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Apr 17, 2016 2:01 PM CST
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I bought it at a botanic garden trade bla bla.


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Apr 17, 2016 6:02 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
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Maybe Alocasia.
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Apr 17, 2016 7:14 PM CST
Name: Feng Xiao Long
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Since it have thin pencil like leaf stalk, i think it close to Anthurium. Is the stalk tough and sturdy ? Or soft and spongy like common alocasia ?

Is the colour pattern on the leaf looks like chrystal in close inspection ? Or just plain light green ?
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Apr 17, 2016 7:19 PM CST
Name: Elaine
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I'm thinking it's a Philodendron Gloriosum. They have those lovely velvety leaves with light colored veins, and the stems and posture look about right.
Philodendron (Philodendron gloriosum)
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Apr 18, 2016 12:29 AM CST
Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
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dyzzypyxxy said:I'm thinking it's a Philodendron Gloriosum. They have those lovely velvety leaves with light colored veins, and the stems and posture look about right.
Philodendron (Philodendron gloriosum)

I agree
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Apr 18, 2016 9:14 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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LOL and my thought was it looks like African Mask (Alocasia micholitziana)

edited to add: A. micholitziana has soft, pubescent leaves.
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Apr 18, 2016 9:15 AM CST
Name: Daisy I
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That's where we started. Smiling
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Apr 18, 2016 9:17 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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Daisy ... I see that. Green Grin! And, it's just a wild guess on my part; my eyes are having difficulty seeing the photos and I'm not all that good at plant identification. I just make guesses; I'm right at times but most of the time I'm way off! Rolling on the floor laughing
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Apr 18, 2016 9:52 AM CST
Name: Daisy I
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I hate to see people's questions go unanswered so after a certain number of views or time has gone by without a thought, I add my own. Then someone will immediately take a second look and come up with the right answer. Works like a charm. Rolling on the floor laughing

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Apr 18, 2016 1:04 PM CST
Name: Elaine
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I'm still stickin with my P. gloriosum. Here's a picture of mine in better days. I really need to rescue it from the jungle now. See how the leaves are more rounded than the African Mask? That's why I think it's gloriosum.
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Apr 18, 2016 1:11 PM CST
Name: Anne
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I agree with Elaine .. leaves are wrong for African Mask.
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Apr 18, 2016 1:18 PM CST
Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
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Also the way the veins are running points to Philodendron gloriosum.
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Apr 18, 2016 2:12 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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I do believe you all are correct ... now that I enlarge foussi's first photo, the leaves are larger than the Alocasia and do look more like Philodendron (Philodendron gloriosum)

It sometimes takes me seeing side by side pictures to see the differences. Smiling
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Apr 18, 2016 5:38 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
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I think its pretty.
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Apr 19, 2016 5:42 AM CST
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Austria (Zone 6a)
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Thanks, I searched on google about the plant and damn it can get big and wide .
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Apr 19, 2016 6:15 AM CST
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Yes, that just means you have to clear furniture eventually to make room for the plant. Isn't that what we all do- build the room around plants? I thought that was normal..... Rolling on the floor laughing
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Apr 28, 2016 1:48 AM CST
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For some reason i thought its a remusatia vivipara because they look so similiar.
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Apr 28, 2016 7:45 AM CST
Name: Elaine
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They sure do look similar. Now going back to your original pictures, the leaves look like they are velvety to me, which would make it Gloriosum. But (sorry) they aren't the greatest pictures.

The Remusatia vivipara has smooth, shiny leaves doesn't it?
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Apr 28, 2016 10:10 AM CST
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Name: Evan
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Looks like P. gloriosum to me too. Remusatia (and Alocasia) have three prominent veins, the mid-rib (in the middle of the leaf) and the basal-ribs (one in each lobe). Your plant doesn't have basal-ribs. Your plant also has an open sinus. The lobes are not connected so the stem is at the edge of the leaf. R. vivipara has leaves like a Colocasia, the lobes are connected so the stem connects to the leaf nearer the middle.
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