Jamie, gorgeous plants. Thistledown has some real beautys. I ended up ordering another batch, but less than the first order. He even sent a freebie. Don't forget to leave feedback on Gardenwatchdog.com. He's a really nice guy, very generous, and honest. Your hoyas are good-looking, too. All your plants are. The first looks like a variegated Haworthia. I bought a similar plant on Ebay, same colors, thinner leaves, it's called Aloe 'wansley' variegated..very tiny. I'll have to snap pics. Thanks for turning me on to Thistledown. Let me know how your Fukien Tea works out. HD usually has them available. Do you know if it's evergreen or decidious? I love your CC..It's a true red. Walmart here I come. lol. Actually, I'd like a variegated CC, but they're hard to find. One seller on Ebay is selling a variegated 'cutting' for, are you ready? 49.99!! Right, I'll take 10, lol. Kim, why does Pilea freak out your b/f??? lol..that's hysterical. I'd understand if it was a 'Man-Eating-Plant,' lol, but a Pilea??? I just bought a variegated Euphorbia 'paddle plant.' The green are okay, but this guy is veryyyy pretty. Toni

Oh boy! Spotted Haws are tough, with several diff species & then all the varieties & forms! Do you know for a fact all of these have columnar growth habits? Seems to be true from the pix, but hard to tell sometimes. Col #1: Might be H. coarctata var. tenuis or H. coarctata v. coarctata Col #2: not sure Col #3: Might be H. coarctata fa. chalwinii Check out these species for spotted types: coarctata, kingiana, minima, pumila, reinwardtii Sorry I can't be more definite for you. :(

Hello, sorry you have had probs with your plants, and I agree the terrarium did look lovely. I can see several problems however. One problem lies with the fact that some of the plants need different conditions, the Venus Fly Trap for instance. Also lack of light has made #1 & #5 very etiolated. As I don't grow many c&s (I concentrate on Crassulas aka Jades) I'm sure someone with greater knowledge will soon be here to help more ;) The spaghnum moss topping is a mistake as cacti need good drainage and if this was wet/moist it could have rotted the stems (ok for the Fly trap though) The Ph of the soil may be wrong as again Fly traps like an acidic soil and rain water with moist conditions and can even sit in a dish of water. Cacti/succs like fast draining soils and hate to sit in water or have moisture around them. The bowl also has no drainage holes despite a drainage layer at the bottom. It is such a shame when retailers sell collections of non compatible plants in the wrong type of container, but I guess it's just a ploy to get a sale. The individual plants would have been just fine if taken out and planted individually in their own specific mix and given the right conditions to thrive. I think the others will be salvageable, as I said just wait for some more answers. Gill UK This post was edited by greenclaws on Wed, Jan 21, 15 at 8:03

It's a cloudy day to get good photos, but here they are! This is an eastern exposure but it stays very bright since the window extends up about 14 feet giving the room lots of light. Photo 1: I only have a name for #2 in this set, Crassula ovata ssp. obliqua variegata "Tricolor Jade". (If you can name any of the others I'd appreciate it.) Picture 2: The first plant on the left in Echeveria Cubic Frost Crested "Elite". It is still recovering from being shipped to my home a week ago. I figure #2 is an aloe and #3 a jade, but I can't find #4. Close-up of #1 Photo 3: #1 Crassula tetragona "Mini Pine Tree", #2 Unknown, jade?, #3 Unknown, #4-5 Unknown, perhaps jade? Picture 4: Crassula ovata "Gollum" (This little guy got left out of the previous photo.) Photo 5: Except for the Aeonium garnet or velour, I don't have names for these. The large plant at 9 o'clock may be "Blue Chalk", but that's just a guess after some googling. I grew almost all of these plants from cuttings that I received on December 8, 2014. Considering how young they are, I think they're doing pretty well. I am having a lot of fun with this new hobby. :)