I tried to edit my post, but couldn't, to say that you may have to wait until a bloom appears, since the leaves could be attributed to many 'familiar looking' plants. Presently, our Heliconia psittacorums and Heliconia schiedeana are in full bloom and have been for the past few months, but am not sure when they bloom in your area of Florida. If, it is a Calathea, they seem to thrive on neglect, in that they only require watering when it is extremely dry. As does Heliconia psittacorums and Heliconia schiedeana where here they receive absolutely no additional water during the dry season that last from Jan-May... in our area at least. Obviously, none of the above don't like the cold. Good luck.

Hi, I need to clear the areas a bit and will be thinning out these two. I will have a few of each, local would be best but i will ship (if you're patient) for shipping fees or trade for bromeliad, tillandsias, or other heliconia rhizomes that I dont have. 'Andromeda' 'Lady Di'

1. What's growing nearby ; ) 2. Thunbergia Erecta 3. Thought it might be COG myself but the throat markings are wrong, i think. I'll say Allamanda Cathartica, probably 'Henderson'. Really more a vine than a shrub but can be pruned into a shrubby mound. 4. Allamanda Shotti-Smaller flowers, shrubbier habit. 5. Agree with John 6. Jatropha i think, euphorbiaceae family 7. Has this flowered? Do you have a picture? 8. Is it fragrant? Looks a little little like H. Arnottianus but the colors seem too vibrant and the leaves don't look right. Where'd you get it? If it came from a big box store in a 6" pot you might want to search the Monrovia or Proven Winners website for an id. 9. & 10. i don't know ixora myself but i'd be suprised if they can be idenified by flower color alone. Maybe someone else can help you out if you know what size the bushes grow to? 11.& 12. Psittacorum Heliconias-sometimes called Parrot Heliconia. The orange one is the common one. Lots of selected color forms, the yellow one could be 'Sassy' or 'Princess Di'. Horribly invasive. 13. Looks like a Stricta, maybe Dwarf Jamaican? Should have a dark red midrib if so. Not too aggressive, at least not in my garden where it gets to less than 2 feet tall and blooms pretty much year round. i've seen it get to 4' tall in some other locations.

Tuppitoo, my Oxalis is probably around 7 or 8 years old. Originally I tried to start some in the garden hoping it wouldn't become a weed, but it soon died out. So I left those in the original pot and pretty much just ignore them. And they seem to just manage. I saw where some of our tropical weather made its way down to you. But Melbourne going down from 40's to 15 in a week isn't unusual. It's not unusual for it to happen within one day, LOL. Gary, yes there's an amazing range of forms/shapes in gingers. And colours too. I recently got the "Blue Ginger", which isn't a ginger. The heat killed it off but when the rains set in it came back from the roots. I'll have to find the coldest dampest spot for it. Inga, what do you mean by the "Iron Cross" one?