Houseplant ID

[CoryBoi]

Calling all houseplant experts, came in an arrangement.

 

[Amazoniantanklvr]

Does it flower? If so what color are they? Is there a pic on the tag? What is the shape of the flower?

 

[PascalKrypt]

Is that one plant with just the bottom and top leaves? Judging by the top leaves I'd say Camelia (example),
But the more cloud-like edged leaves look like Kalanchoe (example).

And those are very different plants!

Would you describe the leaves as thick or thin, leathery or rough? Is the stem woody-looking and at most moderate flexible or very soft, green and almost elastic?

 

[CoryBoi]

Is that one plant with just the bottom and top leaves? Judging by the top leaves I'd say Camelia (example),
But the more cloud-like edged leaves look like Kalanchoe (example).

And those are very different plants!

Would you describe the leaves are thick or thin, leathery or rough?

There is a kalanchoe in the back, these leaves are very thank and waxy looking.

Does it flower? If so what color are they? Is there a pic on the tag? What is the shape of the flower?

It has yet to flower. And if there were a tag why in the world would I be asking?

 

[Amazoniantanklvr]

There might be a pic on the tag but no info. Any buds?

 

[PascalKrypt]

There is a kalanchoe in the back, these leaves are very thank and waxy looking.

That does sound like Camelia.

Here is a picture of a growing, rooted cutting.
Think it looks similar to what you have?

Edit: Sorry, dead link. Fixed it.

 

[CoryBoi]

That does sound like Camelia.

Here is a picture of a growing, rooted cutting.
Think it looks similar to what you have?

Edit: Sorry, dead link. Fixed it.

It does look like that, but it’s just this tiny bushy 4”plant, nothing like any picture.

 

[PascalKrypt]

It does look like that, but it’s just this tiny bushy 4”plant, nothing like any picture.

Yes but obviously every large plant has to start as a small one. Camellia is one of the few commonly outdoor grown bushes that can survive and even bloom indoors with the right care, so it's possible that they'd put a young plant in a houseplant arrangement. One of the few plants suitable for indoor bonsaI as well (though reportedly one of the tougher ones to make work).

We have numerous cuttings outside and they don't look exactly like this though, so I'm not 100% sure on the idea. On the other hand there are many varieties so who knows.
While the slightly older leaves at the top look extremely like a Camellia, those roundish leaves at the bottom don't. They confuse me.

 

[Littlebudda]

I’m going to say Camellia.

 

[PascalKrypt]

You know what - it's dark outside right now. Tomorrow when it's light I'll take some pictures for you of the young Camellia we have outside for comparison.

I think it might be a C. sinensis instead of an ornamental species. They have more rounded leaves like that and grow bushier, plus they are a fresher green while most ornamental Camellia are darker.
Would be a really cool find!

 

[Littlebudda]

Growing indoors might cause lighter leaves also

 

[PascalKrypt]

Camellia Japonica:




Camellia sinensis


Do note that my sinensis is quite a bit less glossy than some pictures I've seen online. This may be due to the specific variety I have, I don't know. It's the only sinensis I happened to stumble across in a herb sale. I don't know what variety it is, it had no label.

Camellia sasanqua




Hmmm well see for yourself. If just judging by the new leaves on top it looks closest to sasanqua in my opinion, but I still don't see those roundish young lower leaves on any of them.

 

[CoryBoi]

Now I’m really getting some conflicting info. I asked on another forum, and I was told by 2 people it’s an ardisia crenata, but then I called the florist it came from and she said it looked like a n arabica coffee plant! I’m so confuse now!

 

[PascalKrypt]

I thought of a coffee plant but it isn't. I have several of those and they grow in a particular manner, with paired leaves. The plant in the picture grows with unpaired leaves (as does a Camellia, one of my reasons for picking that as option).

But the Christmas Berry looks like an option! I'm not too familiar with that plant but all the characteristics I see on the pictures seem to match it. I think they are on to something.

 

[GlennO]

I don't know but I don't think it's Camellia. The leaf edge serrations are different (at least to the varieties that I am familiar with).

 

[CoryBoi]

apparently, the first leaves on ardisia crenata are round with wavy edges almost like a kalanchoe. So I'm almost positive it’s a young ardisia. Thanks everyone!

 

[barbiespoodle]

I was also going to say one of the plants called coffee or coffeeafolia, aka, coffee like leaves. These are commonly used in dish gardens like yours and even more often sold as house plant(I've been a plantaholic my whole life and have worked in greenhouses}.

I'm not going with the camillia simply because they are more commonly sold as outdoors plants since they are considered shrubs, the south is full of them since they offer winter blooms, even in the cooler southern regions, such as where my mother lives.

Since your plant looks healthy, putting on new leaves, I'm going to make another suggestion. I know dish gardens are beautiful, but in a lot of cases, the plants outgrow the dish. You might want to look into repotting some of the larger ones into their own pot to grow on. If you do, just give them the same treatment you have so far. Oh yea, and don't put them in large pots thinking of future growth, a pot just slightly larger than the root ball is best.

 

[CoryBoi]

I was also going to say one of the plants called coffee or coffeeafolia, aka, coffee like leaves. These are commonly used in dish gardens like yours and even more often sold as house plant(I've been a plantaholic my whole life and have worked in greenhouses}.

I'm not going with the camillia simply because they are more commonly sold as outdoors plants since they are considered shrubs, the south is full of them since they offer winter blooms, even in the cooler southern regions, such as where my mother lives.

Since your plant looks healthy, putting on new leaves, I'm going to make another suggestion. I know dish gardens are beautiful, but in a lot of cases, the plants outgrow the dish. You might want to look into repotting some of the larger ones into their own pot to grow on. If you do, just give them the same treatment you have so far. Oh yea, and don't put them in large pots thinking of future growth, a pot just slightly larger than the root ball is best.

I hate dish gardens. This was at a relatives house, they got it from their dads funeral.
I helped repot the kalanchoe (likes little water) and took the African violet (likes bottom watering) along with a few others to give the rest of the plants some room. I am very knowledgeable about all things pants, but had never dealt with this one before. I have well over 200 plants right now.
Here are some of my plants.

 

[barbiespoodle]

Cory, I could so get into your set up if I had the room, I am such a plantaholic.

Ok, I'm going to be a proud plant mama, I have a large collection of cactus and my pride and joys are my orchid cactus, a tropical cactus, and I'm going to show off pics of my babies (and they did start as babies, just a single leaf cutting.