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Old June 28th, 2005, 07:11 AM
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What are these three plants?

These three plants were purchased among many others. Only these are still without a name. The first two are very tree-like and the third looks a bit like a begonia. The begonia-like plant has symmetrical leaves though and a silvery green strip in the middle of each leaf. The plant resembles a tight rosette - short stalk and leaves radiate from this close to each other. I cannot find any of these in e.g. Dr Hessayon's books. Maybe they are varieties of something very common but I cannot ID them. Thank you for help.
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Old June 28th, 2005, 02:02 PM
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Re: What are these three plants?

HI there .. i havent found out what the first one is .. but the last pic might b a Episcia it is a type of African Violet .. u might want to google it and see if u can identify your plant .. would it b possible to get a lil clearer pics ? .. hope ufind out what they r ..

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Old June 29th, 2005, 01:58 AM
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Re: What are these three plants?

Thanks, Marn. The third one indeed looks like a variety of episcia. I have just made a lucky discovery myself. Not sure which episcia though until I get some flowers. Sorry, my digital camera doesn't perform too well. The pictures are as good as they get.

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Re: What are these three plants?

yw .. u can look it up in google and im sure u will come across it .. they are really kool plants .. try puttin it in a window with morning sun and see if it blooms .. my african violet just started blooming soon after i moved it there .. and i also used peters plant food .. *not endorseing it* and also water it from the bottom if they r anything like african violets .. sure wished i could help ya on the other plant but i dont think i have seen that one b 4 . but a kool looking plant ..

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