Third photo is not E. pulidonis (has yellow nodding flowers). Looks like E. pulvinata, does it have fuzzy leaves, can't tell from the photo?

Weird your Echies don't like gritty, all of mine thrive in it..

And why is that Crassula not arborescens ssp. undualtifolia?

Sorry, similar names, pulvinata is what I meant.

Breton, someone had shown me IDed undulatifolia with much larger, flatter leaves, but I just checked the Crassulaceae Network, and apparently there are two forms of C. arborescens undulatifolia in cultivation, the one I just described, and the one I have. Interesting.

"Weird your Echies don't like gritty, all of mine thrive in it."

Yep, I moved a dozen or more plants back out of gritty mix because they failed to thrive in it. My aloes like it, and although not really growing, the wavy Jade seems to tolerate it. I'd forgotten I still have one Sansevieria in it, and a pothos. None of my plants in gritty mix is growing very fast, if at all. I'm having to water most of them just about daily. I'm not nearly as enthusiastic about gritty mixes as I was before I started using them. I know how people scream bloody murder about peat, but many of my Echeveria have done the best in very peaty mixes, or straight peat. Go figure.

I think this might be a crassula perforata. It's just ... meh.

Edit- no, not perforata. Leaf shape and edges are different. Anyway....

It just never seems to grow at all, it just leans on the big rock, looking fried. It's from a heavily glued dish garden I bought for the Echeveria. It's all one piece, branching from just below the soil, but most of the etiolated stems and lower leaves are coated in glue. I'm thinking about beheading it.

Some of the haworthias.I threw 5 of them away last week.They never seemed to do anything ,just sat there looking ugly,so i dumped them...

Anything with glochids is on my blacklist. (At least indoors. I have no issues with them outdoors.)

Heh, glochids are banned from my house too...

I dislike Euphorbias, don't know why, they just do not appeal to me at all. Perhaps this is an unconscious protection mechanism, to keep me from collecting another genus...

And kwie, just goes to show how what works for one person doesn't work for another under different conditions!

Not a fan of jades, at all. I have this one pot that has resisted death, regardless of neglect. Anyone near me who wants it (North-ish NJ), you can have it or this will be its last season.

Pagan

Oh Pagan, someone's gotta want that. So many people love jades. I'm thinking of setting some of my least-wanteds by the mail boxes with a "free" sign and care instructions. Gotta make room for plants I like more.

All the Jades.

I think they are dull plants.

If nobody wants them they leave before winter. I need the room they make,

harry

Send them to me, Harry. I'll pay postage etc :) I'm in Ireland.

To balance the two jade-disliking posts, Fakechurchi's and Harry's, my least-favourite succulents are all those that are not jades !

Ok Marguerite; send me your adress and they are coming your way.

harry

Seriously, Harry? Brilliant ! Can you private message me here to set it up, and I can give you my email address?

Agree with all those who dislike crassula ovata- we can't get rid of them here in southern California, due to it being so common. Maybe a 200 dollar plant in the NE US is worth 30 here.

But there is more to a plant than its monetary value, surely? And I bet the unusual varieties don't grow in the hedges ! Unless you haven't spotted them, of course.

Yes, seriously. I'm glad to find anyone who wants them. It always bothers me to throw away something that is alive and healthy.

Harry

Harry, click on Marguerite's name by her post, then click "activity" in her profile, and there's a button that says "message" in the "activity" page. People have to set their profiles to accept instant messages, but she has done that. You might want to edit your message and remove your email once you get in touch.

Hope that works for you guys. I can't stand throwing out living things either- so my plants have more space in my apartment Thant dogs and I do. <rolling eyes>

"Kwie", thank you. It's done.

harry

Crassula ovata are indeed very common in southern California and grow into large bushes here. They make white flowers in January, which are kind of nice, and they are not bad as shrubs. I never heard of anyone paying money for them, however, since you can get free cuttings that people throw away. The one I had in Venice was about six feet tall.

You're welcome, Harry.

I was going to say jades too but was afraid I'd insult too many jade-lovers here. So it's good to see I'm not the only one. They are so common here in CA and are just an uninteresting plant. I agree with Lars above though--they are often large and look pretty when they bloom late winter I think it is.

I have to second Lars' opinion of some of the Kalanchois too. I know there are pretty ones, but they're outnumbered by so many uglies.

I will agree with Lars and Kwie on the kalanchoe. I only have two: a tomentosa which is kinda cute cuz it's fuzzy; and a marmorata ... so mehhhhhh.

Both came in a dish garden I bought for the echeveria lol

Mother of thousand. I neglect it and it's still doing fine. It looks like and grows like a weed

Jades and Kalanchois are really taking a beating in this thread, aren't they.

Kathi, when I read your post, I wondered how many ugly Kalanchois there were, so I Googled "ugly Kalanchoi," but what I got was anything but. You guys should Google this, and look through the photos. Wow. Here's a small sample from those results:

Can you imagine if I'd have Googled "Pretty Kalanchoi" instead?

how can they share a genus with Mother-of-Thousands?

Those are haworthias.

edit:

here are some "meh" (IMO) kalanchoe:

(Not mine, just pics culled from the interwebs lol)

Of course there's some unattractive species of every genus, but theres also really cool ones. Look up kalanchoe synsepala and K. rhombopilosa, K eriophylla, K luciae 'fantastic', to name a few.

Kwie, not only are those not even close to kalanchoe, those are VERY high end haworthias- some of the most expensive and rare ones that are sold for hundreds of dollars.

Yeah.... I'm really not a big Kalanchoe fan... I also tend not to like Sempervivums, Aeoniums, and a most Sedums (a lot of those are okay, though...).

Kwie, I think you misspelled Kalanchoe in your search. Don't know why that gave you Haworthia results, though.

Bunk's last kalanchoe is the one called bear claw right? The leaf shape is kind of interesting, if you look at it like that.

Those haworthias are gorgeous though.

I don't know what happened to my post. Haworthia is what I meant. Kathi said ugly Haworthias, and that's what I searched. I sometimes get the names mixed up. Haworthias I like (except a few); Kalanchoes I do not (except a few).