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Hi Guys,
Can anyone ID any of these?
Info of them would great if possible??????
Debi
This message was edited Aug 17, 2008 7:35 PM
I need someone to help ID these beauties????/
Well, it's hard to tell from a photo, but most of those look like pepperomias to me, not hoyas...where did you get them? Were you told they were hoyas?
Shelley
I agree...don't seem like hoyas at all.
They look like Peperomia to me also. Here's the link to Plant Files: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/127999/
Gidday All,
After looking at your link and looking at the flower spike, I believe all of are correct!
Thanks so much, as now I can look up how to look after them correctly.
They were in that huge bunch of plants I bought.
Man, I will never do that again as I have bought home to my other plants, .......pests.
Mealy Bugs, White Fly, and more but I do not know what they are as yet.
I am losing some plants and it saddens me as I cannot afford the correct "retail" products to treat all these different pests.
It sure was/is a very big lesson for me. I just hope I donot lose too many plants because I can't afford the good stuff for pests.
Thanks again, Ladies. You probably saved these little one's as I had them out on the back porch in the sun!
With much appreciation,
Debi from DownUnder. :-))
P.S. Ladies, Can you name this plant that has popped up with my button plant? I have no idea what it is, it just popped up. lol lol.
Looks like Schefflera: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/37035/
dwarf variety of Scheff: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/716/
If you can't afford the retail bug/critter killer you might try soapy dish water! It works on suffocating some pests!
edited to add link.
This message was edited Mar 28, 2008 9:40 PM
Yes...either the dwarf Schefflera or one that grows in QLD. called Octopus Tree - a really invasive pest!!!!
Yes...soapy water with a drop of cooking oil. Alcohol (the rubbing kind) works on some plants for mealie bugs. Test on a plant first....
Yes, Scheff's can be very invasive in some areas. I have two of this one in the link below in my backyard. BIG mistake ... the one pictured is cracking the cement pool deck ... huge cracks. The other tree is planted right next to the house and my husband is worried that it might begin to damage the foundation of the house ... so we are going to hopefully get them both out of the yard sometime this summer! What a job that's going to be. I wish I had never planted them so close to the house. It will really be scary if we begin to see cracks in the cement block of the house from this tree. They are so Beautiful but one should NEVER plant it close to the house or sidewalk, or driveway ... unless you don't mind huge cracks in the cement.
Forgot to post the link to my tree: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/161029/
This photo was taken a few years ago ... the tree is a lot larger now!
Plantlady....I am sure you know what you are doing...but a really easy way to get rid of those invasive trees is to chop them down, within 14" of the ground (or, you can chop them down higher up but then hack into/through the cadmium layer below 14" from the ground) and drench the cut stump OR the slashes with Garlon (the active ingredient in Crossbow or Remedy or BrushKiller). The drenching has to happen immediately after the cut is made: the trunk sucks air into the cut to seal it from danger....you want to get the poison onto the stump before that happens so it sucks the poison in. It may take up to a year...eventually the roots will die and byebye bad tree!
Hi Ladies,
Thanks again, what would I do without you all?????
I am about to go out and pull it out and dipose of it!!
I do not need any other pesty things in my yard.
Hey, will try the dishwashing thing, is there a special diloution I should use?
Debi
As I recall:
2 Tablespoons dish soap
1 teaspoon salad oil
1 Cup of water
Shake well. Put 1 Tablespoon in a 1 litre spray bottle and fire away!!!!!
More or less soap or oil will make no difference.
good on aphids too.
Thank You so much!
I really appreciate the help, I truely love this site.
I have not met a horrible person yet!
Thanks a million, I am very grateful........................
Debi
Down Under
Thanks for the info Carol ... yeah, we really need to get rid of these trees! They started out as small 2' house plants many years ago and I made the dumb mistake of planting them in the ground! Well, we've had such mild winters for so many years with no hard freezes ... they have just grown so much. If we have frost they are mush but always come back from the trunks. I will probably take cuttings to root for container plants but will never plant one close to the house again!
Another chanllange Ladies,
Is this a Hoya? If so, is it possible to save it as it looks to me like the root is rotting at ground level????
Please have a look at the Pic and give me your thoughts.
Thanks Ladies,
Debi & Sheila
Looks to me like a philodendron.
Take the yellowed leaves off and lay the stem ON the soil around the pot...it will grow. They are weeds.