What is the name of my house plant?

I love Tiggy | 10:21 Thu 03rd Jul 2008 | Home & Garden

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I bought a plant from Do it All some months ago without a care label (the plant was cheap) and do not know what on earth it is.

It seems to like bright rooms away from direct sunlight.

The stalks are a deep red/crimson colour and the leaves are shaped like a spear and are green on the top and deep red/crimson colour underneath. The whole plant is hairy and soft - it feels like velvet to touch.

The plant is at least a metre wide now and just as high! i noticed at the bottom of the plant there is a flower of sorts - its is yellow and shaped like a ball which seems to open up and then wilt every so many days.

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Ethel

A picture speaks a thousand words. Take a photo and upload it here:

http://tinypic.com/

Then paste the url here.

johnny.5

to save time annd hassle just call it Robert

beejay1124

think Ivy is a nice name for a houseplant :<)

Robinia

is this it?

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No thats not it, the leave are wavy along the edges.

pastafreak

Could it be this???......http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week130.shtml

pastafreak

OoooPPS!!

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the flower looks the same though the leaves are not shapred like that, they are oval shaped

Caribeing

Fom your description it could be "Rhoeo" commonly called the boat lily or moses in the cradle. They are best suited out of direct sunlight
and cannot tolerate dry air so stand it on a tray of moist pebbles. Hope this is your answer!!

chatword

Is it begoniia Rex?

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Just trying to find pics of the last suggested names.

If you can get to this link, let me know. The pic is a little dark.

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