What have you got in foliage?

[Corpus Callosum]

Another vote for the 'Burle-Marx Fantasy', the foliage is just great.

Here are some others I like..

Episcia sp.



Begonia rajah



Syngonium sp. pink with green rim:



Syngonium erythrophyllum (just a simple dark green but the deep purple red underside is great):

[Manuran]

Hey Mike,
I'm not normally a fan of Episcias, but that's a pretty one. Also, I have been growing rajah for a long time but, I've never had such a big leaf on mine. Your plant must be happy!

I have a plant that I keep labelled as Syngonium sp. Llano-Carti road. It is very similar looking to your S. erythrophyllum, but in comparison mine always seems a little bigger and darker colored than that species. Could be mine is just a different plant of the same species. :?:

[013]

Originally Posted by Onagro

Monstera frederichsthalii

It was a little slow-growing at first but once it settled in, it started to do great.

I thought this one was called M. obliqua?

[Onagro]

Originally Posted by 013

I thought this one was called M. obliqua?

Actually, M. Obliqua has larger openings in the leaves and tends to grow low. My obliqua rotted because of that.

[Corpus Callosum]

Chuck I'm actually not positive on that Syngonium ID so it could be the same as yours for all I know. I just know that it originally came from ABG.

[Frogtofall]

Originally Posted by Corpus Callosum

Chuck I'm actually not positive on that Syngonium ID so it could be the same as yours for all I know. I just know that it originally came from ABG.

Both of your plants look like Syngonium erythrophyllum to me. I think Chuck's plant just may have some different cultural influence or is another clone/collection. Variation within a species!

[harrywitmore]

Originally Posted by Onagro

Actually, M. Obliqua has larger openings in the leaves and tends to grow low. My obliqua rotted because of that.

From my experience there are many forms of obliqua and some are easily confused with frederichsthalii. This one looks more like frederichsthalii to me. I believe both of the Syngoniums are erythrophyllum.

[andrew__]

Ooh... a thread I can contribute to! Hopefully I'll be able to post some of these in the flower thread in a few months or so. Both of these do well in acidic to neutral pH and anywhere up to very hard water.

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'green'



Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia



(so far I've had better luck with the second one submersed, hopefully once this plant adapts (I've only had it for a month) hopefully I'll get a few more pink leaves on it.)

Both will do great in soggy substrates and high humidity so if all else rots... :wink:

[dom]

[jmoose]

This is a great thread
Though I love flowers too, I always find myself more attracted to foliage/fronds' shape, color, texture, patterns etc
Here's some of my favorites. Some are already in vivs and some not (house plants)