What's this plant?: SOLVED: Never seen this one

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wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 13, 2009 07:41 PM	I found these cuttings in the trash at the nursery. They bleed a white sap when I take a leaf off. View Larger
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 13, 2009 07:42 PM	here is another View Larger
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 13, 2009 07:57 PM	Is that a rubber tree (ficus elastica)? Bright and neat plant. So have you got them potted up yet? Lol.
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 13, 2009 08:15 PM	No, not potted up yet. I'll look at the rubber plant family but it's drffinately not that. It alos has a tiny little pricker at the leaf axis. More like a needle point or tiny thorn.
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 13, 2009 08:16 PM	another pic View Larger
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 13, 2009 08:49 PM	I thought it might be Peperomia obtusifolia (baby rubber tree), but the leaves don't quite match....keep looking...grin
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 13, 2009 08:53 PM	Forgot the picture....duh http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/interiorscape/plants/pepe...
Metrosideros Keaau, HI November 13, 2009 09:06 PM	It may be a Ficus. Can you get any more info, or get a photo of a mature plant at the nursery?
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 13, 2009 09:15 PM	I found a ficus "Green Island" that resembles it. Google it to get a few more pics... http://www.horticulturist.com/mastermag/greenisland.htm I don't even know if it's ficus, but it looks ficus. Hey, does it feel ficus? This sounds strange :)
Mr_Canthus Billingshurst United Kingdom November 13, 2009 10:15 PM	It looks like it feels Ficus and I feel like it looks Ficus
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 13, 2009 10:17 PM	Now say that really fast a few times, lol...
Mr_Canthus Billingshurst United Kingdom November 13, 2009 10:51 PM	Did try that but failed miserably
plantladylin (Zone 9b) November 13, 2009 11:18 PM	It does look a lot like F. microcarapa: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57818/
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 14, 2009 12:47 AM	A thought. Wouldn't the nursery where you found the cuttings know the name of the plant?
Metrosideros Keaau, HI November 14, 2009 12:50 AM	Thanks Jean, I was thinking they might sell it.
plantladylin (Zone 9b) November 14, 2009 12:51 AM	If it's like some of the nurseries I've been to here in Florida ... there's a 50/50 chance of someone knowing the correct identity. I've come across a lot of nursery workers who don't have a clue.
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 14, 2009 12:55 AM	Okay, maybe not a great thought....LOL
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 14, 2009 12:57 AM	The leaf is thick like a rubber plant but too small. It grew tall fast and straight, that's why they were clipping it. And the secound picture shows that thorn that comes out at leaf base. It's got some characteristics of a holly. This message was edited Nov 13, 2009 7:59 PM
Metrosideros Keaau, HI November 14, 2009 12:58 AM	Maybe a good idea! Let's see what Wormfood can find out.
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 14, 2009 01:02 AM	Thanks anyways people, I just woke up, gotta go to work. Someone will know what it is and I'll keep searching. I'll borrow the laptop for tonight.
Metrosideros Keaau, HI November 14, 2009 01:06 AM	Hey Wormfood, that "thorn-like" thing at the "leaf base" (bottom of petiole) is called a Stipule, and is common in Ficus species.
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 14, 2009 01:12 AM	oh But that thorn-like thing IS a thorn. This message was edited Nov 15, 2009 7:32 PM
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 14, 2009 01:27 AM	A stipule. I feel better just knowing that word. Thanks :)
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 14, 2009 07:18 PM	http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/65975/ Could it be similar to this plant?
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 14, 2009 07:21 PM	I don't see the stipules on this one, but I am half blind, so you may be right...grin
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 14, 2009 07:27 PM	http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/251481/ http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/97592/ or is there a plant similar
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 16, 2009 12:34 AM	I'll be passing the nursery tomorrow. I'll check it out.
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 17, 2009 11:43 PM	plantladylin, I'm sorry I didn't look at that picture better. It's a comparison photo and I think that is it. I'm afraid to go to the nursery to ask, I spend too much money there. I'm afraid to go to Lowe's too. Too much great stuff.
