Can anyone ID these mini plants? Tag says "Foliage", LOL

2 years ago

I made some mini planters in pottery class and wanted mini plants to go in them. There's a nursery I know that sells starter plants in 2" pots; I think for terrariums. I asked at the nursery, but they did not know the specific cultivar names.

In the first photo of 3 plants, I know the far left and middle are peperomias, but which varieties?

In the second photo of 2 plants, the larger one on the right is an arboricola, but which one? If anyone can ID these, I'd appreciate it. Also finding out how big they might get and how quickly.

The pots I made are 3". The two peperomias and the silvery leaf plant had very little root mass at all. I could see that both the peperomias had been propagated from a leaf, which was very cool. 3 leaves got knocked off the smaller peperomia in transit, so i tucked them into the surface soil, thinking I might get some babies too.

Thanks!

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
2 years ago
That should be Schefflera arboricola. And it won’t survive long in a 3 inch pot. They want to be large shrubs or gangly trees. Mine’s in a 12 inch pot and gets regularly pruned back.

In fact, I’m afraid that 3” isn't really big enough for many plants long term.

No. 4 is Pilea involucrata. I believe no.3 is Pilea pubescens.
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago) thanked floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
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2 years ago
Thanks for the ID! I didn't realize "arboricola" was also a schefflera. I have a larger arboricola with a different color pattern, I was hoping this was a mini like my mini ficuses are. But when I saw the roots when I potted it yesterday, I thought, "nope". One pot is a little bigger, I gave it that one.

I've bought other plants at the same store that stayed little, but I realize that some won't, and with no name on the pot, I can't look them up on the spot. I just have to accept that that some will need bigger pots - some sooner, some later. I was using spare clay to make the little pots. It was just a fun project to do in front of the tv. I made them square, because you can't really find square pots.

The miniature ficuses I bought several years back are just gorgeous. Full and well branched, but still tiny. Whereas the mini cane begonia I bought now fills at least four pots that range in size from 4" to 8", plus I've given some cuttings away.
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iochroma
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
The Pep on the left is a variety of P. caperata. I think the other is a new hybrid called ’Piccolo Banda’.

The Scheff is a variegated dwarf variety of the dwarf Scheff named ’Moondrop’. It can be kept small in a terrarium by judicious pruning.
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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
2 years ago
Agree with some form of Schefflera arboricola. And then it looks like 2 Peperomias and 2 Pileas.
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Heather Barton
2 years ago
Ok…the 1st is slightly difficult to see the true color but my best guess is Pepperomia Caperata “Lillian.” Look it up & see if that fits. The leaves on yours appear to have a more frosted surface, yet they also appear the be more on the green side than just black so don’t think it’s Gray Luna. The second isn’t piccolo Banda, though they’re often confused. It’s Pepperomia Peppermill. 3 is Pilea Involucrata “Silver Cloud,” & 4 I’m drawing a blank on momentarily but will add it when it decides to find its way back to the front. Lastly, as stated it’s a dwarf umbrella tree called Schefflera Arboricola Moondrop. It’s not going to get much bigger, supposedly but I had one that started as a pitiful rehab & in no time was so happy that it was getting bigger than it was supposed to. But the great thing about Schefflera is you can just cut it back a bit & it will sprout new branches to cover it up soon enough.

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