Noid Update?

Moose

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Some of you were finding an unknown cultivar in the Big Box Stores that was starting to get referred to as "The Noid". Unfortunately, none made it to the BBS in my area. It has been a year and it would be great if we could see some updated photos of "The Noid". How fast is this plant? :confused:
 

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To my knowledge, all of the plants from HD or LS have been identified. This of course excludes the oddball, one-of-kind, plant that some nursery delivered by accident (or intentionally.) Here's a list of what I've seen over the years in South Florida:
Petra, Mammay, and Gold Dust are standard. Sometimes you can find a Golden Mammay mixed in with the multicolored ones. And Yellow Petra pops up here and there.
Years ago I bought Piecrust in South Miami on a regular basis.
Then we had the first iteration of Dreadlocks, followed by Picasso's Paintbrush, AFD#5, AFD#7 (both with a variety of names) and Magnificent.
On an irregular basis you can find Mrs. Iceton and in miniature's section (usually Angel Plants stock) there's Andrew (which is not the right name, but I can't remember the correct one), Yellow and Red Banana, Batik, and Punctatum.

Publix has Gloriosum Superbum several times a year.
 
Here is my NoID plants now. Nothing great here.
 

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At least this one added color.
 

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and these taking up space.
 

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Scott - 1, 2, and 4 in your first set of photos is Captain (Colonel?) Gilbert Cutler that just needs more sun to color out. The plant in the second posting appears to be Norma. The last one is going to be a mystery until it gets some color. Good luck.
 
Here are some fresh shots of my NoID from last year.
http://www.palmpedia.net/forum/showthread.php?1885-Another-unknown-from-Lowes
I think it is a Mammy sport as I saw this same plant sporting from a Mammy last year...
I also think it may be the same as Scott's plant in post #6 above...

It was getting mainly morning sun until about a month ago when I trimmed the bamboo which resulted in more sun and hence a bit of sunburn as you can see on some of the leaves.
 

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Another bigbox NoID from last year, pic taken yesterday...
This one has really colored up nicely compared to last year.
Same sun exposure as my first one above.
Any ideas?
 

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Yes, that's Pappey or Pappy, a common sport from Mammay or Mammey. The second one is a Norma. The blotching gives it away. And your last one is an AFD #7 with very nice color.
 
LOL, it took me awhile to figure out what a Noid was. The No ID made the light bulb turn on over my head!

That is a good list above on what the big box stores provide. I'm constantly walking through them looking for something different. If you are in the area, Rockledge Gardens has been getting some good croton variety. They haven't updated their stock since I guess 'winter' is coming. But, I went there a few months ago and was impressed with how many different and healthy looking variety they had.
 
Here is mine that Scott sent me. This was a month ago and this plant seems to be getting more and more color. It is in about 1/2 day sun.
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