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title: "We already had the plant in the terracotta pot and believe it’s a…"
description: "We already had the plant in the terracotta pot and believe it’s a Chinese Evergreen! We can’t figure out what our new plant (black speckled pot)…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/BAlhcvNhQzatWyxRCJGLLA/3jLtIGh51vVOc2sq6vmrHT"
community: "Foliage Plant Haven"
author: "Kate"
published: "2026-07-19T21:09:27.055711Z"
language: "en"
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# We already had the plant in the terracotta pot and believe it’s a…

_Posted by Kate on 2026-07-19_

We already had the plant in the terracotta pot and believe it’s a Chinese Evergreen! We can’t figure out what our new plant (black speckled pot) is—diffenbachia or a different variegation of Chinese Evergreen?

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## 1 comment

### the rivers commented on 2026-07-20

the dark green speckled is the diffenbachia!!  
they do belong in the same plant family though

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