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Jul 20, 2015 9:34 AM CST

Thread OP

I am getting the offshoot plant of this plant and I would like to know its name to properly care for it.
Thanks!

| @KarenM | Post #907717 (1)

Zencat

Jul 20, 2015 9:38 AM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

Ficus elastica was my first thought but I'm not 100% certain. Others will weigh in. Are the leaves thick? Any sap?

| @Zencat | Post #907722 (2)

Jul 20, 2015 9:48 AM CST

I think that it is Dieffenbachia longispatha

http://araceae.e-monocot.org/t...

Thomas Bernard Croat A SA NC

| @bamira | Post #907731 (3)

Last edited by bamira Jul 20, 2015 10:16 AM

Jul 20, 2015 9:52 AM CST

Thread OP

My friend who owns the plant and is also trying to look for the name thought it could be a rubber plant. But I am not so sure. Leaves are pretty thick and leathery. It is similar in texture to the rubber plant (except the color is a deep jade green) but the stem I don't think looks anything like any of the images I have seen for a Ficus elastica.

| @KarenM | Post #907735 (4)

Jul 20, 2015 10:00 AM CST

latex flows?

| @bamira | Post #907743 (5)

Jul 20, 2015 10:15 AM CST

Thread OP

Hi Bamira, not sure what you mean by latex flows

but you might be right about Dieffenbachia longispatha.
I'll wait and see if anyone else has other ideas.

| @KarenM | Post #907772 (6)

Jul 20, 2015 10:22 AM CST

KarenM said:Hi Bamira, not sure what you mean by latex flows
but you might be right about Dieffenbachia longispatha.
I'll wait and see if anyone else has other ideas.

white milk-latex

| @bamira | Post #907782 (7)

plantladylin

Jul 20, 2015 10:24 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

I am with bamira ... although the leaves resemble Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica) they don't appear to be thick and succulent like F. elastica. Leaves and stems look more like Dieffenbachia to my eyes. For comparison, photos of each:

Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia seguine)
Uploaded by bonitin

Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica)
Uploaded by Jookieblue

And, it does indeed look a lot like Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia longispatha)

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| @plantladylin | Post #907787 (8)

Last edited by plantladylin Jul 20, 2015 1:03 PM

Jul 20, 2015 10:45 AM CST

look at attaching the leaves to the stem
yellow ring

http://www.infojardin.com/foro...

| @bamira | Post #907814 (9)

Last edited by bamira Jul 20, 2015 10:49 AM

flaflwrgrl

Jul 20, 2015 10:48 AM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

KarenM said:Hi Bamira, not sure what you mean by latex flows
but you might be right about Dieffenbachia longispatha.
I'll wait and see if anyone else has other ideas.

bamira means that if the stem or even a vein in the leaf is broken then there will be white sticky "latex" sap from it.

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| @flaflwrgrl | Post #907816 (10)

Zencat

Jul 20, 2015 11:38 AM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

The stem is what was baffling me. It looks like a deff but those leaves are thinner than F. elastica.

| @Zencat | Post #907880 (11)

Jul 21, 2015 6:07 AM CST

Thread OP

Thank you all for your responses!
I am not sure about the latex flow since I don't have the plant with me yet. I will inspect it more carefully when I separate the pup from the mother plant in a few weeks. I will look at the caring instructions for Dieffenbachia longispatha (thanks Bamira!) since by the look of the stem and leaves that is what it probably is.

| @KarenM | Post #908534 (12)

Jul 21, 2015 6:16 AM CST

I don't think that will flow the milk-latex, Beware of Dieffenbachia are toxic.