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The store's front window is crowded with unusual plants that aren't grown locally such as the Penwiper, a member of the Kalanchoe genus. Dennis E. Webb says this plant is grown in an island off Africa and he thinks it got its name from the spots on the leaves that look like they came from wiping a pen.

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Store combines exotic plants and comics since 1974.

The front window of Exotic Planterium and Card and Comic Book Collectorama on Mount Vernon Avenue is crowded with plants of all varieties.

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