Succulent plant ID help please?
rosydreams SoCal (10a Sunset 19 HeatZone 8)
9 years ago
Hello succulent people, ;)
I usually hangout in Roses but I've recently been bitten by the succulent bug and it seems I don't have the will power to leave a nursery without at least one, usually many.
I've tried to limit myself to labeled pots. However, on this trip to my favorite nursery I picked up two unlabeled ones in the Cacti & Succulent aisle because they were just so neat. Would anyone mind helping me ID them?
- This one is very bright, looks like ripening bananas! It has me totally stumped, I'm not even sure how to google it.
2. This one I picked up because it was just so healthy and colorful. I think this is echeveria Harmsii? But I'm not sure, the ones I've seen are very green. Or maybe a type of Kalanchoe plush plant?
As you can see, I'm a newbie and these are probably really common but thank you for taking the time to help, I really appreciate it. :)
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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoMy propellor plant is much more glaucous leafed and the leaves are shorter. This is an old picture. It has now branched a bit from the base.Maybe it is a different variety.
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Comments (20)Ohhh I see Malaysia is a bit different from me When #4 was in flowering for me Sun time here at longest is about 15.75 hours buds where easy to see and nearly ready to open and did so with lesser sun light time and finished flowering 12 days later. Temps where in the 80 - 92 F range at the same sun times mentioned and the time of day mine opened was 16:00 hours to 23:00 hours For now I can say your heaviest rain season might be a bit much for #4 although the soil you have it in does look nice enough to drain fast enough. Again odd #4 Messeb like water more than most succulents but doesn't like wet roots for to long of time in days the top will rot out on you if to wet to long. Your other plants would certainly benefit with a lot less water than #4 can handle Other than a season rain over watering concern I have think you'll do very well with yours. As caution I think it would be best if you could provide a tarp or tent for some over head covering during your heavy tropical rain season over the entire garden bed. I and others here appreciate you and want to see your plants in there best of flowering later too. In all honesty it's best to tell you to talk to some of your local people with the same succulent garden passion as yours and ask them what they do....See MoreSucculent ID needed (ice plant family), please help
Comments (11)Oh my. That wasn't even in my initial research. It was frustrating since at times all i could see online were the flowers. That was a great clue. The growth pattern/ habit was confusing me, it didn't look like any of the previous genera i mentioned. It does look similar to that of corpuscularia. I was leaning towards delosperma and when i researched the names you gave me, i found out they were from the same subfamily and tribe, if not interchangeable or synonyms of each other. Difference i could see was that delosperma are papillate and mine has very smooth almost satiny leaves, a feature of corpuscularia. However, most of the Corpuscularia or Delosperma lehmannii in google images really had plump/ chubby and compact leaves. There were a few long-leaved ones but then they have reddish stalks and mine doesn't (though that could just be due to different growing conditions). The longest leaves on my plant are 1.5 inches or 4cm and the stalks have papery sheaths. Thank you so much for that info rosemarie. I guess i'll treat it as a corpuscularia for the time being....See MorePlease help me ID this plant (succulent?)
Comments (7)That looks like Haworthia, not Aloe: note the transparent skin on the top of the leaves which forms 'windows'. I think it is Haworthis venosa, but that is just a SWAG. Put them in a really, really free draining soil mix. For example, take 1 part potting soil and mix it with one part pea-sized gravel. Set the starts basically on top of the soil, and put it in a warm, bright spot. Don't give them a drop of water until you are *sure* you see new, active growth. That could very well take months! Once you see new, active growth, gradually provide as much direct sun as you can, and start a regular succulent plant watering regiment. Seriously, don't water it until you see new growth!...See MoreSucculent ID -- Help please :) -- Plant #2
Comments (5)Juan Np, I asked since Sempervivums do not care for too much heat and too much humidity (few other succulents don't). They will grow, but in your hot climate, I would make sure they are not in the hottest sun (usually around noon). Otherwise, they like good light. I have many, but I am in colder zone - my semps grow very well in full sun. They should not be so 'tall' - that seems to be etiolation, maybe it was kept in quite dark spot in the store. It is ok in ground or container. Just make sure there is no water pooling too much around - but you likely know that since you grow other succulents. In ground, I like to plant them on a mound, so they drain. They will grow in very little soil, you'll find them growing over the rocks. They should not have recurving leaves, better light and less water will help. Here is different looking one, Sempervivum 'Oddity' I just got this spring, growing in the container: Here is semp with similar leaves to yours; you can see it is very low to ground and has e number of 'chicks'. The leaves/rosette should not be curving down: They are also monocarpic plants - ones the rosette blooms, it dies. In the meantime, it should produce many offsets (that's why the common name Hens&chicks), that can be left as they grow or separated and planted elsewhere. Hope I am not telling you what you already know :) Your Crassula ovata and portulacaria look very nice, growing them outdoors in good sun makes a difference....See Morewantonamara Z8 CenTex
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