The following plant (There are two pots, now---but these two "shoots" (for lack of a better thing to call them) used to be in the same planter, 'n stuff. . . .) has got to hold the record for "the world's toughest plant." (I had a lupine that just wouldn't quit (It had lost over 85% of it's "body mass"---and yet just wouldn't die!)---but then Laura took over the watering of it, and that managed to polish off my year-old lupine. . . .  :( ) It is a tropical plant, and yet peeps on various occasions have left doors open---resulting in this plant-dude being frozen.  (!!) -And yet, the thing kept springing back.  Not too long after this picture was taken, all it's leaves died due to some visible, tent-forming insect infestation.  -And yet, it managed to survive even that!! In fact, it lived for an entire year---long enought to bloom again.  -And as of Sunday, 2/20/05, these two plant-dudes are still going strong--although the one on the right is presently looking a little peaky.