house plant id

[sloth]

Hi all, not even nearly a tree id pic, but I'd like to know what this is. My wife really likes it and for the first time in 2 years it is flowering. Shed like to read up a bit about it, so any help appreciated, thanks!

[arbmark]

you never really know a tree till youve climbed it...Hahar!...no idea

[Daniël Bos]

My wife's auntie has one of those, and she calls it a sugar-plant I think.

 

Edit, google seems to think that no plants go by that name, always thought she was a bit funny...

Edited November 30, 2011 by Daniël Bos
added anti-auntie info

[sloth]

My wife's auntie has one of those, and she calls it a sugar-plant I think.

 

Edit, google seems to think that no plants go by that name, always thought she was a bit funny...

 

Aren't they always...

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I think in the "Ficus" range. Creeping/Weeping Fig. (Ficus Pumila/Ficus Repens) What colour are the flowers?

[sloth]

Checked those Ficus and doesn't look right. Flowers are tiny white things on the tips, you can just see them in the pics...

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It's the one most like it in the house plants book we have which is so old has not even an ISBN.

[RobArb]

Have you looked at the Plectranthus sp.

 

Possibly Plectranthus verticillatus?

 

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[RobArb]

Or P. australis?

 

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[sloth]

Well done Rob, your id skills extend beyond trees and shrubs then eh? Plectranthus looks spot on. Flowers are no where near the 'spikes' described for those species, but with a hefty 350+ sp, the genus will do!