Can you identify this (house)plant?
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Mickie
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My daughter gave me this plant years ago; it has never really thrived until I hung it outside this Spring / Summer. It has doubled in size and has small pinkish-white flowers just beginning to open.
12 answers
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Not positive but appears to be begonia.
Janet Pizaro
on Aug 30, 2015
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I believe it is a pink jasmine...Jasmin Polyanthum http://www.joyusgarden.com/pink-jasmine-care/
Loretta
on Aug 30, 2015
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Not begonia nor pink jasmine-- begonia grows low and has round leaves; pink jasmine is a vine, and the both leaves and flowers are different than those in the picture.
Kaytee
on Aug 30, 2015
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Almost looks like some type of Orchid.
Dan Pieniak
on Aug 30, 2015
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begonias also grow tall there are many varieties.
Janet Pizaro
on Aug 30, 2015
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Could it be a hoya?
Karen Ebersole
on Aug 30, 2015
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Yes... Karen is correct, it is a Hoya plant. There are over 150 varieties of this tropical plant many can be purchased online. If you google Hoya plants you will see some of the many different ones ...they are also sometimes called a wax plant. I've grown at least three different varieties and all have had star looking blooms that grow in clusters.
Margie
on Aug 30, 2015
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I am not sure it is Hoya...according to my research on hoyas, as suggested by Margie (above) I do not think mine is a vining plant ..."Hoya is a genus of 200-300 species of tropical vines in the family Apocynaceae (Dogbane), originating from South Asia (India east to southern China and south),Australia, and Polynesia."
Mickie
on Aug 31, 2015
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Either way, remember to bring it in before it gets cold.
1240839
on Aug 31, 2015
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it almost looks like a jasmine. Would be easier to tell if the blooms were open.
Loretta
on Jan 26, 2016
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it doesn't look like any of the three types of "jasmine" I have (Arabic, star and pink).... More like a ginger, but not exactly like those, either.
Kaytee
on Jan 27, 2016
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I don't know if you've found your answer yet, but it looks to me like a Ficus of some sort...maybe F. Retusa.
Brandon Groves
on May 16, 2016
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