We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

Author Topic: House Plant  (Read 847 times)

Giles

  • Prince of Primula
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1833
  • Country: gb
House Plant
« on: April 12, 2022, 06:26:26 AM »
An ideas on this?
Bought from Morrisons, grown as an houseplant.
Asking for a friend..

Vinny 123

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 197
  • Country: gb
Re: House Plant
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2022, 01:09:40 PM »
Good grief!!!
I thought that I knew most houseplants............................. I do not recognise this at all.

My first reaction was a pelargonium, but not after blowing the pic's up.

Any chance of a far closer close-up of the leaves?

Irrespective of what it was/is sold as, it could be an acer, a bamboo or a dracaena. It could easily be a cheap and cheerful Bonsai - crataegus?

Giles

  • Prince of Primula
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1833
  • Country: gb
Re: House Plant
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2022, 01:29:41 PM »
I'm not sure if it helps - but here's a closer look.
I wondered if it was a diseased/mutant form of a plant which has been grown-on and propagated as an unusual cultivar.

Vinny 123

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 197
  • Country: gb
Re: House Plant
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2022, 01:47:29 PM »
LLLOL - many cultivated plants are actually "diseased" as viruses in particular can produce growths that us humans find attractive, not least variegation. Mutants - same logic applies.

That said, the extra pic' doesn't help me..................... although the stems look woody in the fisrt two and succulent/herbaceous in the third.

Are the leaves in any way succulent, or just as you'd expect of most plants.

Pepperomia?
« Last Edit: April 12, 2022, 01:50:32 PM by Vinny 123 »

Vinny 123

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 197
  • Country: gb
Re: House Plant
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2022, 03:03:16 PM »
Plectranthus?

Maggi Young

  • Forum Dogsbody
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44764
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: House Plant
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2022, 05:30:14 PM »
Portulacaria afra?
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

Giles

  • Prince of Primula
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1833
  • Country: gb
Re: House Plant
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2022, 07:11:02 AM »
Thank you for your suggestions - I'll pass them on.

 


Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal