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A dim spare room windowsill at night photographed on a phone, a row of five glass jam jars with plant cuttings in water, pale roots visible in the jars, a ginger cat's tail draped along the windowsill edge, and at the far end of the row one extra sixth jar with a leafy cutting and long white roots that does not belong, soft lamp light from the left, slightly grainy candid snapshot
a jar i don't remember… fern 11/08/26(Sun)15:15:28 No.15445 0
a jar i don't remember

took this last night of the cuttings before i switched the light off, just to see how the roots are coming along. there are five jars on that shelf. i counted. i have counted three times now. look at the far end, past marmalade's tail. that's six. that's a jar with a cutting in it and roots already an inch long and i have never seen it before in my life.

i didn't put it there. i've been through every jar in the house, the ones waiting in the kitchen, the ones in the shed, nothing matches. the cutting looks like one of my philodendrons but not one i've taken a cutting from. and before anyone says marmalade knocked it in - he can't, he was asleep on my feet when i took the photo.

i left it where it is because honestly i'm too nervous to move it. it's doing fine. that's the worst part. whatever it is, it's thriving.
gearhead 11/08/26(Sun)16:26:55 No.15455 +4
roots an inch long means its been there at least a couple weeks. jars dont show up overnight. check the shelf for water rings or where the old paint differs under it. something set that down at the same height and left.
tern 11/08/26(Sun)16:37:27 No.15458 +2
ghost plant. ghost roommate. at least its paying rent in roots. i'd leave it too honestly, u dont move the bowl at my work either, things just end up there and stay
fern 11/08/26(Sun)16:49:07 No.15462 +5
i went back this morning with a torch and looked under where the sixth jar sits. there's a ring on the sill but its the same width as the others, like the shelf has had jars in that spot before. i've never put one at that end. ginger walked past while i was looking and gave me the same disappointed face he does about everything.
gearhead 11/08/26(Sun)16:51:48 No.15463 +1
a ring the same width as the others means jars have sat there before and not recently. old shelf, old habits, someone else had a row going. could just be from you before you rearranged. doesnt explain the plant though. does your philodendron throw runners?
fern 11/08/26(Sun)16:56:43 No.15465 -1
it does throw runners actually. the one on the bathroom shelf has started one. but runners dont end up in water in a jar with roots like that, someone has to cut it and put it in. i keep telling myself i did it in a haze and forgot but my nan used to root cuttings in whatever jar was nearest and i remember everything about that windowsill. i'm going to leave it another few days and see what it does.
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