1.   It does not grow as fast as N. indicum, but the slender stalks produce more aerial leaves than the larger species.

2.   Another nondescript plant seems to sport a dry little Mohawk-fringed curl at the top of a stalk so slender it is almost invisible.

3.   After a rain, watch how the slender brown stalk of the ocotillo turns green and sprouts leaves overnight.

4.   But the slender stalks present a problem, for they tend to fall through the gaps in the grate.

5.   Nor had any of my gardening friends who visited my home and saw the slender green stalks with the pointy green leaves growing in a vase.

6.   The fruit is subtended by a short slender stalk, maturing to light brown.