Rose of Jericho - Resurrection Plant/Flower - Selaginella Lepidophylla - Pack of 1 (One) Dried Rose

I really enjoy this plant, and I'm impressed that the plant species is the correct one for the Resurrection plant. It's not really the True Rose of Jerico - that is a different species - but they look so similar I doubt most people would care. I gave one of the two I bought to my daughter so she could show it to her family - she's seen mine. Mine was a really slow starter. I bought a circular glass bowl which I think is too small - so it got the inside of the plant solid green within 24 hours but I'm still struggling with the outer leaves - they just won't green up very well - I've tried to make sure this is getting plenty of distilled water on the outside like I have in the past. It's next to a sunny window and has grow lamps. But I really was impressed with the quality of this plant - none of the ones I've had before greened up this well, but the other species does turn green a little faster. Love this little guy.

The best thing as advertised

It’s my first time seeing one so it was interesting. Really cool to experience. The water wicks up the plant opening it.

I was excited to finally buy this especially since the price lowered, but not so much anymore. It arrived messier than expected and dirt spilled everywhere. There also wasn't any care guide or information provided in the packaging.After letting it soak in water for a day it was definitely impressive to see how green and lively it became. What has been conflicted are two things. The first issue is the smell. Once wet, this plant smells like a murky pond (smells bad). Second, is the water which also happened to look and smell like a murky pond. Despite cleaning the plant thoroughly and replacing the water, it took less than a day before the water became slimy and produced white muck. There's no way to keep this plant in still water, nonetheless, a container without it smelling and looking nasty. You need a filter or air pump to provide water flow if you plan on keeping this in water. I definitely would never use this in tea either.Thankfully, I have an air pump so ill keep this outside, and hopefully, it'll flourish into something worth having. If not, ill pass it on as a cool project for kids to explore before throwing it out.

I actually put mine in a bowl of distilled water for about 15 minutes. After that I placed it on a bed of pebbles in a somewhat medium size container/bowl. I added distilled water to that, but just enough to cover the pebbles so that the root ball was sitting in water. It was fully opened in about 3-4 hours. If the plant still has brown leaves just mist it with some distilled water. However, you MUST change the water everyday until your plant becomes acculated to it's environment. I'm actually training mine to stay fully submerged in a giant glass goblet. It's beautiful.

I like it

I have had these plants before. And I have on several occasions resurrected them successfully. This one however was a total failure! It greened up a bit in the middle but never totally came back to life. Do NOT buy this plant!!!

I was flabbergasted by this little plant. I used it on a Sunday morning as an illustration as to how Christ was killed but came back to life & how we who are dead in trespasses and sin but are made alive in Christ when we accepted Him as Savior and Lord! Worked just like it was supposed to.