Finding identity of a plant

tinamarie05

12 years ago

I need help identifying this plant that I acquired from a friend. Thank you for any help at all!

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Rubby
12 years ago
Looks like a form of Hens & Chicks....?

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User
12 years ago
Ghost plant.

Here is a link that might be useful: Graptopetalum paraguayense
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tinamarie05
Original Author
12 years ago
Thank you!! It is a hen and chick and I am excited to pot more of them as my pot is currently full of "chicks".!!
OttawaGardener
12 years ago
Looks a lot more like Ghost plant to me. And saltcedar is never wrong! ;-)
flora_uk
12 years ago
Absolutely. Doesn't look much like a Sempervivum to me. Go with saltcedar's id.
tinamarie05
Original Author
12 years ago
What is the difference in my plant posted and "Graptoveria 'Opalina'? Thank you!
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
12 years ago
It's just a different hybrid within the same species. Each have characteristics unique from the other, while sharing species similarities. Cultivated hybrids will be different enough from each other that one can readily identify them. In this instance, both plants are Graptoveria species.

ALL of the plants mentioned, by the way, belong to the same large family of succulents...Crassulaceae. That includes the "hens and chicks" mentioned by rubby. Hens and Chicks, however, are not in the same plant species as your ghost plant.

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