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Mystery Plant: Please help me ID (pic)!

10 years ago

Hello all,

Does anyone know what kind of plant this is? A friend gave me a cutting last summer and since then it has really grown and I really have grown fond of it. It has soft, fleshy leaves. I need to pot up but not entirely sure what soil I should provide. Can anyone help? Thanks!

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User
10 years ago
Nice plant, maybe an Aichryson?
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
10 years ago
Looks like Portulacaria to me, a succulent.
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Yes, bodiggly - that's it !!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Wow, you have a sharp eye. I've been trying for months to get the name of this. By the way, I meant to say "strappy " leaves, not stappy leaves. Sorry about that. Thanks so much for your help. Now I will wait to see its beautiful bloom.
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brit5467
10 years ago
May be wrong, but looks like a baby Jade plant to me...just judging by the leaf structure??? If so, you want good drainage, or it can rot.
bonnie
brit5467
10 years ago
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This post was edited by brit5467 on Mon, Mar 17, 14 at 14:23
tcleigh
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks so much, everyone. After seeing your ideas and doing a bit more research, I think I've determined that it is indeed Aichryson domesticum. It's a really neat plant. I just hope the pot up I just performed wasn't too hard on it--it's very fragile and I had to bare root it to transfer to a gritty mix. Anyway, thanks a lot for your ideas!

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