Beginner Houseplants: Is it a tree or ????

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Author Content indnangl Antioch, IL September 19, 2007 05:44 PM Post #3994318 This was included in a plant set that I got last year. It just keeps growing. Any ideas on what it is? Thank you all. Click the image for an enlarged view. plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9b) September 19, 2007 05:47 PM Post #3994336 Possibly a Schefflera: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/13814/ Can you post a close up photo of the top of the tree? ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) September 19, 2007 08:20 PM Post #3994937 I don't think it's a Schefflera, not sure what it is though. plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9b) September 19, 2007 08:34 PM Post #3994988 Sorta looks like a Plumeria too ... hard to tell from that photo. Maybe Indnangl will post a close up of the plant from the top looking down. ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) September 19, 2007 08:57 PM Post #3995066 Doesn't look like Plumeria either...I wish I had some ideas on what it was though! It looks familiar, I think it's something that's commonly grown as a houseplant, I just can't put my finger on what it is. I'm sure as soon as someone says what it is I'll smack myself! plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9b) September 19, 2007 09:20 PM Post #3995145 :) I know ... it looks soo very familiar ... just can't place it! LOL. Maybe tomorrow I will go out and look around all of my plants, I might just have it and that's why it looks so familiar to me! hee hee ... Now, please don't smack yourself Ecrane3! I know how you feel though ... so many times I've done that and when it finally is revealed I just have to say, Duh! Usually it is so easy! The older I get the more my memory escapes me! Thought it sorta looked like Arabica ... http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/18059/ but don't think that's it either. This message was edited Sep 19, 2007 9:24 PM Nan SW, WI (Zone 4b) September 20, 2007 01:50 PM Post #3997660 It looks like that 'other' Ardisia that's being commonly sold recently. I think it might be called A. elliptica? I got one a while back, it bloomed this summer and is now bearing little fruits. Don't give/trade one to anyone in Hawaii...it's a nasty invasive plant there. A nice houseplant, though! Someone was giving one away on the HP forum a couple of days ago. plantladylin East Central, FL (Zone 9b) September 20, 2007 02:01 PM Post #3997697 I think Nan got it! I knew it looked familiar. Here's the link to PF for Ardisia: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53496/ Here's a link to photo's of the one in Hawaii: http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/ar... And: a close up of some of the leaves: http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/ar...

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