id? Palm-like House plant and perhaps a Ficus plant?

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  1. AngelinaLen

    AngelinaLen New Seed

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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    The first one looks like a coffee tree.
    Bear with me and my slow dial-up connection while I look at the others
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Yes, the first 2 are definitely Coffea arabica.
    The Palm looks like a Parlour Palm in the first picture, but a Kentia Palm in the 3rd
     
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    You know Netty...I was thinking that it also looks a bit like a Gardenia. It's difficult to tell the thickness of the leaves though.
    I reckon that you are probably right though.
     



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    Thank you for such quick replies!!
    I looked online at pictures of both the Coffee tree and a Gardenia. It looks like both are a very, very close possibility. Is there something else I should photograph- maybe try and capture the thickness of the leaves? This plant was only $3 in the indoor plant section at Walmart- which makes me think that it would be a Gardenia more than the Coffee tree. But I don't know....
    Let me know what else I can do. Thanks!
     
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    I'm not too familiar with Gardenia. But that plant looks identical to a Coffee Plant that I got at Walmart several years ago. It hated me and anything I tried to do for it. It didn't survive I'm afraid :'(
     

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