A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2005 A little help IDing please...

Hi. I have these two plants at work and I'm not sure of what they are. i don't think anyone ever looked after them, when I came here in May I repotted them because they were in those baskets they give for gifts. I would love if I could get an identification. Thanks
(I'm hoping this photo thing works...first time putting photos on)
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Sorry...there's one more too... plants/09100005.jpg" alt="[Linked Image]" class="post-image" style="height:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;"/>

Second one with the red center on the leaves is a coleus and the third one is a pathos. First one I don't know sorry. Good pictures. If you do some selective pruning of the coleus and give it more light it will come in with a darker color more leaves and bigger ones two. It will look a whole lot better. It likes to be moister than many house plants. It is an annual but you can keep it alive for several years if you pinch off any flower spikes that bloom. If it produces seeds it's pretty much done for.

The first one kind of looks like a bromeliad, or rather, several potted together. A little like this maybe? http://fcbs.org/images/Billbergia/bill_nutans_schimperiana.jpg

I think the first one is a Birds Nest fern (Asplenium nidus).

I think the first one looks like a draceana, but I'm not too sure...

Maybe Will can help when he drops by. He's the expert in houseplants.

Cool guys...that's great. If I take a bit off the 2nd one (coleus) can I take it home and plant it? Will it grow?

Amber, coleus is one of the easiest plants to root in water.

right....I knew that....lol. Sorry, I'm new at the plant things...BUT I wanna know stuff....that's why I'm here. Thanks for the help...

Never apologize for asking questions. That's how we all learn.

I thought of another one we have here that I don't know really how to take care off. (lol...the only one I did know was the peace lilly)
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#1 is Dracaena possibly(Dracaena deremensis Janet Craig)
#3 is a Pathos (possibly Silver Queen)
#4 has from what I can tell 2 or more plants in it. Syngonium(arrowhead plant) & heartleaf philodendron

Gardencrazy

I just want to clarify... the bigger leaves are the Syngonium and the smaller leaves would be the heatleaved philodendron??

Hi! Amber~ I think I see 3 different plants in the pot but I am not sure. Hope these pictures help.




Can you get a better picture of the left side plant in picture #4?

Donna

Gardencrazy knows her plants! All of her ID's are correct with one slight oversight. The Janet Craig is a 'compacta' variety and that distinguishes it from the more common Dracaena 'Janet Craig' that has much larger leaves and grows much taller.

Pothos is the correct spelling.

Your Coleus will do much better after it is pruned back and placed in a sunny window.

Will~ Thanks for catching my errors.
Donna

Here are a few more pictures of that 4th plant.
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Sorry those were too small...Here they are again
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Hi Amber,

That defintely looks like it is all Syngonium podophyllum or Arrowhead plant.

Amber~ Thanks for the better pictures. There isn't a heartleaf philo in there.
I can't be positive as to the other plant in the pot.

Donna

How come I only see one plant species in there? What do your eyes see that mine are missing, Donna?

Will~ It is this that I am looking at.





It is a different plant isn't it??

Donna

Hi Donna,

I don't know how you did that closeup, but I am impressed.

I see what you mean, but I think it is the odd angle that is foreshortening the leaf shape. The stems look consistent with Syngonium.

Perhaps Amber can tell us if it looks like two different kinds of plants in there. She's the one who has the goods!

lol. I have goods?? They weren't so good looking a while ago...but with some help (mostly from you guys) their comming along. The stem of the little leaves does look like the Syngonium steam, it could be newer growth...smaller leaves?

actually, I just went to take a look...and no, the stem is indeed different. I can post some pictures but not today, because I don't have my camera at work today. Maybe tomorrow. (I will try to do as well as Donna did with her close-ups)

Okay, check this out. The stem that goes across this picture is the one with the little leaves. The stem that is vertical is the Syngonium stem. (I'm hoping this picture is good enough to see)

(Might be good if I ATTACHED the picture...sheesh!)
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The little leaved plant has a stem that has a bunch of little sections (I don't know how else to describe it...) and the Syngonium has a smooth stem. This is consistant with all te stems and leaves in this pot!!

Can you get a photo that shows the leaves on the little leafed stem? Sorry to make you do all this work!

No problem, I won't be able to post it until Monday, but I will do for sure.

Hey guys. Sorry it took so long for me to post this. (Imagine having to WORK at work! lol) Anyway. I finally got a picture of those leaves.
Thanks for your help.
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WOW!! Those pictues are WAY bigger than I thought. Do you know if I can make them smaller although I already posted them?

Amber, go back to those photos in Photobucket. Clicking edit under photo gives you an option to resize. That way you won't break the link and have to repost. If this is unclear, PM me and I'll send more detailed instructions.

Cricket

Looks like an arrowroot vine to me. But I'm a beginner so I could be wrong.

Great photos, Amber!

Eagle-eye Donna was right. There is another plant there and it appears to be Dieffenbachia or an Aglaonema. I will defer to Donna on that as she is great with the plant ID's.

Amber~ Thanks for going to all the trouble with the pictures.

Will~ You are going to give me the big head .

I'm going with dieffenbachia.