Hi, I have a couple of plants I need help identifying. The bigger one was at my office with only fluorescent lighting and was doing great, now that it's at home it isn't doing well. It appears to be drooping and isn't growing nearly as fast as it was at my office. Any thoughts on this are also appreciated! The other one I just planted and it took off like a weed. Unfortunately one of my cats got to it and this is what is left. The cat has been acting fine but I want to find out what it is just in case. Thanks!! Steve
the first one looks like some kind of peace lily. the other it's hard to tell what it is. what did it look like before the cat got to it?
The smaller plant was similar to the way it is now, except about twice the height. The leaves are thin and long. The person that gave me the bulbs said that it would have blue flowers. Unfortunately they can't remember the name of the plant. Also, the bulbs started sprouting while in a plastic ziplock bag with no soil or water. One of the bulbs reached about 6 inches in height within about 5 days. Not sure if this helps at all. Thanks again!
Check out photopro's excellent advice regarding spathiphyllum on these boards. That plant on the left will need lots of water, and could stand better lighting. The second plant is hard to ID. Pretty much any bulb plant is dangerous for cats or dogs to consume. There are a very few that aren't dangerous. Onions, garlic, hyacinth, crocus, iris and others could all be described as blue flowering at times depending on species and subspecies, and all are potentially toxic for pets. Give your cats some oat or wheat grass sprouted in a pot. They'll chew on that and it's healthy. You can find it at any health food store. White bulb actually makes me think of the onion family. Any of that odor that you recall? Are the leaf blades hollow? ETA: I don't know why I thought you mentioned the bulbs were white... Disregard, although a hollow leaf blade or more description of the bulbs would be pertinent.
Thanrose, thank you for your post. The smaller plant does have white bulbs and the leaf blades are hollow.
Then it's probably an Allium, or onion genus. It should have an oniony smell, if I recall correctly that any in that family will have the hollow leaves and onion/garlic smell. If that's what it is, it could be any of thousands, maybe narrow it down to hundreds of species with the blue flowers only. True blue even less. The typical Allium planted for show will have more purple/lavender than clear blue flowers. Keep your pets away from it. I seem to recall the potassium in it is the biggest problem, causing heart attacks or other cardiac issues in pets.
