and is reminiscent of a spider plant, but the flowers you described don't match those of spider plants.

The Apostle's lily (Neomarica northiana) and the Kaffir Lily (Clivia miniata) generally fit your description, as I understand it, but they develop seed pods, not baby plants.

Will

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