Show resurrection plant what Is generally known is the rose 0 jericho la perhaps one of the most familiar of the curiosities 0 plant a resurrection plants though other varieties have recently been added to the list of these oddities the roue of jericho Is said to be imported from the valley of the allver jordan and Is the resurrection plant mentioned in the bible the plant when received from its native home Is simply ft bunch ot leafless and seemingly lifeless sticks or branches clustered ed together tightly when placed in a glass of water however the branches expand seed buds unfold and soon the green foliage starts oat and the p it really grows the mexican resurrection plant Is the fluffy variety often noticed in saucers of water in the florists window this delights the children as the plant Is so quickly re from a dry hard ball to a green living plant when it Is dormant it Is a shrunken rounded ball of tightly folded leaflets dry and dead it Is dropped in a bowl of tepid water and soon one tip curls slowly outward then another and another and in a short time there Is floating in the dish A metallic green plant a great loose expanded rosette of floe leaves and beautiful this experiment can be repeated many times the plant curling together tightly when dry and expanding into new life when soaked in water the Is the only resurrection plant that develops blossoms in Is the blossom that Is resurrected from dry hard shell like substance to a full liloon flower |