Oh, I'm so impressed - small world eh? I like them very much do you?

I love them. I used to try and find as many as I could at a native nursery not too far from my hometown in California. I'm not sure they'd like the humidity and rain here in Tennessee though. Maybe I'll try one after I start taking plants outside for the summer to see if it can handle Tennessee weather.

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Great pictures of fabulous plants. For some reason, these are vastly undergrown in the area they come from.

Mentha, I'm glad to see you back. Unfortunately, they wouldn't like Tennessee summers (or springs, for that matter). As you say, it'll be too humid. And thanks for the tip about the name. I myself know a descendant (I've even ate and drank with her) of Mr. Lindley, the British botanist commemorated in Aeonium lindleyii.

Hello Master Jeff. How's it going up there in the wilds of Canada? I figured they wouldn't like Tennessee. If I ever get some grow lights I might try them indoors, but for now I just have to oooh and aaaahh from afar. *sigh* I can't clam too much of a relation other than novelty. My husband has a more interesting background, his grandmother was George Patton's niece, and her husband was a decedent of Benedict Arnold. That's an interesting match right there. lol

Mentha, I found William Russel Dudley was mentioned in Hortus as a professor of botany at Stanford University. Dudleya are not easy to cultivate in captivity! I am always thrilled to see them in the wild when I go hiking. Very interesting about your husband's family.