My husband bought me flowers as a gift. After they died I noticed as I was tossing them out that in among them was a green, crisp fresh looking shoot with leaves on it. I rescued it and stuck it in water expecting it would die soon, too. The Leaves remained green and for a while I thought they must be plastic. Then after the water ran out I noticed their ends were turning a little brown so I quickly filled the water back up, wondering what I was dealing with. Then a month and a half or so later the underside of the leaves started sprouting this little ...sliver of something. Over the weeks the sliver turned into what almost resembles little stamens. It's been several months now and the plant is still in the cup with water, still (slowly) growing these things. What could this be? Could I plant it? What would it turn into?
The reason I saved it in the first place was because years ago my aunt passed away and in her funeral bouquet was a shoot from a willow tree. My mother saved the whole bouquet - she dried it and put the dried flowers in a vase. Suddenly, FIVE YEARS after the funeral, after the flowers were dried and had been sitting on our mantle, the willow tree shoot sprouted roots. My mom threw it in water and it grew. It was planted in our backyard and five years after that it was a tree. It was really an amazing thing. I figured it was a long shot that this odd green leafy thing would keep growing or become anything but since it appears it's doing something I wanted to look into what it is that is going on, per chance I get another tree out of it.
