Help with I.D.

Cacti Kid · Post by **Cacti Kid** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:25 pm

Can anyone help me name these plants?
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j221/ ... 0_1397.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j221/ ... 0_1398.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j221/ ... 0_1399.jpg
Im interested in the first one the most.
Thanks

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:01 pm

the second one is an Euphorbia

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:59 pm

1. i think a Crassula
2. Looks a Monadenium ritchei (corked)
3. front: ?Graptopetalum rubra?
middle: Sedum pachyphyllum
back; Pachyphytum glauca
greets Harry

Cacti Kid · Post by **Cacti Kid** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:32 pm

Thanks...
No idea what kind of crassula? Ive been looking around trying to identify that plant forever and havent found anything. I got it at walmart in one of those little 1/2 inch clay pots. I didnt think it would be anything spectacular but to my suprise it grew into a plant I am now very fond of. I would like to put a name to it, but I guess its not that important.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:41 pm

hi Cacti Kid

I wonder if that Crassula might be a cultivar of the more common jade plant? Or perhaps a hybrid. It has much about it that resonates with Crassula ovata (argentea)....

peterb

templegatejohn · Post by **templegatejohn** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:41 am

The second one looks like Euphorbia bupleurifolia to me.

John

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:12 pm

Yes, that's better. Harry

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:02 pm

All,

I just looked at the three E. bupleurifolia in my collection and none of the leaves have serrated edges. In addition, the leaves on Cacti Kid's plant look too fleshy to me for that ID. It may well be a Euphorbia, but I don't know which.

I think that plant number one (1397) may be an Aeonium. Has it ever bloomed for you Cacti? There are so many similar looking plants in the Aeonium/Crassula/Echeveria groups, that it is very difficult to pin some of them down. This is a very attractive plant and a treasure for you.

Dominique · Post by **Dominique** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:23 pm

For the first one, I agree with Buck. There is a remarkable new website on aeonium if you want to look at the pictures :
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/aeonium/h ... tegory.php

Cacti Kid · Post by **Cacti Kid** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:48 pm

Here is another picture if it helps any.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j221/ ... 0_1402.jpg
The second one is a cutting I got from a plant that was labled euphorbia something, but I didnt write it down and dont remember what it was. Thanks for everyones help trying to identify my crassula/ aeonium, your all a smart bunch and im sure we will figure it out.

Cacti Kid · Post by **Cacti Kid** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:12 pm

Ooh...I should have looked at that website before I posted that last reply. I cant read any of it but Im between glutinosum, volkeri and decorum. Im leaning a bit more towards decorum myself, what does everyone else think? Thanks alot for that website Dominique, I think this mistery is coming to a close thanks to you. Also, what kind of rest should this plant get? should the leaves drop or do they stay on?
I didnt give it a rest last year because I didnt know what it needed. And I havent seen flowers yet Buck, probly because no rest.

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:32 pm

Cacti,

They are intermittant bloomers at best. Here's a pic from that site that comes very close. It is as you suspect A. decorum.

Here in California, they grow best in spring and fall. Summer's too hot and winter's too cold. Some other midwest enthusiasts can give you a better idea. They will not survive the cold there, outdoors. A nice southern facing window would do.

You need to be careful regarding overwatering. The trunk of the shrub that you have should be more stout. The color is very interesting, semi-dormant. The new growth will be a little more green when it is very happily growing.