Shit! How could I forget Eric?
Eric is my rubber plant.

I have co-habited with Eric for over 20 years now (he even survived the Uni years when my Mother, the Pol Pot of the houseplant world, was in charge of watering duties). He is huge, has a worrying 45 degree angle that he refuses to change no matter how many canes/sticks/steel girders are used, and has ambitions to grow up to be a forest.

Other houseplants come, get chewed by cats, drowned by my wife, and snuff it, but not Eric.

He's sulking a bit at the moment as I have moved him from the window and haven't dusted his leaves for a while, but he'll cheer up when I slip him some Baby Bio and hint about a new pot sometime so he can continue his journey to tree-dom. If I'm feeling generous, I'll even stick an incense stick in there so he can chill out with a smoke.

Eric for President.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Thu 8 May 2008, 16:39, 4 replies)

We used to have a rubber plant
called Neal. This was back in the late 80s of course. He was a real laid back plant man, but didn't like being hassled.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Thu 8 May 2008, 16:55, closed)

I have a
Spineless Yukka called Brian v2

My first one was a smoker and croaked when I moved into a non smoking household..despite my best efforts to revive him by shoving fag butts in his pot and taking him out with me when I went for a smoke.
(Peek_a_Boo forgot how fun B3ta was until, Thu 8 May 2008, 17:40, closed)

Post a picture!

( Mr. Jack cracked the elite b3ta inner circle on, Thu 8 May 2008, 17:45, closed)

Aw, bless your cotton socks
I had a yukka called Kenneth for many years. He got the tinsel treatment every Christmas as I didn't want him to feel threatened by a Christmas tree.

*click*
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Fri 9 May 2008, 11:32, closed)