Cheeseplant?

[poliphilo]

I think this is a cheeseplant. (Please tell me if you know better). It used to live in the house, but got too big and scraggy, so I moved it to the backyard- fully expecting its first winter to kill it off. Instead it has flourished as it never did indoors- and now stands as high as my chest.

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's a Cheeseplant.
Fatsia or Castor Oil plant rings a bell.
I like the water droplets
x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

It rained overnight- I heard it- but the sun is shining now.

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Rained down here,too. Sun breaking throught now.
I wonder,how on earth, it it known as Castor Oil plant. I'm sure Castor oil doesn't come from it.
Maybe because it's shiney?
x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. I've been looking at pictures of castor oil plants online. They closely resemble what I've got.

Apparently castor oil is extacted from the plant's seed.

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

it's been outside for about 3 years - winter and summer. It must like it there

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Three years- as long as that? I lose count.

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you what your plant "is", but I can say with some degree of certainty what it is not. :-) Not "swisscheese" plant (known as "split leaf philodendron" over here). That plant has a long central vein that the smaller beins branch off from whereas this plant has all the veins radiating from a central point.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Looks like Fatsia japonica to me.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Could well be. I've followed up on your suggestion- and there's a photo of fatsi japonica on a BBC website that's almost a duplicate of mine (except that mine is better).

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

Good call!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. That narrows things down.

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

Well, it looks like it is brimming over with good health and is happy as a plant can be.

:)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It is too. The secret is benign neglect.

[sculptruth.livejournal.com]

It looks beautiful!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's having a good summer.