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Author Garden: A little help IDing please... Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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) * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       Sorry...there's one more too... * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 tkhooper Official Blabber Mouth Member # 4875 posted                       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. * * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005  |  Seeded: 4.249.75.238 rozy221 Dream Gardener Member # 3850 posted                       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 Plants: 236 | From: Coastal CT | Registered: Oct 2004  |  Seeded: 64.252.66.190 Cricket guest posted                 I think the first one is a Birds Nest fern (Asplenium nidus). Seeded: 24.64.223.203 tifflo Garden Helper Member # 5953 posted                       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. Plants: 33 | From: KL, Malaysia | Registered: Jul 2005  |  Seeded: 219.95.247.120 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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 Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Cricket guest posted                 Amber, coleus is one of the easiest plants to root in water. Seeded: 24.64.223.203 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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... * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Cricket guest posted                 Never apologize for asking questions. That's how we all learn. Seeded: 24.64.223.203 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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) * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Gardencrazy Garden Pro! Member # 709 posted                       #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 * * * * my webshots ~ my photobucket Plants: 1002 | From: Virginia USA | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 216.145.85.156 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       I just want to clarify... the bigger leaves are the Syngonium and the smaller leaves would be the heatleaved philodendron?? * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Gardencrazy Garden Pro! Member # 709 posted                       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 * * * * my webshots ~ my photobucket Plants: 1002 | From: Virginia USA | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 216.145.85.217 Will Creed guest posted                 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. Seeded: 24.215.241.27 Gardencrazy Garden Pro! Member # 709 posted                       Will~ Thanks for catching my errors. Donna * * * * my webshots ~ my photobucket Plants: 1002 | From: Virginia USA | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 216.145.85.222 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       Here are a few more pictures of that 4th plant. * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       Sorry those were too small...Here they are again * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Will Creed guest posted                 Hi Amber, That defintely looks like it is all Syngonium podophyllum or Arrowhead plant. Seeded: 24.215.241.27 Gardencrazy Garden Pro! Member # 709 posted                       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 * * * * my webshots ~ my photobucket Plants: 1002 | From: Virginia USA | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 216.145.85.176 Will Creed guest posted                 How come I only see one plant species in there? What do your eyes see that mine are missing, Donna? Seeded: 24.215.241.27 Gardencrazy Garden Pro! Member # 709 posted                       Will~ It is this that I am looking at. It is a different plant isn't it?? Donna * * * * my webshots ~ my photobucket Plants: 1002 | From: Virginia USA | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 216.145.85.54 Will Creed guest posted                 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! Seeded: 24.215.241.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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? * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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) * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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) * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       (Might be good if I ATTACHED the picture...sheesh!) * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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!! * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Will Creed guest posted                 Can you get a photo that shows the leaves on the little leafed stem? Sorry to make you do all this work! Seeded: 24.215.241.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       No problem, I won't be able to post it until Monday, but I will do for sure. * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       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. * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Amber Petersen Dream Gardener Member # 6854 posted                       WOW!! Those pictues are WAY bigger than I thought. Do you know if I can make them smaller although I already posted them? * * * * Amber Plants: 125 | From: Charlottetown PEI | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 24.222.25.27 Cricket guest posted                 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 Seeded: 24.64.223.203 tkhooper Official Blabber Mouth Member # 4875 posted                       Looks like an arrowroot vine to me. But I'm a beginner so I could be wrong. * * * * Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005  |  Seeded: 4.249.123.25 Will Creed guest posted                 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. Seeded: 24.215.241.27 Gardencrazy Garden Pro! Member # 709 posted                       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. * * * * my webshots ~ my photobucket Plants: 1002 | From: Virginia USA | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 216.145.85.14

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