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Help ID New Additions to Growing Succulent Collection

7 years ago

I am collecting succulent clippings like they are going out of style! The great thing is that they don't cost anything but I am left without any identification. As a succulent newbie, internet research can be somewhat confusing but I try to ID as many as I can on my own. If all else fails, you guys always provide some answers ;-)

I was hoping I could get some help with these new additions:

1.

2. Is this the same species as #1?

3.

4.

5.

6. Thought this might be Portulacaria Afra?

Thanks!

Melissa

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Comments (7)

greenclaws UK, Zone 8a
7 years ago
Don't the folks who gave you them know what any of them are? Last one is a Port A variegata btw.

Gill UK
melissacovell
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Unfortunately no.

Succulents are popular in Southern California landscaping because of water restrictions due to the drought. Friends and family who gave me clippings planted succulents out of practicality. It is a hobby for me but to them it is a solution to keeping the yard looking nice with very little watering.

Is it not okay to ask for identification of multiple plants on this forum? If the people who gave me the clippings knew what they were I wouldn't have asked...
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I just looked that up zzackey, but I am still agreeing with Rina on this. There are at least another half dozen of these in the university greenhouse right now, and the leaf structure isn't a match to the Amaryillis most of us are familiar with, the leaves don't point upward on any of them. We have fruiting banana trees in there and the botany profs are always clucking over the plants, I know they are not suffering for lack of care, which might explain the droopy leaves if it were that. Unless you meant Amaryillis in the general sense, Haemanthus is in the same family, Amaryilidaceae or (some such spelling). Time will tell, sure hope I can coax a flower out of it!
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greenclaws UK, Zone 8a
7 years ago
Of course it is ok :) point taken! I just thought it odd the gifters didn't know, usually someone has an idea. Hope you find out what the others are, the orange one is particularly nice.

Gill UK
Liz (Virginia z6b)
7 years ago
3 might be some sort of Pachyveria and 5 might be a Graptosedum California Sunset. 1, 2, & 4 look like they may have/had a powdery coating (farina) on their leaves that helps protect them from the sun. Try to avoid touching the leaves when handling if you can.
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6 is definitely Portulacaria afra. Liz's guess on the others is as good if not better than mine.
melissacovell
Original Author
7 years ago
Gill - It sure would save me a lot of time if they knew the species! I spend way too much time searching the Internet for a match. I thought the orange succulent was nice as well. I have never seen one that color.

Liz - Thanks for reminding me about protecting that coating! If I wore some latex gloves when handling the plant would the coating be preserved?

Kim - Thanks for your help!
aloebot
7 years ago
Gloves wouldn't help. It is mechanical damage. The orange plant looks like a very nicely colored Sedum nussbaumerianum. Mine is more washed out yellowish colored and I can't keep the leaves clean of spots, unlike yours.

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