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got 2 new plants today...

Ok "Oh learn-ed ones"

I had one of those "impulse moments" today.  I bought a beautiful potted
Gardenia that's covered with buds.  (The one who's blooms had opened is the
one guilty of causing my "impulse moment"- the smell was all over the store)
 It's so healthy that it looks fake- leaves are a wonderful, shiny dark
green; buds are firm and ready to burst open.  Plant is about 1ft high and as
round.  Very dense, foliage- no sparse spots.  (AND I ONLY PAID $5.99 FOR
IT!!!!!)

My question- how do I keep it this way???

Sitting next to the Gardenia's was some of the CUUUTTTTEESSSTTT little
Tropical plants in 4in terra cotta pots (w/hole in bottom naturally...)  So,
I got one.  (Only one- I done good, right????)  Now, here's the tricky part:
 I saw that it had a "name tag" stuck in it- but I didn't really try to read
it.  I get home, and the tag says:  "Tropical Foliage Plant" and that's all.
 So, what do I have???  

It looks somewhat like a "Corn Plant" but it's not.  Same "trunk" as a Corn
plant- leaves come from out of the side at the top of "trunk" like corn
plant.  That's where the looks differ.  These leaves are very narrow,
sword-like leaves.  They are "outlined" with a tiny strip of red- like a
pencil point line.  (Each individual leaf reminds me of the kind of grass
that will cut your finger...)  The whole "group" of leaves looks somewhat
like a pineapple top in that they all "come from the same place" instead of
sporadically up the trunk.

So, what is it, and how do I keep it alive, and at what point will I need to
put it in a bigger pot???   Right now, trunk is about the size of a
"kindergartener's pencil."   From dirt in pot to the top of trunk is about 4
or 5in.  It's in a 4in terra cotta pot...w/hole in bottom ;)

Thanks,
Kathy (who is patiently (well not to patiently) waiting for a reply...)
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