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Please help to ID this plant?

6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

Hi i purchased this plant a few weeks ago from a garden supply store and i have lost the info ticket that came with the plant and now i forgot what it is called and how to look after it. I am a noobie to gardening (as you can probably tell) but i am pleasantly hooked!






Comments (15)

  • 6 years ago

    Looks like a Scindapsus pictus cultivar. Here is one cultivar.




    nicolas carr thanked Esther-B, Zone 7a
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Definitely not scindapsus. I was thinking some type of agleonema or homalomena but I cant' really find a match. It's really pretty whatever it is. Can you go back to the store and look for another one that still has its label? I'll be following this discussion because I do want to know what it is!

    nicolas carr thanked popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
  • 6 years ago

    And, unless you live somewhere more or less tropical, it’s a houseplant.

    nicolas carr thanked floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
  • 6 years ago

    I live on the coast in northern NSW, Aus.

  • 6 years ago

    Cool, Nicholas! The selection of outdoor and indoor plants is very different in your part of the world than here in Colorado USA. I would still love to know what it is!

    nicolas carr thanked popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
  • 6 years ago

    You were right! I went back to the store and they were sold out but told me it is an Aglaonema. So thank you and well done!

  • 6 years ago

    Oh gosh, I wish they told you the exact variety. Because there is agleonema and Homalomena which is

    DescriptionAdelonema (very close similar names). I do know that in your part of the world Homalomenas are much more common than they are here. Here they are sort of in the "unusual" not so easy to find category. But they are becoming much more popular.


    nicolas carr thanked popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
  • 6 years ago

    i go to the garden store weekly so i will keep an eye out if they get any new stock and ask one of the more "senior" staff members if they know the exact species of the mystery Agleonema

  • 6 years ago

    Popmama i just stumbled upon Adelonema Wallisii and it looks very very similar to mine. But I can't tell if this variety has burgundy stems and underside of leaves like mine does?

  • 6 years ago

    I totally agree! I saw that Wallisi too and did think it was similar but didn't see as much red under the leaf as yours. So I kind of ruled it out. But maybe the red varies. I suspect you do have Adelonema rather than Agleonema. In the U.S. we refer to the Adelonema as Homalomena. And they are not super-common here. Just starting to gain popularity. Let me know if you get a positive / full ID!

  • 6 years ago

    I don't have any idea about it...but it looks like scindapsus

  • 6 years ago

    They just got some new stock in so I quickly took a photo and sent it your way. Hopefully you can buy one for yourself. Let me know if I can help you if you can’t get you hands on one.

  • 6 years ago

    @popmama (Colorado, USDA z5) I saw them on ebay for $69 for the same size as they are selling at Bunnings for $24.98.

  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Wow thank you so much! I have never even heard of this plant. Now that could be my own naivete but may also be due to them just not being super popular here in the U.S. I can't wait to see if I can find one!

    So far my search here only shows results in Australia. You get all the good stuff! Haha.