Hello i recently purchased this plant at a local nursery and it was tagged as a dumb cane. as i searched the internet for dumb cane all references were to the Dieffenbachia. This is defineately a cane type plant but quite different from most Dieffenbachia i have in my collection. i would like to know the proper name for this plant. thank you bruce
I just asked Russ Hammer who is a serious Aglaonema enthusiast, he says it is Aglaonema modestum. The answer is already posted above however. So Lila Pereszke wins the prize! A brand new toaster oven courtesy of, well, maybe next time. Thanks for the input Lila!
Cool, I seen that answer, just wasn't sure which one was confirmed, thanks mate. Seen an Aglaonema last Friday where the stem was pure white, with splotchy leaves.Quite a different one, for me anyway. The only problem is I am waiting for my canopy to grow in some spots. Consequently I am running out of shade, would any Aglaonema's take a couple of hours of the harsh Queensland sun?? Ed
Don't want anyone to think I know much about Ags. I grow a grand total of one and it is in my office. But everything I've read and learned from my conversations with Russ indicates they don't like bright light. Russ monitors this forum, he likes to be a lurker! Maybe we can sometime convince him to share his knowledge of that genus. He knows a bunch!
Well, thats one more than me, I think, I'll have to have a look. Sounds terrible that I don't know whats in my garden, AND I planted it myself. And its only around 600m2!!! All I knew was that I liked the plants, I didn't know what most of them were.There are so many nooks and crannies... I am starting to go through the id process for my garden, and its a bit of a daunting task, because I like to write a page on each species. I've only done my Dracaenas, eight different ones, and I counted my palms the other day and I have 30 different ones!! So it won't be any time soon, unless I get 3 months off!! Anyway back to the point, if you're out there Russ, please feel free to make a comment on any Ag that might like a bit of sun... Thanks Ed
Ditto Russ! I've been egging him to give us more of his expertise. Russ has a fantastic collection of aroids and other species!
I have a white stemmed Aglaonema as well but I don't know the full name. Is this similair to what you saw Ed? There might be more than one with with white stems, not sure though...
The stem certainly looks the part, but this one was more compact. The leaves could of been different, but I didn't take much notice, as I was blown away by the stem
If you look real hard on the right, you can see one of the leaves sticking out of syngoniums as that of "Aglaonema modestum" The rest are on the far side. I was once told this particular Aglaonema grows wild in the south, but that's never really been confirmed, although my A.modestum did come from Alabama. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/1159153254044273508PvXnWl
IPNI says Aglaonema modestum is native to Malaya. Don't quote me, but I believe all of that genus are from the region near China. A little further checking says Southern China and Northern Thailand. TROPICOS is off-line right now, so I can't check their map system.
OK briefly come home now, while we are on Ag's is this one? BTW Steve, just sent you and Alfonso that email. Check my address to him as it was the same as the one I sent before. If wrong can you please forward it to him, and let me know the correct address. Got to go back to work now : ( Pretty bad photo, if you need more will do later Ed
Hi Ed I have a plant that looks very similar and was told it was a type of Calathea? The leaves do seem to fold up like a prayer plant. Bruce
Yes, you're right mate, I seen it at a nursery on Sunday. Mine are folding up because they haven't been watered lol Ed
My Aglaonema take about 3 hours of early sun and they doing fine, the ones I have in the total shade seem to de a lot better, I don't about the harsh sun in Qeensland. I see you have an Anthurium sp right under full sun, so if that one (which is very delicate to the sun) can take the harsh sun, probably the Aglaonema also can.
All Anthuriums I have seen in the rain forest are in almost total shade. Mine are in full shade. Maybe the brown spots in your are caused by direct sun light
