Confirming plant ID
Two new plants, one was a gift from a student and one was my plant surprise freebie from #BrosWithHoes - want to get the ID right! What do you think on these two? The #Scindapsus was labeled and it wasn’t called a moonlight but I can’t tell what it’s supposed to be. The gift looks like a Mexican petunia to me. #help #identify
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I agree with @HeyLillie
Although "pictus" consists of several varieties. It could be Scindapsus argyraeus.
I guess it will come down to leaf size?
Although "pictus" consists of several varieties. It could be Scindapsus argyraeus.
I guess it will come down to leaf size?
@RealSimpleMama I have seen more definitive examples than the illustration I’m posting but I think if it’s not argyraeus rhen at least we know it’s not the others on there too. By Mexican petunia, do you mean the invasive species, Ruellia simplex, that all the garden centers carry and everyone plants, as beautiful as it is, even though here that everyone nonetheless plants even though we have several native species, right here in Texas, that don’t upset the ecosystem ? (I say this as someone who has spent months in vain trying to acquire ruellia nudiflora seeds lol). I don’t think it looks like ruellia though am I missing something ?
@TexanExpat yep I meant that invasive one! I have a tiny one by my chicken run you can come dig up if you like. They’re so fascinating, they literally spit or shoot their seeds out like a little water pistol. That’s what these leaves look like to me.
@TexanExpat oops I meant to add that there are two kinds, a dwarf which stays 6” or shorter, and then the full kind that you have in the first pic. I’ve seen pink ones too but rarely.
Ha. @RealSimpleMama Uh you should see the weeds we have here. It’s the largest lot in the neighborhood majority weeds. I know this for a fact because I spent a large portion of the year identifying each one of them and systematically hand pulling all of them. Alas, I ran into some trouble with my seedlings that I was going to start planting. I started too late too. I’m going to try again this year. Haven’t seen them “chuck” their leaves that’s hilarious though.
@RealSimpleMama let me clarify I am by no means a native plant purist. I do think it’s obnoxious that the nurseries carry the species that is damaging to our ecosystem meanwhile I can’t find seeds for the native species a anywhere. It’s not that I fault the nurseries for not carrying the native species which may not be commercially viable, but perhaps they shouldn’t carry the invasive species when the effect is that nobody can get access to the native species because the saturation of the market with the invasive species makes the commercial viability of the native species impossible. Or maybe just recognize that nurseries have a duty to take the ecology of their local markets into account as responsible citizens. Had to get that off my chest so pissed about the seats. Lol
@RealSimpleMama @HeyLillie @Propa @UltraKoreanfir for those of you interested in the splitting of hairs of cultivars, I found this vendor from outside the US with ….and unusually thorough website that parses this out ….and even has tidbits such as “Fun fact. Each variety of Scindapsus Pictus has the ability to suddenly produce a leaf that will look like another cultivar. We have come across ‘Silvery Ann’ producing ‘Argyraeus’ leaves, and ‘Silver Splash’ suddenly growing an ‘Exotica’ patterned leaf, so don’t say this genus isn’t full of surprises!”https://plantcircle.co/plant-profile/plant-profile-scindapsus/
@TexanExpat ha! Ok so I’m not an idiot. Reminds me of all the pothos variations that are almost exact, just depends on how much light one gets.
@TexanExpat, my n'joy has solid green leaves growing out of a variegated stem. 🙄 I'm over here like, "get it together, man!"
@HeyLillie I find the classical parenting technique of the carrot and the stick effective when they let me down like this lol
@TexanExpat Cool find! It doesn't surprise me too much about the plant spontaneously producing leaves looking like the other varieties, but it sure does make it tough on people who want to know 'exactly' what they have. I say just admire it for the pretty silvery-green thing that it is, and don't sweat the small stuff. OR...if you have a plant that's producing multiple varieties of leaves, call it a "monster" Scindapsus! 🤣
@TexanExpat I just bought a 'sport' Gloriousum! 😂. I could care less if it carries on that way or not, but it's funny in light of the conversation. I could have the next "craze" in Philos if I could successfully prop that out and then had the right marketing pitch. It would sell for $$$$ for about 5 minutes. 🤣
@SaltySāmoan see I have no idea! The parent told me it was an airplane plant but I’m not convinced 🤣
@HeyLillie that’s a good point. I wasn’t planning to but I could pop it out real quick and look! I think I was thrown off because there’s no striping on the leaves.
I also think the second one is a spider plant. They used to be all green. Then the last several years I have seen the striped varieties. Both with the white stripe in the center, and with the white on the edges, and now they seem to be more common that the all green ones.