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Old June 1st, 2006, 11:40 AM
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three plants i need help in identifying

Hi ,
This is my first post and i need your help in identifying some of the plants i have

Plant 1:- Looks like parsley -- Very delicate plant, slender black/brown stems bear heartshaped light green leaves. The stems are long and droopy, with several leaves and offshoots . Looks very delicate and pretty.Leaves biternate,obcordate,cuneate base,emarginate apis.

Plant 2:- Looks like palm:- has a woody stem ( looks like a small tree, no , not bonsai) with the leaves only at the top. Kind of like a pipe with a fountain at the top. Leaves are long,flat,spiky and sharp -- dark green at center , lighter and ends and a white-maroon thin border at the edges. The stem has scarmarks (like a coconut tree trunk). Stem branches out into three upright branches at the top which are crowned with these leaves.Leaves linear, parallel, narrowly acute.

Plant 3:- Beautiful plant - looks like it has a pseudostem -- long leaves gracefully peel-off this stem . leaves are long , with light-yellow edges and sage-green centers.The stem looks like it is just a part of the leaf - because the leaf doesnt attach itself to the stem by any other petiole/node/midrib. The plant grows by curled leaves which unfurl from the top-center of this pseudostem.Plant is tall -- leaves at every 2 inch interval at base -- this interval decreases as we go up towards the tip..Leaves are long sessile,opposite,parallel,tips narrowly acute.

Please help !
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Old June 1st, 2006, 12:18 PM
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Re: three plants i need help in identifying

need pictures
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Old June 1st, 2006, 12:19 PM
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Re: three plants i need help in identifying

Despite the descriptive detail you have provided here I am also drawing blanks on all three so far.
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Old June 1st, 2006, 12:21 PM
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Re: three plants i need help in identifying

here are the pics

Plant 1, Plant 1 detail , Plant 2,
Plant 2 detail,Plant 3,
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Old June 1st, 2006, 12:28 PM
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Re: three plants i need help in identifying

#2 Dracaena marginata 'Tricolor', Madagascar Dragon Tree.
#3 Dracaena sanderiana, Lucky Bamboo.
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Old June 1st, 2006, 12:29 PM
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Re: three plants i need help in identifying

Im not really up on indoor plants, so best guess
Adiantum
Yucca
Dracanea
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Old June 1st, 2006, 12:35 PM
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Re: three plants i need help in identifying

Plant#1 is Adiantum capillus-veneris !!!

Plant#2 is Dracaena marginata !!

Plant#3 is Dracaena sanderiana !!

Yay ! Thanks oscar,JungleKeeper,Ron B and Takana_Hana !!! You guys are so helpful.


this forum's the best .... you guys made my day!
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Old June 1st, 2006, 01:58 PM
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I think that your Adiantum is more likely a cultivar of raddianum than capillus-veneris. Perhaps try a Google image search and compare. Joe
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