Man, I love this site. I get answers to questions I didn't even know I had! I have one of those in an area I haven't tamed yet. Thanks for identifying it, now I won't pull it out. Thanks!

I agree with the Ardisia crenata suggestion on that one, 2nd is a mystery.

My best guess would have to be a Bird of Paradise. Most likely a white Bird of Paradise. I had a white one before, and it resembled your plant.

I had not completely ruled out the idea of it being a weed. I didn't want to assume and yank it immediately due to finding rose bushes and a couple other plants that were making a come back from the year before. There are three of these 'weedy ground orchids' that are ironically growing evenly with two or so foot spacing in between. Plus my neighbors sunflowers wiggled their way through the fence into our yard. Thought I'd do some investigating and ask around before I went ahead and pulled the suckers out. :) Thanks for the input everyone! much appreciated