I would say it is a Hosta.

Thanks so much!

i have grown a lot of hosta in my life.. and something looks wonky on this one.. especially the leaf at 3 oclock ... the way its folding down on the edges ...

im not current on the newer varieties ... you might want to ask in the hosta forum ..

obviously everything else on the table is a hosta ... except maybe the pot in the top right corner ...

ken

Yes I paused a bit on this one too. I thought perhaps H 'Lily Pad' but it does not quite fit. There are over 10,000 Hostas and a great number have glossy leaves.

Anna if you are interested in having it named post on the Hosta Forum or take a look at this list Glossy-leaved Hostas I would start with the very glossy marked by an asterisk.

use a teaspoon to dig a little and check out the root structure. That might give a hint.

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dcarch

Are you 100% certain that it was either a calla or hosta? Under what pretense did you receive it? If you had just said "what is this thing?" I might have responded, "it could be one of innumerable hosta varieties or it could be a Eucharis amazonica."

I ordered both Hosta and Calla, not Eucharis - sadly, snails ate the temporary tag that I had affixed to the pots. With winter coming, I need to know what can be left out, or not. Thanks!

It does indeed look like Amazon lily though! Maybe it was mixed in by mistake.

I have checked photos of Amazon lily - it does not seem to have the red in the stalks, as my photo shows.

Mystery plant doesn't have the leaf veining of a hosta, differs in other ways. Eucharis is what came to my mind also, but I haven't checked.

Curiouser and curiouser! Thing is, I am pretty sure it overwintered in a pot outside - through a cold Quebec winter. If not hosta, then what?

I don't think a Calla could survive a Canadian winter, outside in a pot. A Hosta could. The 2 plants have very different root systems. Callas grow from tubers and Hostas have fleshy roots.

Exactly. I think there is no choice but to unpot and take a look what's under the soil in the way of roots/tubers.

I had a Hosta survive 2 winters in a pot. We have windchills of 60 below sometimes. Hostas will survive in pots, but they will remain smaller and stunted, until planted in the ground.

Invariably I run our of time each fall, and some things stay in pots over the winter, tipped onto their sides.

If it survived your winter IN A POT, it must be a Hosta.

Amazon lily?! I don't think so anymore!

Yes, if it survived outside in the winter it must be a hosta. My Eucharis resents being below 60, let alone 60 below!

those affirmative statements that its a hosta .... are a bit too far ... yes.. hosta winter over easily in tipped over pots ...

but you cant base an ID on that alone.. except if the only alternative is the other suggestion ...

i like the idea of bare rooting it.. and looking at the roots ... snap some pix .. and repot ...

slugs do a lot of damage to hosta.. but now you have some.. that are eating tags??? .. crikey... what next.. slugs that eat pots.. lol ...

ken

We didn't ID the plants as Hostas because they survived the winter in pots. The OP was asking whether or not one of the plants was a Calla. Based on the fact that the most cold hardy Calla Lilly "Crowborough is hardy to zone eight, it seems unlikely any Calla could survive a zone 4 winter, outside in a pot. And Hostas can survive in a pot, through winter, even if the pot isn't laid on its side.

Ha ha Ken! No, the snails snacked on the paper label that was glued to plastic, that was attached to the pot with a clip (original packaging) - always meant to make a proper label, but....you know how that goes sometimes...we run out of time. I am embarrassed to say how often I have been victim of the label-snacking snail :( Anyway, definitely not Lilypad, as there are almost no veins as in the photos I've checked online. So, careful unpotting will be required, and I'll report back. Thanks, all!

OK, so carefully taking a peek at the roots, I discovered a bulbous structure, not like a hosta root I have seen before. Nor is it a calla lily corm. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Interesting. tuber, roots and streaky petioles do looks really like calla lily. or at leas that is surely looks like aroids.