There are some plants we couldn't identify browsing Internet 1.Flowers look like colored leaves or maybe they are leaves 2.Question is about small plant with red top on the left, is it cactus, is it in bloom or with fruit. 3.My Internet search gave me that result Dracaena surculosa,gold-dust dracaena. It doesn't look like dracoena
1 looks Aphelandra-ish. ? Acanthaceae. 2 looks like one of those 'grafted cacti'. Now, as to which sp is grafted to which...am sure one of our cacti/succulent-conversant members will give you more and better info. 3---no, it doesn't, does it?
I can't tell if Dracaena surculosa is the same as Dracaena godseffiana, which I see in an old houseplant book. On the internet, they both seem to show a cultivar name of 'Florida Beauty' and a common name of Gold Dust Dracaena. It's funny that the stiff leaves at the bottom of your photo seem to look more like the photos shown under the D. godseffiana name. I think the plant at the top of photo number 3 looks like Dieffenbachia.
Taxonomy is a wonderful thing. Look under 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants', thread begun by ltlarry on Dec. 25, entitled '2 new houseplant gifts'. If Junglekeeper says surculosa var surculosa, I say OK! Yep, I had a Gold Dust dracaena for years...before I realized that it was a Dracaena and NOT a croton. (D'oh!)
Oh my gosh, three days ago. If people don't put their photos in the thread, I don't bother to look unless it's a forum I moderate and no-one has replied yet with something that confirms it's a legitimate photo. Thanks for noticing that! This is the thread: 2 new houseplant gifts
1. I googled Aphelandra, doesn't look the same. This is very small almost groundcover plant. Can you show me a link where Aphelandra looks more similar to this flower 2.OK 3. Sp. is not important if Genus: Dracaena is right! Thank you
What about the first photo at the bottom of this Missouri Botanical Garden page? Or this at Flores Musacco? The fourth photo on this images page? This Field Museum page at least shows several different species, though not A. squarrosa, the one with the common name Zebra Plant. [Edited]Added one: Plant Illustrations page. I'm assuming that ones with a name other than Aphelandra are synonyms.
That looks very convincing. I don't think I will ever learn to recognize any Justicia, and they all look so different from each other (to me).