nocturnal plant, what is it?

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griffex Nov 15, 2002

Not long ago I was given a plant with unusual elliptical leaves, small pointy tips, around 4" x 2" dark green with prominent red curved veins and lighter-green around central vein, and all-red underside. The leaves look limp during the day but perk up at night, thus uniquely suited to my own biorhythms, as I too am "limp" in the day but come alive at night. This is independent of watering status. It made some tiny flowers at one time. Anyone know what it is? I'm sorry I can't send picture.

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Baa Nov 15, 2002

Griffex

Could this be a type of Begonia rex?

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Nov 15, 2002

Hmmmm...now I just gotta know what it is.
Griffex, there are a couple pics in the Plants DataBase...see if they look familiar.http://plantsdatabase.com/search.php?search_text=begonia

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Wingnut Spicewood, TX(Zone 8b) Nov 16, 2002

How about Maranta leuconeura aka Prayer Plant? http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&q=Maranta+leuconeura Here's a pic of the underside of the leaf: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.yonemura.co.jp/pho/pk/maranta1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.yonemura.co.jp/zukan/zukan-k/naiyou/maranta-ery1.htm&h=-1&w=-1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMaranta%2Bleuconeura%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

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Aimee Georgetown, TX(Zone 8a) Nov 28, 2002

It sounds like your plant is mixed up, as am I when it comes to being nocturnal. My first thought was the same as Wingnut, but mine never were nocturnal. Now I agree with Shoe, I must know.

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