Probally a variegated baby rubber tree(Peperomia obtusifolia). I think they are really pretty yet I ususally bypass them in plant stores for something more exotic. Oh the horns are flowers.

Christine, look up (google) 'peperomia flower images ' and you'll see how interesting those little spikes can be.

Way cool !!!! Thanks Teen & rhizo :>)

Your right purple it is the P.clusiifolia, Did you happen to notice the China Doll in the background? She's gotten huge since I got her last June, you were the one to ID her for me..Thanks
Christine

Yes, to Peperomia for sure, I'd go w/ clusifolia as well.

Pls. don't be confused by TG's mention of variegated Baby Rubber Tree (which usage I have seen once in a while). While it may be used sometimes for a common name, it only adds to the confusion, as this plant is definitely NOT a Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica).

Just another reason to steer clear of common names for plants when at all possible.

Just curious, is that a plant from a big box store? If so, adding to what others say, the cultivar could be p.clusiifolia 'jelly' (if a cultivar is even necessary/wanted?). I saw it a lot in my area a few months back. I don't have the trained eye to tell by looking at it :/ I caved in when I saw it at a lowes on the discount rack for 50 cents...Seeing purple's peperomia in full bloom also had some part in that.....It's a wonderful plant :)

pirate,I agree with you,it looks nothing like my rubber tree plant,Thanks for pointing that out.

Auron, it was a gift so I imagine it did come from a bb store, when I first got it, it was this scrawny little thing and I thought it was ugly and I never would have bought it but she's growing into a real pretty plant and now that she has given me flowers, she's a true keeper :>) Thanks everyone for you input....

P. obtusifolia is often referred to as baby rubber tree, so perfectly common to say so if that's what one thought it was. This one has a little pink and the leaves aren't as round, not terribly different. There's really no right or wrong with common names, so if you want to call it a spike daisy, or baby rubber tree, or Steve, as DH says all of our potted plants are named, that's fine. If we need to be specific, the botanical name is there.

Christine, I did notice it, looks great! Having bad luck with that particular plant around here lately. I was over at my Mom's house before it got cold & we were chatting in the driveway. I noticed her China doll tree looked thirsty so grabbed a watering can and gave it a good dousing. When I looked up my Mom had a weird expression so I asked, "You didn't think it was thirsty?" She said, "I think there's weed killer in that watering can." We just busted out laughing. Yeah, it's a goner now but that still cracks me up when I think about it. I don't approve of the weed killer, but that's Mom's decision to make at her house, with her time. The one at my house seems to be one of only a very few casualties of UNDERwatering. Usually when I kill a plant (without some kind of accident) it's the other way around! Apparently it can't handle drying completely (or something else I don't know was also going on with it.) Oops! Need a couple more, they are so pretty!

Auron, these Peps WERE everywhere late last summer! I fell for it because of the pink edges on the leaves. I love any leaf that's not plain green, or IS plain green but interestingly shaped...

I am also often enabled by people's pics of plants that look so much better than the battered babies often available at the stores. Without seeing the pics, one might not know the potential of some of those little guys. Especially the succulents that can turn pretty colors - that's the wagon I've fallen off of lately!

Peperomia is certainly the most common name, and I know that Ficus elastica and Peperomia obtusifolia are different, I was just giving another common name I hear occasionally. Thx tiffany for explaining

Yes, to Peperomia for sure, I'd go w/ clusifolia as well.

Pls. don't be confused by TG's mention of variegated Baby Rubber Tree (which usage I have seen once in a while). While it may be used sometimes for a common name, it only adds to the confusion, as this plant is definitely NOT a Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica).

Just another reason to steer clear of common names for plants when at all possible.

Sorry for the double post, don't get it; I responded yesterday, this double post happened today. What I used to call (in word processing centers) Ghost in the Machines.

Well Purp, we'll have to respectfully disagree on several things. I was not criticizing TG; clearly I was commenting on the practice of using common, if confusing common names for the OTHER folks who might not understand the reference & be confused (btwn the 2 different species).

Pep obtusifolia (that I've seen) are usually very round leafed w/ solid green leaves or light green & dark green leaves, no pink highlights at all.

Pep clusifolia from what I've seen ALWAYS has oblong leaves, is always green & white & usually pink highlights, so no, to me those are not remotely similar.

Anyway nice plants & yes, that spikey thing is their inflorescence, very characteristic of Peps & a great way to identify them.

Yeah, that's a weird gremlin!

What might or might not look similar to others remains open to interpretation as far as I'm concerned. The proclivity of many plants to develop a tint of pink or red at the edge by increasing the light could easily lead one to believe that a plant with just green and white leaves could develop this coloring. The newest leaves on my plant are plain green from lack of light.

Debating the merits of any particular common name can be fun, but always subjective, never objectively right or wrong. If one googles 'rubber tree,' Ficus does not dominate the results, or appear on the first page at all when I looked a minute ago. Of course people will be confused by using only common names, that's why most people want to know the botanical epithet of each of their plants.

The flower of peperomia in my experience have a resinous smell. Common names can be confusing. For example, Strawberry begonia(Saxifraga stolonifera) is not related to strawberry(Fragaria) or begonia (Begonia). Common names can be misleading. Both spider plants and strawberry begonia can be called mother of thousands. I can spend all day coming up with examples

I was looking at EA's Peperomia selection and there's one called magnoliafolia (rainbow) that looks just like clusiifolia (jelly) to me. I wonder how one would tell the two apart?