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HELP! I CAME FROM IKEA! WHAT AM I?

JoeBronx
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Transplanted from New York City to Los Angeles, I was fascinated by palms!  Three or four years ago I went to Ikea

and bought a beauty of a potted palm! It was about 30 inches high and was a cluster of three 2" stalks with palm fronds growing at different levels.  A year ago a fire at our house forced me to move this palm outdoors where it was lost among other plants.  Though watered regularly it soon began to look overgrown and terrible. I WANT TO RESCUE IT!  Checking

Google Images I'm fairly certain it appears to be a Dracaena (Possibly, Corn).  In the absence of a pix (trying but unsuccessful as of yet), can anyone identify this plant so I can begin to

treat it?  ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

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Success! Here are the PHOTOS of my MYSTERY IKEA POTTED PALM!  Hope this helps identify it!

 

Thank you,

Joe Bronx

 

 

 

 

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    Yucca.

     

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    Success! Here are the PHOTOS of my MYSTERY IKEA POTTED PALM!  Hope this helps identify it!

     

    Thank you,

    Joe Bronx

     

     

     

     

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    Thank you! Racing to Google Images to confirm.  I assume Yucca is a Dracaena?  No matter!

     

    Joe Bronx

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    Thanks Laaz, but online Images don't seem to match my Mystery IKEA Palm. 

    Joe Bronx

    42 minutes ago, JoeBronx said:

    Thanks Laaz, but online Images don't seem to match my Mystery IKEA Palm. 

    Joe Bronx

    Your plant is not a palm. Looks like a corn plant or relative

    Meg

    Palms of Victory I shall wear

    Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
    Florida
    Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
    Elevation: 15 feet

    I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

    It's sold here as cane yucca.

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    Yucca Elephantipes

    Common corn plant - Dracaena fragrans 

    Kinda dime a dozen, especially around big box home improvement foliage displays

    "Ph'nglui mglw'napalma Funkthulhu R'Lincolnea wgah'palm fhtagn"
    "In his house at Lincoln, dread Funkthulhu plants palm trees."

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    Thanks, Funkthulhu!  Looks like you nailed it!

     

     

    Hello, Joe!

    Welcome to Palm Talk!

    If you like palms you're in the right place. As noted your plant isn't a palm, but your heart is in exactly the right place.

    If you're anywhere near La Habra, near Whittier, you're welcome to check out my palm garden.

    See my PM.

     

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