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A friend has this plant and we need to know what it is for sure, so she care take proper care of it, the leaves seem alot like a rubber plant. Any help would be appreciated!

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no i don't think its a rubber plant rubber plants usually are tree like i think and have hard stems... it kind of looks like a lilly i have its a amazon lily, my guess it is either amazon lilly or some kind of lily maybe a type of hosta? has it had any flowers? if so what did they look like?

It hasn't had any flowers..The plant was sent to my friends grandmothers funeral and she desperately wants to keep it alive..it has not really grown at all and she has had it for about a year, and in my opinion it needs help, but I am not sure whether it needs more or less light and also I think it needs to be re-potted, as the soil is compacted and water just runs out without soaking in.

it could be a peice lily... Im sorry for her loss, but most of the time those are the plants used at funereals so try googling some pictures of the leaves... alot of lillys sometimes actually do better crowded together in pots... yea when i got my amazon lilly that water was the same i repotted it but i would hold off on that until we find out what kind of plant it is.

i just done some reasearching on the leaves to me it definily looks like a peace lilly because of the striping of the leaves http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/Resources/pic_spati_chopin_close.jpg ill do more reasearch to figur eout the growing requirments... i think it's a bulbus plant.

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/peacelily.htm (information about peace lillys)

i also found out that peace lillys are great air purifiers for the home! so be sure to tell ur friend to keep the leaves clean!

That's not a peace lily. My guess is some type of Ficus too but I am unsure.

I know that it is not a peace lilly as I have had several of them before. I'll google ficus and see if I find something that might be it.

After doing a search and looking at pictures...I think that it is a "Ficus elastica" Thank you for all the help!!!!

Im glad you figured it out because i had no clue after u determined it wasnt the peace lily lol now what are you going to have her do? is she going to repot it? and does it need more light? let us know how it does now that u all know what it is now...

keep me i mean us posted please comfrey

Hi comfrey...

the ficus that i have..n i know of..look sooo different from this.... what did u find out??

BTW...soooo nice to see u in here again!!

Have a nice day in d garden...

Hi from Texas I took my pictures and before I could even post them I was walking through Home Depot with my husband to buy lawn mower I saw the plant with a sticker so I found out it is a Kalanchoe. Thanks anyway.
Before I had bought a Bougainveillea in a bright pink color and it died so I thought I'd try again so I bought a purple which all they had left.(I had a perfect place for them) Well they were dieing too and I didn't know what to do and was getting flustated and ready to give up on those and try planting something else. However I tried one more thing because I don't like to quit on my plants unless all is hopeless.I pruned them back big time and thought they were done for. WE had a cold night so I had covered them up and when I uncovered them two days later one of them had new grow. I am hoping I will see new grow on the other one soon too. Nature suprises you sometimes. NOw I have some confederate Jasmine I have to find some place for. We just built and moved into a stone home in September and I read up and it says that they will climb up any stone or brick wall so I will not have any problem putting them somewhere else if the Bougainveillea survive. Isn't planting fun. I have turned my new garden into a park like garden which is separat from my yard. The birds and butterflys are enjoying it along with myself out there reading on my stone bench or just enjoying the peace and quiet.
Have a great week. The weather here is turning so great. My granddaughter is coming this week to visit so I won't be on the computer much.
Happy planting to all gmom

not a Ficus elastica or a Spathiphyllum .

Looks like a Philodendron

Wrong growth habit for Kalanchoe . They grow from a central rigid/succulent stem.

Your plant grows like my Philodendrons.

i'm thinking either philodendron emerald queen or something similar OR anthurium. would need a better pic to decide which.