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 19, 2009 10:44 PM	Well, I went there, and got away with $24 worth of goodies. The closest we could come to those clippings was Bay Laurel. I'm not convinced.
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 19, 2009 11:43 PM	Glad, or apologize for the 24 bux worth of goodies, but that doesn't look like bay laurel to me....but I could be wrong....grin http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/0...
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 12:05 AM	I will never steal anything ever again, so far it's cost me $24 and I still don't know the name. Plus, I feel like I look guilty. Ok, next time I go there, I'll just say "I stole these from you're trash bin and can't find the name for them". What do you think? ( and they do feel like a ficus, rubbery instead of stiff like bay )
plantladylin (Zone 9b) November 20, 2009 12:44 AM	It doesn't really look like Bay Laurel to me either: http://www.floridata.com/ref/l/laur_nob.cfm
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 12:48 AM	Plants in trash cans are fair game.....why not just say you saw the cuttings in the trash can and want to know what they are. You don't have to say you snagged a couple of them....really....grin
Mr_Canthus Billingshurst United Kingdom November 20, 2009 12:53 AM	If that is bay laurel, I'll eat my hat. Its big and very chewy( my hat that is) and there's no way I'm going to eat it. In fact if it's bay lauel, I'll put my hat in the stew with some real bay laurel.
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 12:56 AM	Hi Mr C....bit adamant on that one, eh? grin Still think it is closer to Ficus genera than not....grin
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 20, 2009 12:59 AM	How about go in the nursery with no money, take the clipping, and say "I found clippings near where I work and wonder if you can identify this plant for me...... "
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 02:26 PM	much better, but my eyes tear up when I lie
3jsmom31 zone 6a, KY November 20, 2009 03:26 PM	Okay, then don't lie... Say I found this in someone's trash. The no money thing is important though, unless you have room for more. And when you get this all figured out, root me a start of it. Thank you :)
daisylovn Wilmer, AL (Zone 8b) November 20, 2009 03:38 PM	WTG 3jsmom, That is a fantastic NON- LIE !!! Wormfood, be sure to let us know the outcome. This is my first post on the thread, but I have been watching it and laughing out loud.. Mr C almost made me fall outta my chair and I'm at work and everyone would stare and I'm sure they would all laugh AT me!!!
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 03:54 PM	Okay Wormfood. Send me a cutting and I will go to a nursery here...will tell them my friend found it in the trash and I NEED to know what it is....promise I will send it back....giggle, snort...honest....LOL
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 05:10 PM	Ok everyone's in a tizzy. Here's the bay and "the" plant together View Larger
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 05:12 PM	and here's the rubber tree (but I've been downsizing the rubber leaf for bonsai, it's a third of it's normal size) but look at the comparason View Larger
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 05:22 PM	Makes me think more and more it is the "baby rubber tree" peperomia....grin Or someone else is Bonsai-ing ficus elastica...lol
Metrosideros Keaau, HI November 20, 2009 06:49 PM	Definitely not Peperomia. For there to be cuttings at the nursery, it seems there should be a larger plant.
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 20, 2009 08:51 PM	Hallo...Give this a look. Green Island Ficus microcarpa http://www.horticulturist.com/mastermag10/ficus.html
wormfood Lecanto, FL (Zone 9a) November 21, 2009 12:08 AM	yes but the photo is deceiving, I wish it did look like that with cute little leaves http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/251481/ This looks like it needs a clipping and and the clippings I got look exactly this. mark it as solved thanks peoples, I'm exhausted, taking a computer break. cold turkey
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 21, 2009 12:12 AM	So long as you are happy, I am ecstatic....grin
Mr_Canthus Billingshurst United Kingdom November 21, 2009 08:25 PM	Well done all. I reckon we got it right.........without creating too much bad honesty karma, and with my hat still intact.
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 21, 2009 09:44 PM	Good on the hat MrC.....Tweeds and wools are so hard to digest....grin Wormfood....so happy you didn't have to wrestle with your conscience to get an ID....grin Good call Ben. Now we all know some Cordias have smooth leaves....grin