Friday, October 4, 2013

Today in mutant plants of the East Village



EVG reader Zenon Marko shares these photos... with some background. And questions!

This mutant tree plant grew at astounding speed from a minuscule sprout to its current 3-meter height in the back common yard of our East Village residence. What is this exotic species? A Brazilian transplant? A prop bred for the rain forest scene in the film remake of "The Illustrated Man"? An experimental hybrid grown for the sequel of "Avatar" or a new "Doctor Who" episode? A Triffid? Consider this: the plant is growing from a hole in the concrete wall, with no apparent soil or water for nutrients.





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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 9:16 AM

    It looks like kale to me

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  2. JAZOctober 4, 2013 at 11:04 AM

    What the hell is a 'meter'?

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  3. Ken from Ken's KitchenOctober 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM

    The little patio of horrors.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    1 meter is 3 feet

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  5. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    Too big to be kale?

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  6. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 11:33 AM

    we had one of those growing out of a retaining wall behind our building! I was worried it was gonna compromise the wall cause of how fast it grew. we kept cutting it but it would come back bigger! finally I resorted to cutting it and spraying it with a weed killer (I hate using that stuff but it worked). I believe it is an offshoot from a foxglove tree. they are amazing and spread through vast root systems, the actual tree could be blocks away!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia_tomentosa

    http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Paulownia+tomentosa&guide=Trees&cl=US/NC/Jackson/Balsam_Mountain_Preserve

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  7. MakeoutOctober 4, 2013 at 2:08 PM

    @ Anon 11:17- No it's not. It's a YARD. Hahahaha

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  8. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 2:31 PM

    The Day of the Triffids!

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  9. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 2:39 PM

    It's a fucking weed. All over southern California. I said I was going to leave the LES and I did.

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  10. Crazy EddieOctober 4, 2013 at 4:01 PM

    "No, I'm, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way."

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  11. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 4:06 PM

    Good for you, 2:39PM! You escaped Wooville!

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  12. VH McKenzieOctober 5, 2013 at 3:35 PM

    @Crazy Eddie -- you beat me to it!

    Yes, Jeff Goldblum.

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  13. AnonymousOctober 5, 2013 at 11:12 PM

    Did someone say "weed"?

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  14. claraOctober 6, 2013 at 8:37 PM

    Paulownia- a fast growing tree exotic to NYC.

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