Help identifying indoor plant

[snowball22]

I have a plant that I inherited from my grandmother. It had been in her family for years. The problem is that none of the living generation seems to know the name of this plant. It has very strong, round stems that can snap easily when broken. The stem system seems to hold alot of water.The plant grows straight up and grows lots of medium sized "branches" out of the main stem. The leaves are what I would call an almond shape. The leaves have a pinkish tint on the underside. Each leaf is about 4-6 inches long. The plant grows little pink flowers. The flowers grow off of a pink stem off the branch areas. The little flowers have a begonia look to them. The plant thrives in medium to direct sunlight. It is about 5 feet tall at the moment. I have it staked to tomato stakes for support. The plant is a very hearty plant. Maybe it is some type of begonia but I would love to know the name.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Snowwark]

Hi Snowball!

I'm not sure what your plant is! Do you have a picture of it, that you could post?

Since things are kind of dormant around the F&G these days, I think I'm going to post and link this to the CB, and see if some of the plant savvy people there can help. I think I'll add bld disney's post too!

If we don't get an answer, you might want to think about taking a pic and a small cutting to a garden centre/nursery/flower shop, to see if they can identify your plant.

Kim

 

[Snowwark]

Snowball, it wouldn't be a type of Jade plant, would it? Are the leaves rubbery, like a succulent? Mature Jades can flower, and grow to 5', also some cultivars and species have reddish/purple tinged leaves.

Check out the following links, and see if they sound familiar.

~Jade Plant~

~Jade Plants~

I don't know, maybe we're off base here.

Kim

 

[bobbiwoz]

A jade was my guess, too, but I wonder about a 5 ft. tall jade. That would be stupendous to own!

Bobbi