Hi again, I still have got more plans to ID. Thanks for your help. 1. The following plant seems to grow like a weed, but I am hearing it is possible to eat the leaves. The stem, and even the leaves, feel a bit like rubber, and have a certain gloss. The leaves are not thin. The stem has a color tone of brownish green, sometimes with a touch of Burgund red, and has here and there, occasionally, thick, rounded areas. The blossoms in the background belong to another plant. But when the plant which is to ID blossoms, its blossoms are small, maybe 2 or 3 mm in diameter, and yellow, and i think at the top of each branch, and all together. 2. I am sure many know that plant. The leaves come in green, white, and shades or purple.
1. ??? Sven, I believe I see a flower to the left of your pic. It would help a lot if you would add a pic of the flower to this post. 2. Looks like Caladium. http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&rls=p%2Ccom.microsoft%3Aen-gb%3AIE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&biw=1247&bih=528&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=caladium&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=Caladium&gs_rfai=
Hi Sven I believe I have the first one growing all over the place here ... I think it is Purslane which is used in salads. I also agree with the Caladium.
Hi Sven I totally agree with the replies you have had... Purselane & Caldium.. See your other post where I have replied & posted some pics.. Missing my garden there so much in all this cold wet drear hear........
Thanks to everyone. Yes, the first photo shows some blossoms, but those belong to a plant behind it (cucurbitate = pumpkin). However, the blossoms of that first plant are maybe just 2 or 3 mm in diameter and yellow, when it blossoms. Does anyone know the subspecies or the cultivar name of the 2nd plant (Caladium bicolor)?
Ah Sven you are right the 2nd is Bicolour, have a look here.... http://www.gardenguides.com/68876-plant-caladium-bicolor.html
The first one is definitely Purslane, which has tiny yellow flowers. When the seedpod pops, seeds go literally everywhere .. I have it now growing in pots on a first-floor deck where the seeds landed from the ground level. I don't know which is worse, it or the Oxalis pes-capre, both of which have taken over the Algarve! On the plus side, the countryside is beautiful currently cloaked in yellow and green. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/purslane.html
I actually think Purslane is attractive when it catches in all those silly cracks & crevices where nothing els will survive..
