Kurite
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Need help identifying these plants

Hi my family has a couple of house plants that I recently got interested in and would like to know what types of plants they are. The first and second picture are the same plant it just is very long. I'm pretty sure the fourth picture is a spider plant.

[img]https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/Kurite/Identify%20plants/IMG_2239.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/Kurite/Identify%20plants/IMG_2241.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/Kurite/Identify%20plants/IMG_2242.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/Kurite/Identify%20plants/IMG_2243.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab328/Kurite/Identify%20plants/IMG_2246.jpg[/img]

Thanks!

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rainbowgardener
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Picture three looks like peace lily...

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I agree -- #4: Spider plant Chlorophytum comosum

I *think* #1/#2 is Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane).

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The 1st one looks like Chinese evergreen. Aglaonema. It's a great houseplant. When mine gets leggy and rangey, I cut back the stem and new growth sprouts out.

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I agree with the other posters. #1) Chinese evergreen, I.e. Aglaonema; #2)Dumb cane, I.e. Dieffenbachia; #3) Peace lily, I.e. Spathiphyllum #4 is a Spider plant, I.e. (Chlorophytum comosum.

I think #5 looks like it might be an aloe. :)

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Aglaonema ! That's the one I *always* forget. :roll: Similar growth habit and care to Dieffenbachia but with narrower leaves and more mmm... refined? looking leaf patterns.

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I think the last one looks to be a Pregnant Onion Ornithogalum longibracteatum.

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Taking a closer look at #5, I agree that it is not an aloe. I was mistaken. I didn't notice the bulbs. I'm not positive it's an Ornithogalum longibracteatum, but it very well might be. I haven't seen one of those in real life, and images online seem to show a much larger bulb, even when there is less foliage.



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