I just purchased a new Sans. Cylindrica "Fernwood" (I think it's Fernwood, but it wasn't marked as such. However the clerk thought it was). In describing it to a non Sans friend of mine who thinks I'm a bit daft when it comes to this particular kind of plant, I wanted to tell her about the neato upright stems that this Sans has. Then I thought, wait, aren't they really leaves although they just look like pointy sticks or stems? Can you tell me what the correct term is for the growth?..............Maryl