Sunday, July 16, 2006

What Plant is This?

Maymay, this is the weird plant I told u earlier on :)

This is the only plant that I have in da house. This plant that doesn't looks like a plant. No green element... No chlorophyll.. Frankly speaking, it looks more like an animal to me.. LOL The "leaves" indeed looks like fur... Not only it looks like fur.... It gives me the feeling that I was petting the animal's coat of fur when I touched it.. Mmmm...

Anyone knows what is the name of this plant? I dunno what is the actual name or the identity of this weird plant but I call it as Golden Chicken Plant, hahaha.. Cos to me, it looks like ayam from afar with gold-coloured feather... Hahaha... So far, I have seen this plant two or three times only.. I bought this in Cameron Highland in 2005.

34 comments:

Redsponge said...

Hey...my mama calls it golden chicken wo. Heard from mama that it is a useful plant...erm...what is it for already? stop bleeding? er...cant remember already. LOL!!!

Anonymous said...

to me, it looks like dog

Anonymous said...

omg.. a furry.. plant!! very de unique!! cute!!

first thg tt pops up in my mind when I saw the pics was 'sabut kelapa'.. only lighter in color. hmm, duno why..

the fur must be smooth wan, considering it gives you the feeling of petting animal's fur.. *LOL*

rainbow angeles said...

I've seen this "plant" before but tak tau wat name...

rainbow angeles said...

Ei ei... the first pic looks a bit like boo lang sai... *LOL*

Chen said...

red sponge,
hahah, your mum also calls it the same name? LOL I dunno what's the benefit of this plant. Bought it cos it looks kinda cute & unique.. Different from other plants :)

黄德峻,
My dog doesn't like this plant.. He barked at it & dig the soil when we brought the plant back home :)

butt,
yeah... furry plant !!
sabut kelapa? hahha... there's indeed similarity in the appearance :D The "fur" is not smooth but not hard either...

angel,
aiyak, I tot u know the name of this plant since u saw it before :P

izso said...

That looks like someone's fuzzy dog sitting in your pot plant.

Anonymous said...

hmmm.... errrrr... land loofah? errrr... I think it must be some kind of cactus leh. it really does look funny, LOL!! almost like a pet animal with too much hair. does it bite? *grin*

Fantasy "Sticky" Flier said...

that a squirrel?
looks like the original version of fattchoy....

Pink Cotton said...

HAHAHAAHAHAH
so cute plant!!!!
I WANT! LOL

domesticgoddess said...

saw this plant before too... err... maybe my mom has one.. lemme check :P
but same like angel, don't know its name.

Chen said...

izso,
Fuzzy dog being grounded on the flower pot cos being notti ? LOL

may,
brown cactus? mmm...

yeah, it indeed looks like a furry pet :) No wonder my dog dislikes this plant... I guess he thinks I bought back another pet back home? LOL If it bites, I will throw it away liao, hahahha....

FF,
It can resemble anything, hahhaa… up to our imagination :D

pink cotton,
Might be u can try your luck in Satok Market this coming weekend? Who knows... u might be able to spot the plant there :P LOL

domestic goddess,
Your mum has one too? We bought 2 of these, one we keep ourselves and the other one given to my father in law :)

Anonymous said...

Haven't seen it before...
Doc you sure it's a plant ah...
extra terestrial looking you know
:P

sengkor said...

1 question: u feed it or water it everyday?

LX said...

chiken plant? aikss. that's the last thing on my mind if i ever want to plant something. i'm alektorophobic (not sure spelling).. and it's scary

13th Panda said...

I saw this plant for sale during CNY.. I tot it was a fake stuff for ppl to use as decoration!!LOL!

Chen said...

zeroimpact,
it has a trunk, branches and root... and grows on soil.. what else could it be? ;) might be E.T. plant? LOL

jonboy,
it's plant that resembles animal :)
hahhaa... 100% original..
no crop nor photoshop :D

sengkor,
oops... Actually... I always forget to water this weird plant. And somehow, this weirdo plant is very tahan lasak. I only water it once in two to three weeks :P We bought it in September last year.

lynnx,
hah? u fear of chicken?
weird, weird... :D

13th panda,
Fake stuff for deco? Hahaha...
Cannot blame u for thinking of that.. Cos this plant really doesn't look like plant LOL

Anonymous said...

should be some kind of cactus. see if i can find anything from the green green people....

Chen said...

slurp,
hairy cactus? :D
Thanks.. hope u can find the info from your green-green friends :)

SA,
Hahhaa, the plant wants u to scratch it’s neck as well :P

Selba said...

first time to see this kind of plant! interesting... can use for washing dishes or not? hahaha

Chen said...

selba,
washing dish?
hahaha... might be when I run out of washing sponge, I will use this plant as substitute... LOL

day-dreamer said...

Yeerrrr...

Chen said...

day dreamer,
errr.. I tot u will say the plant is cute? No? LOL

Anonymous said...

oops .. that's a type of wild fern called Cibotium taiwanense Kuo. They are called golden lion or golden dog, not chicken :Phttp://wwwdb.tesri.gov.tw/content/wild/wild_ferns_08.asp

Vagabonder said...

Hmm, look like an awful wig that someone just put on a pot ;-), do you have to water it and all? Wow I have never seen this before, very interesting, thx for sharing. BTW, was it expensive when you buy it?

Chen said...

slurp,
thanks for the info :)
so golden lion or golden dog is the real name:D
then golden chicken is the nickname then for the cutie wild fern :)

thao,
I water the plant occasionally, once in a week or once in a fortnight :P It's not expensive. RM 20 for one plant (our Msia currency).. which is less than USD 6 :)

Anonymous said...

look like teddy bear fur

**i want teddy bear**

Chen said...

dino,
teddy bear fur? :)
then, it's the fur of the hairy teddy bear :P

u want teddy bear? ;) Mmmm...

Anonymous said...

My FIL tells me this plant is good for stopping bleeding. I can't remember the name, but I remember he said the name had something to do with 'monkey'!!

Chen said...

kat,
thanks for the info, kat :)

I get the scientific name of the plant from slurp = Cibotium taiwanense
Kuo

L B said...

liuliuliuliu!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I've seen this plant sold at the roadsides at Cameron Highlands. Yes, it's known as the Golden chicken plant. I've found out that its a species of fern, but interested to learn more. I've started a page on wikipedia, hopefully others will expand on it.

Anonymous said...

https://vimeo.com/124289106

Anonymous said...

https://vimeo.com/124289106

Golden Hair Dog Fern