Dear All,
Can anyone identify this houseplant?

http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic1.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic2.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic3.jpg

It was bought from a local supermarket (the Co-op) which labelled it
just "Foliage Ceramic"! Its leaves have a V-shaped rear notch a
little like the Arrow Head plant (Sagittaria) but none of the pictures
of species of Arrow Head plants I found looked like it. Since being
bought a week ago two of its leaves are dying so any tips on care and
cultivation would be appreciated.

Thanks
Tom Crane
Ps. The email address in the header is just a spam-trap.
--
Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill,
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England.
Email: T dot Crane at rhul dot ac dot uk

On 12/01/2014 05:37, ] wrote:
Dear All,
Can anyone identify this houseplant?

http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic1.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic2.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic3.jpg

It was bought from a local supermarket (the Co-op) which labelled it
just "Foliage Ceramic"! Its leaves have a V-shaped rear notch a
little like the Arrow Head plant (Sagittaria) but none of the pictures
of species of Arrow Head plants I found looked like it. Since being
bought a week ago two of its leaves are dying so any tips on care and
cultivation would be appreciated.

Thanks
Tom Crane
Ps. The email address in the header is just a spam-trap.

Looks to be to be a form of Syngonium podophyllum (Nephthytis)
http://home.howstuffworks.com/arrowhead-vine.htm
http://www.exoticangel.com/plant-lib...ies/nephthytis
David @ a very grey side of Swansea Bay

No, not begonia - base of leeaves not asymmetrical enough. Alocasia?

On 2014-01-12 05:37:32 +0000,
] said:

Dear All,
Can anyone identify this houseplant?

http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic1.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic2.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic3.jpg

It was bought from a local supermarket (the Co-op) which labelled it
just "Foliage Ceramic"! Its leaves have a V-shaped rear notch a
little like the Arrow Head plant (Sagittaria) but none of the pictures
of species of Arrow Head plants I found looked like it. Since being
bought a week ago two of its leaves are dying so any tips on care and
cultivation would be appreciated.

Thanks
Tom Crane
Ps. The email address in the header is just a spam-trap.

Alocasia amazonica Polly. Something 'mask' is an additional name, I think.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On 12/01/2014 16:01, sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-12 05:37:32 +0000,
] said:

Dear All,
Can anyone identify this houseplant?

http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic1.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic2.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic3.jpg

It was bought from a local supermarket (the Co-op) which labelled it
just "Foliage Ceramic"! Its leaves have a V-shaped rear notch a
little like the Arrow Head plant (Sagittaria) but none of the pictures
of species of Arrow Head plants I found looked like it. Since being
bought a week ago two of its leaves are dying so any tips on care and
cultivation would be appreciated.

Thanks
Tom Crane
Ps. The email address in the header is just a spam-trap.

Alocasia amazonica Polly. Something 'mask' is an additional name, I think.




I think you've got it, Sacha! I thought it might be a Caladium, but
your idea looks spot on. I've no idea how to grow it, but at least the
OP has something to look up now.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

On 2014-01-12 16:49:51 +0000, Spider said:

On 12/01/2014 16:01, sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-12 05:37:32 +0000,
] said:

Dear All,
Can anyone identify this houseplant?

http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic1.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic2.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic3.jpg

It was bought from a local supermarket (the Co-op) which labelled it
just "Foliage Ceramic"! Its leaves have a V-shaped rear notch a
little like the Arrow Head plant (Sagittaria) but none of the pictures
of species of Arrow Head plants I found looked like it. Since being
bought a week ago two of its leaves are dying so any tips on care and
cultivation would be appreciated.

Thanks
Tom Crane
Ps. The email address in the header is just a spam-trap.

Alocasia amazonica Polly. Something 'mask' is an additional name, I think.




I think you've got it, Sacha! I thought it might be a Caladium, but
your idea looks spot on. I've no idea how to grow it, but at least the
OP has something to look up now.

I have no shame! I Googled striped leaf Alocasia and that came up. The
overall shape and look seemed possible and so that led me onwards.
It's a very handsome plant but the OP needed a nudge with the first
part of the name and Kay supplied that, as did our less exotic
Alocasias, soI simply went a bit further.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On 12/01/2014 19:51, sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-12 16:49:51 +0000, Spider said:

On 12/01/2014 16:01, sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-12 05:37:32 +0000,
] said:

Dear All,
Can anyone identify this houseplant?

http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic1.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic2.jpg
http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic3.jpg

It was bought from a local supermarket (the Co-op) which labelled it
just "Foliage Ceramic"! Its leaves have a V-shaped rear notch a
little like the Arrow Head plant (Sagittaria) but none of the pictures
of species of Arrow Head plants I found looked like it. Since being
bought a week ago two of its leaves are dying so any tips on care and
cultivation would be appreciated.

Thanks
Tom Crane
Ps. The email address in the header is just a spam-trap.

Alocasia amazonica Polly. Something 'mask' is an additional name, I
think.




I think you've got it, Sacha! I thought it might be a Caladium, but
your idea looks spot on. I've no idea how to grow it, but at least
the OP has something to look up now.

I have no shame! I Googled striped leaf Alocasia and that came up. The
overall shape and look seemed possible and so that led me onwards. It's
a very handsome plant but the OP needed a nudge with the first part of
the name and Kay supplied that, as did our less exotic Alocasias, soI
simply went a bit further.




Cheeky ... and very successful;~).

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

I looked at the pic and thought "Nah, that's not a begonia", so I googled "houseplant veins" and got Alocasia "Polly" - probably the same dozen pics as Sacha, but worked on the principle that it's best to stick to the genus and leave species and variety to someone who either knows more or the OP who has the advantage of knowing the actual plant he's asking about.

sacha wrote:
: On 2014-01-12 05:37:32 +0000,
: ] said:

: Dear All,
: Can anyone identify this houseplant?
:
: http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic1.jpg
: http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic2.jpg
: http://www.mklab.rhul.ac.uk/~tom/foliage_ceramic3.jpg
:
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: Alocasia amazonica Polly. Something 'mask' is an additional name, I think.

Many thanks Sasha and everyone else who responded. That is certainly
it. I notice I had already made one mistake by watering it with tap
water. BTW It is a pleasure to still be able to get such good and
prompt advice on Usenet and not have to resort to web 2.0 or other
proprietary web based services.

Cheers
Tom.

Ps. The email address in the header is just a spam-trap.
--
Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill,
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England.
Email: T dot Crane at rhul dot ac dot uk