Three Unusual Plants

I had some things "forced" upon me yesterday so I'd like you to guess what they are ... and you get no points for the citrine lemon Poinsettia ... :rolleyes:



[ 20. December 2007, 04:54 PM: Message edited by: Lady of Leisure ]

 

Hi LoL,not sure what your plants are,because number 2 is hidden by the leaves of number 1,but the leaves of number 2 look like they have been noshed by Vine Weevil,so I would be very careful of putting them in your garden.I am not sure if you get them over in Portugal,but I would check the contents of the pot for Vine Weevil maggots.They are cream in the shape of the letter 'C' and have an orange coloured head.

Number1 could be either a Bay or an Oleander

 

Hello Kandy. I'm sorry, I neither noticed No 1 leaves over No 2 leaves when I took the photo in the blustery rain, nor when I put it here!

Here's a closeup of No 2 ... and when it's drier out I'll check for unwanted critters.



No to your guess on No 1, a bit more exotic I think.

 

I think this plant above is Fatsia Japonica,I thought of that but couldn't see it properly,though other people may think it something different

 

No 3, looks a bit like an air plant to me, Tillandsia or something similar, a bromelliad of somekind perhaps.
No 1, could it be avocado, just a guess.
No 2, I agree with Kandy, it does look very like fatsia, but the stems are not right, unless its been grown in totally un-natural conditions.
It might be a mass of Brachychiton seedlings.

 

No, just had another look, dont think No1 is avocado.

 

Evening, pete ... two out of three ain't bad.

 

No1 is a tricky one, its one of these plants that has no real distinguising features, so unless you know it well, its going to be difficult.
Can we see it in flower or fruit? :D :D

 

Obscuritas Unusualatis.

 

Clue ... it does have edible fruit, tastes like another fruit other than what it is and is a shrub rather than a tree.

 

I was going to say Pineapple Guava, (Feioja sellowiana) but the leaves look a bit too broad.

 

Wild guess, those Chinese things, cant think of the name.

 

David, you're on the right track ...

pete, Lychees ????? No .... but I do have a teeny tree I did from a pip in for my Bonsai collection.

 

Strawberry guava.

 

Pete's right (of course) with the Tillandsia and the Brachchiton but the first looks like an Arbutus.