Hi folks-- I need some help identifying a houseplant. I'll attempt to attach a couple of photos but here's a description: 2 plants (i assume) in the same basket. The first has bright spring green leaves that are round (kind of an overly rounded heart shape) with scalloped edges. It also has spikes with lots of little flowers that are white w/ purple spots and are kind of shaped like irises. It's most important to id this plant because i'm seeing brown-dried spots develop and i need to know how to treat this problem. The second plant has dark purple leaves that are long tear-drop shapes. A single stalk has several tiered leaves that come directly off of the stalk and don't come off of a stem (i hope that makes sense) there is slight green shading near the middle of the leaves and it seems like something is biting a chunk out of some of them. I cannot find a bug on them. I have searched to try to find one and can't seem to find a bug. Once i did find a web on one of the purple leaves but it wasn't a leaf that had a bite out of it and no bug so it may have been there before i got the plant. Any suggestion would be helpful. Thanks for the help. (yes, i mistakenly posted this previously in the wrong part of the site, my bad)
The one with the stalk of white flowers resembles a swedish ivy but mine have never flowered. Top middle is a wandering jew. What kind of light are these plants growing in? The might need a bit more light than they're getting. How often are you watering? These two plants typically are easy to grow. Let the WJ dry out between waterings. The Ivy I've always tried to keep just a bit moist. If they're in the same pot this might be a problem.
yes that is a swedish ivy and a wandering jew .. they are both similar plants as there needs are almost the same .. leaves just dry up and fall off from being old .. if you lose alot of them then i would worry .. but other wise your plant looks good... Marn
Thanks for the id's! It's great to finally know what i'm dealing with here. I'm growing them indoors in my windows (i have a lot of them) and usually there's a lot of sunlight, except lately it's been pretty grey and cloudy so there's not much i can do short of adding a grow light. The brown spots on the swedish ivy just appear overnight, one day there will be kind of a strange yellow pattern appear (meaning the whole leaf doesn't go yellow just kind of a strange yellow pattern) and then a brown spot will develop, usually around the edge but sometimes in the middle of a leaf, or i've been noticing some holes in a few of the leaves (but again those may have been there when i bought the plant and didn't notice them, it's so bushy!). if you have any further ideas about what i might check on i'd appreciate it.
Hi Turtledove, Sweedish ivy gets a bacterial blight. They are very sensitive to fungicides. I found this site but the picture is in black and white. It tells you what you can do. http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/pathology/pathcirc/pp341.pdf Here's growing info. http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/envirohort/factsheets/pottedplants/swedivy.html I think your variety of Wandering Jew is Tradescantia zebrina 'Quadricolor' aka Zebrina pendula 'Quadricolor'. http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=ZEBRINA_PENDULA http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/2004/5/5331.jpg Both plants will be happiest in a bright spot and don't need direct sun. Your wandering Jew will like it really bright for the darker color and the Swedish ivy can tolerate the very bright spot too. Newt
They are Plectranthus nummularis (old name P. australis) & zebrina pendula. Looks like they are overwatered.
