Please help me ID these succulents; caring tips needed
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Help with succulent ID and propagation tips please! (pics)
Comments (5)Am guessing on the last two, the 1st some kind of Rhipsalis, the 2nd some kind of Epiphyte. I'd suggest the pots for the last 2 are rather too big (tho' I see you got this nice, chunky mix which is likely to be fast draining). Pls. excuse me for not wanting to repeat all the tips for Holiday Cacti (both Thanksgiving & Xmas). Pls. search around here for the posts which include a link to "Holiday Cacti", the excellent link which is so often provided here. They explain care & culture better than I could. As to the Jades above, other than feeling like your BIL should not have watered in new cuttings, I'd leave the rest of that to others as well. Just pls. do a search on Jades or Crassula ovata in the meantime, as there are mountains of info. on this posted right here. My short answer on the Jades is since he watered them in, I would NOT water them AT ALL until I saw new growth, but perhaps others will feel differently. Good luck w/ them all!...See MoreSucculent ID and care tips, please?
Comments (1)It looks like Echeveria agavoides. It does need more light - in first photo, it is already stretching (etiolating). Plant should stay more compact, as is in your summer photos. You need to figure out how to give it more light. Opening the blinds will help. Is there anything obstructing the window (trees, another building...) While old leaves will shrivel and eventually fall off, but the yellowing I see in the photo could be sign of overwatering. It is not because of size of the pot. How often do you water it and how much? It is best to repot plants into fast draining mix soon after getting them. They are most likely in very peaty potting soil, and the peat usually stays wet for too long. When watering, water should run out freely from the drainage hole of the pot. But if peat dries up too much, it becomes hydrophobic - it repels water. See if the plant with all the soil slips out of the pot easy - if so, take a photo & post....See MoreSucculent ID and care tips
Comments (3)Droopy leaves, skinny and long stems and leaves far apart = all are signs of etiolation. They are also turning/leaning all in same direction - toward source of light. Your plant needs more light....See MoreNeed ID help and care tips for these succulents
Comments (23)@Karen & Rina: Thanks, ladies! I knew that Portulaca didn't look quite right, but could not recall Portulacaria . @Maria Elena: "So you believe 7, 8, and 9 all to be stapelias? You said #9 was neither of the above. I was told everything in 7 were different huernias, including zebrina. 8 and 9 are obviously the same type of succulent in terms of form, but different variations. " No, afraid you misunderstood, m'dear. In taxonomy (a classification system for living organisms), Tribe refers to the rank/level of classification below Subfamily and preceding Genus. Stapelia, Huernia, and Orbea are all genus names. The Family to which all three belong is the Family Apocynaceae, Subfamily Asclepiadoideae, and Tribe Stapeliae. So whatever those plants are with regards to Genus, they are all members of the Tribe Stapeliae. Without flowers, as I mentioned, no solid ID can be forthcoming. However, if going strictly by the vegetative growth, then the plants in 7 are Huernia. I would have thought all three pots in that photo were the same species or hybrids....See MoreHawObsession VN
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