Hi everyone, I found this tree (?) in the garbage room of my boyfriend's apartment about a year ago and I took it home. It was already potted and had a stick tied to it (as seen in photo 1), presumably to support and straighten the tree... obviously I don't know much about plants and plant care! The plant seems to be surviving okay in my care but I suspect that it could use some extra TLC, like perhaps being repotted in a larger pot for one. I'd also like to put it outdoors on my patio for the summer if it's the type of plant that can handle that kind of thing. Since I don't know anything about caring for plants, I'm hoping that getting an ID on this big guy will be a good place to start. For an idea of scale, the distance from the top of the soil to the top of the tallest leaf is about 60 inches. The length of the yellowish part of the trunk (bark?) is 40 inches, from the top of the soil to the very beginning of the green part. Thanks in advance for any help! Edit: Meant to post this in the Indoor and Greenhouse Plants forum, oops... mods, please feel free to move if this is more appropriate there.
Yucca guatemalensis(Y. elephantipes of hort.) They can benefit from Summers outside bearing in mind they will sunburn if moved directly to high light. Better a covered patio or porch until they've had time to adjust.
Thank you so much! I suspected that this was some kind of Yucca plant after a lot of Googling, and I'm grateful to have the species identified too. My patio is north-facing and doesn't receive much (if any) direct sunlight, so I'm hopeful that my plant will enjoy being out there in those conditions.
