Identification: id house plant

Husband brought this plant home from work when the secretary "cleaned house". I need to know what it is and whether it is poisonous to cats. Any help you could provide would be welcome!!

Thanks!

 

Can you attach a picture?

 

Sorry - the pictuer took a minute to come up. It looks like a diffenbachia. If it is, it is poisonous to pets.

 

Your plant is an Aglaonema. Joe

 

Aglaonema is also a poisonous plant. Harry

 

yes it is a chinese evergreen . not sure about it being poisonous .. but i would google it ..most cats do stay away from poisonous plants .. unless you have kittens ..they learn from mistakes :(

Marn

 

Athough listed as one of the safe plants on the Childrens Safety Association of Canada, it is listed on enough poisonous plants pages (contains oxalates) to be classed as such, I think at least for cats which was the question. Not all animals are smart enough to know what is good or not good for them. Even the human animal sometimes engages in very self destructive behavior. Harry

 

well the plant was so pretty we were planning on planting it in a big planter on the fireplace. Guess thats out. I have 3 cats and one IS a kitten.

They are very smart, but the still chew on EVERY plant so I guess this one will have to stay on a really high shelf.

Thanks for the help

 

if you want it to stay alive ,i would get that foil off the pot immeadiately.is probably full of water and will kill the plant.and if in doubt.always consider poisonous.

 

Repotted it yesterday morning in something a little bit bigger. That foil was hideous looking :)

 

looks like dieffenbachia

 

I think I agree with Takana. It DOES look like a dieffenbachia.

 

Well I think it looks like an Aglaonema, probably A. commutatum. Dieffenbachias have rather larger leaves with more veins and a wider, more recurving leaf stalk.