I think that’s what they say? It doesn’t sound quite right but it’s actually exactly what did happen the other day. The eyewitnesses, my wife and Molly, can attest to it!
I wrote a post about my compact dragon tree, otherwise known as Dracaena Compacta. If you remember reading it, then you may remember that it was sprouting some new growth at the very bottom at the plant. Those tiny sprouts have been growing quite rapidly to my surprise. But I’ll get to that in a few minutes.
Here is the link if you are interested in reading that post...
A Keiki Of Another Variety
I unfortunately was not there when the big event occurred.
Excitement in the Miller household! It doesn’t always happen, but when it does look out. Molly doesn’t care too much for excitement, if you haven’t figured that out by now. So, when the big crash occurred, she did not like it one bit.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!!!???"
My wife explained.. that she was watching TV and Molly was fast asleep on the couch. She said all of a sudden she heard some rustling and then a part of the plant came crashing down. A whole section of the plant just fell off onto the floor.
It really scared the crap out of poor little Molly .. and I could imagine her scooting off and away from the area to protect herself The best way she knows how. To Run! When it comes to fight or flight reaction, Molly always chooses flight. Can't blame her one bit though.
Here’s the section that fell off. It’s not a small piece by any means. And it has a decent amount of weight to it, more than I thought it would have.
The piece of Dragon Tree came crashing down by no means other than its own. But why? I’m not 100% sure, but I think it had something to do with the amount of weight and the angle of growth. Not sure, but this is what the scene look like when I got home. A large section of the plant lying on the floor next to our brown leather recliner, with a few brown leaves lying at its side.
As A side note, the plant itself is over 50 years old! So after a while, stuff just starts happening. Anyone over 30 could probably attest to that. lol.
Just by looking at the plant you can’t even tell that something fell off of it. As you can see down at the bottom, there is that new growth I posted about two months ago. It’s grown four or five times in size since that post.
This is a close-up shot of that growth. Just to the right of the screen sprout, is where the branch fell off. You can also see how much that little sprout has grown in two months.
I guess there were a couple of signs that this was coming. First the new growth and secondly the fact that along the side of the stem are these root appendage looking things. It’s almost as if it knew it was going to fall over and started to grow these root like appendages to prepare for it.
I took my time and Removed most of the dead leaf matter. After I cleaned up the stem a bit, these root bumps became way more noticeable. Now I’m wondering if I plant this piece directly into soil, Would it root and survive? I think the answer is yes. The only problem is I don’t have a pot right now to plant it in. I think I will have to wrap the end in some moist paper towels, then work on getting that pot together.
The top part of the plant looks great! Nice and health, so I would hate for it to just go to waste and get tossed out.
Look at all those brown leaves that came off the stem. There’s a nice little pile of them there.
Molly seems to have settled down since the ordeal. She has taken up residence next to me while I watch a little football. She seems quite content with the late afternoon sun shining on her body. While her eyes are tightly shut and dreams fill her head, I hope the memory of this traumatic ordeal has been erased in the process. For now I feel as though it has. Hahaha.. Poor Molly.
Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm at the end
as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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