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Peperomia?

Yep, that's a Pepperomia obtusifolia. We use the term, "succulent" as though it refers to a discreet class of plants, but it doesn't. Pepperomia are quite succulent and drought tolerant, but i don't think anyone lumps them in with cacti, Euphorbia, Crassulaceae, mesembs, etc.. I don't think they're nearly as tolerant of sun exposure as the plants we think of as "succulents." Nice plant though. I have some. They don't need much except the occasional beheading as they get quite tall and lanky.

Kwie, have you ever propagated them from leave? I was thinking about trying this.

I tried to propagate this from one of my grandmother's plants a couple times but never succeeded. Seemed like it should be easy, though.

My daughter-in-law has this plant except it is variegated. I wasn't familiar with it so I had it identified on the houseplant forum. Without knowing anything about it, I decided to try propagating it. I was in African violet mode at the time, so I acted like it was a violet and stuck 2 leaves in my violet mix which is half commercial violet mix and half perlite. I didn't think anything was going to happen, but I kept the soil slightly damp and just let it sit. Five months later, I had a little shoot appear! It's been a year now and this is what it looks like.

Unfortunately, there is no variegation, but I still like it. The leaf in the foreground was one of the originals so you might see some variegation on it. Grow lights might make it happen sooner, but I don't use them. Patience is the key!

Peperomias also root extremely easily from a stem cutting with a node.

The houseplant people were surprised that I did it with leaves instead of a stem. That must be the more common way.

Hi Royals,

Nice job, beautiful P obtusifolia, looks very healthy.

I don't think lots of folks know some Peps can be started from leaves like AVs or some Begonias.

I've done it w/ P caperata (the one looking sort of like corrugated cardboard) & I think also tried w/ the Watermelon Pep.

I find it helpful to keep the container covered in the beginning, like in a clam shell type container (hinged like that).

Fun experimenting, good for you!

Kwie,

Lovely potful, dainty & great leaf pattern. I think that one may be called P prostrata. If I ever saw that locally, I'd scoop it up quick!

Thank you, Karen. Now that now that you mention it, I forgot that I put the pot in a plastic bag for a while. I think that when I realized that the 2 original leaves were well rooted, I took it out. If I'd known that stem cuttings were the way to go, I wouldn't have ever tried the leaves. Oh well. It was a new learning experience.

Very nice looking plant, Kwie. Such tiny leaves!

Meg

Karen, it's almost indestructible. I'd be happy to put some in an envelope for you. Cold weather might kill it, but I'll bet three days in an envelope wouldn't.

:-D

thanks for the ID. I'll make a note of it.