# ID this plant? 2 pics! (climbing, potted, dainty foliage) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945 "2016-09-14T17:20:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945/1 "2016-09-14T17:20:14Z")
Not really a houseplant, since it prefers to be outside. Little else known about it … asking for a friend. Anyone seen this before or know what it is? [http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160914/9fa5b22bad6738929d6ff35b77f93c02.jpg](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160914/9fa5b22bad6738929d6ff35b77f93c02.jpg) [http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160914/e0b539997bde9c42927de4e1ed8064fd.jpg](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160914/e0b539997bde9c42927de4e1ed8064fd.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945/2 "2016-09-14T18:26:16Z")
It doesn’t have looping tendrils, right? Could be [campsis foliage](https://www.google.nl/search?q=campsis+foliage&safe=off&espv=2&biw=2133&bih=1087&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjg4zfvY_PAhUJtxQKHVG6CvsQsAQIGw&dpr=0.9), or [wisteria foliage](https://www.google.nl/search?q=wisteria+foliage&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib8IHrvY_PAhWJ7xQKHXbkDH0QsAQIHQ&biw=2133&bih=1087&dpr=0.9). Could even be a kind of clematis. T[hose have very different leaves, but some species look like the pics.](https://www.google.nl/search?q=clematis+foliage&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA792hvo_PAhWCOxQKHVILApgQsAQIHQ&biw=2133&bih=1087&dpr=0.9) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945/3 "2016-09-14T19:49:01Z")
Nope, no tendrils. It has a loose climbing habit but doesn’t grasp tightly, and in fact is zip-tied to the post. I’d liken it to tomatoes - they WANT to climb but end up sprawling, bless their little nightshade hearts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945/4 "2016-09-16T00:29:17Z")
It’s reminding me of trumpet vine, god help your friend. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945/5 "2016-09-16T00:47:38Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > It’s reminding me of trumpet vine, god help your friend. Campsis radicans attracts hummingbirds. I have them at my jungle five acres, and they are not invasive. They don’t do terribly well uncared for. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945/6 "2016-09-16T11:56:05Z")
It looks to me like _Radermachera sinica_, also known as China Doll. It’s generally sold as a houseplant, but I could see it preferring the outdoors in Texas, as long as it doesn’t freeze. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945/7 "2016-09-16T12:32:03Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > It looks to me like _Radermachera sinica_, also known as China Doll. It’s generally sold as a houseplant, but I could see it preferring the outdoors in Texas, as long as it doesn’t freeze. That one gets my vote as well. It’s a ubiquitous houseplant whose popularity puzzles me, since it’s plain-looking and doesn’t flower (indoors, anyway). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-plant-2-pics-climbing-potted-dainty-foliage/765945/8 "2016-09-16T13:07:59Z")
It’s peculiar that it’s growing sideways…