West-central Arizona succulent

tumamoc · Post by **tumamoc** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:14 pm

Does anybody know what this succulent is? I saw hundreds of them blooming south of Bagdad, AZ this past June. It was quite a show. Sorry, I have no close-ups of the plant itself.

Post by **daiv** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:13 pm

Looks like a Dudleya of some sort, but I'm no expert on non-cacti succulents.

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:11 am

I agree with Daiv, bit I didn't know that they grew that far east. Definitely a dudleya or echeveria. Dudleyas generally grow closer to the Pacific coast in California and Baja. We have one species that grows in the inland Southern California canyons, I've never seen it in bloom.

Buck

Dominique · Post by **Dominique** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:00 pm

I can't help on this because here they grow only in pots, but thank you for such great pictures !

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:22 am

This is Dudleya saxosa ssp collomiae. Kelly Griffin, who knows as much about Dudleya as anyone has confirmed this ID.

Buck

Post by **daiv** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:02 pm

Hey how about that! I picked the correct genus.