Thanks peren.all thats what i found for the first as well, though the green on my leaves is solid (looks like there is a stripe in the pic but in real life looks more like dust leaves) maybe this will change. Pics found on line dont seem to show it getting much bigger than this so we shall see!

which really means HE likes them

Be glad it's just plants and not women.

Pics found on line dont seem to show it getting much bigger than this

They're all going to grow.

Regarding the third one:

http://www.guide-to-houseplants.com/parlor-palm.html

LOL well Embothrium, thats the least of my concerns, also might I add the least of what I am glad about- while I am glad he can find some interest in something that I like, I know the man pretty well by now and I think he knows me enough to know he would not be bringing home women he really likes for me to take care of! Wow! Yea..... alll these years in and 3 kids later....farthest thought from my mind is to be glad about that! And just to add my thoughts on that mind set- ANY man to do his wife/family like that in anyway does not deserve them....sooo thats not something I think any woman should need to be glad about. But thank you for the laugh! As far as them all growing.... I get that.... my point was if I possibly have a younger plant and the lines could apear later however mine does not seem any smaller than the largest I have seen online- if you get that. Thanks for the link ; )

Did you get these at Kroger's? The pot covers look exactly like the few I picked up there a week ago. I thought I read they were $10 each so I picked up one colorful rex and was surprised it was $3.34 so I thought it was on a great sale. I went back two days later to get 'River Nile' but they were GONE! I picked up another rex and two episcias after reading the small print - 3 for $10.

B. 'Hugh McLaughlin' was named after the late president of the Scottish Begonia Society and was hybridized by Antoon Hoefnagels (if I have my facts straight). This begonia won best in show at the National Convention (hosted by New Orleans) back in early April.

a very colorful begonia that looks like a rex without the semi-dormancy found in most rexes. This is in the dead of winter in the basement under lights.

The palm seedlings look like Chamaedorea. They could be C. elegans (parlor palm) or C. cataractarum (cat palm.)

@hc mcdole thank you so much for all of the information and the wonderful pictures! Yes, he got them from Kroger! I was shocked as they are nothing like the typical plants I always see there so I went the next day to see what else may be there that he decided to pass over and there was a huge red and green maranta that stopped me in my tracks! It was splayed out in the center of the table and taking most of the space- so other plants were around....and on it. I would have taken it home then but would have needed more space so planed to return after my son's karate class.....well we know how this story goes! It was of course GONE and I was heartbroken yada yada lol but back to the ones my husband did get- the begonia was BEAUTIFUL day one and two as you can see from the pic.....but by the 3rd 4th day before I finally had time to repot it this weeked) it started declining rapidly. I think it was in too went soil for too long. The very tips started to fold down then the leaves started to get darker and soggy looking then crispy one by one. There are a few large leaves that still are darkened like this about halfway, but the smaller leaves were just crispy and barely hanging on. The roots were....okay as far as I could tell during the repot, Im just not sure if it will bounce back from this or not. Im hoping so its a beautiful plant. Would you suggest I do anything in particular?

I bought a beautiful variegated poinsettia with four maidenhair ferns in each corner of a square pot at Kroger this past Christmas. I don't visit Kroger very often but I do like to go by their small nursery stock just in case I find a deal or a unique plant. You just never ever know until you stop and browse.

Anyway, your begonia will recover as it is usually quite tough and easy. Just don't keep it soggy wet, let it dry some before watering again. If the soil is too "peaty" for you, then change it out. One thing I do is get rid of those very thin cache pots - pretty but also death traps if you don't drain them every time you water.

Thanks again! I did repot it and changed it into a well draining soil mix. It was definitely too soggy. I just dont know what to do about the leaves....some of them look like they may recover, looks like the tips that were getting crinkly and drying up are sort of stiffening out again- they have definately lost their sheen and all of the little new growth leaves were the first to shrivel up completely so those all fell off during repot. I am left with just a few of the large dull looking leaves that are far different than they started out- trying to decide if i should remove some of them or just let them all hang out and hope for new growth. Didnt see anything about misting them, i dont mist any of my plants but thought about doing this to help the tips maybe. Its in my kitchen right now so gets good light and fair amount of humidity. I just hope it gets back to its original state- it was a gorgeous plant! He just HAD to find it at a time when i had gone through all of my extra pots and left it in its crappy conditions I guess a few days too long as when i went in the kroger a few days after he did, all of the rest of the begonias were a dried, brown, shriveled up mess on the floral table. Ugh.

Any damage to the leaves will stay there until the leaves fall off or cut off. If you cut the leaves, try your hand at growing some new begonias with the cut leaves. Very easy to propagate.

New growth will come eventually as the plant goes through its cycles so be patient and give the plant time to get used to its new home.

Sounds like the florist shop at that Kroger was not doing a good job - overwatering, not watering, etc.

I don't mist plants either unless they are in a terrarium type environment because you want the humidity high and the soil moisture low. Misting in an open environment is often a waste of time and energy.