What is this smelly succulent?

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Mrs.Green
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Re: What is this smelly succulent?

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nachtkrabb wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:45 pm
Aeonium2003 wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:38 pm (...) I've noticed flies getting stuck to A. glutinosum :shock:. (...)
Tom in Tucson wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:24 pm (...) As to Dudleya viscida, it's not a terribly exciting member of the genus. One thing that could be considered annoying about it is it's tendency to collect a lot of wind-born debris on the leaves acting a lot like fly paper.
...Plants collecting flies...? Leaves acting like fly paper...? #-o Those aren't carnivorous plants, are they...?! :-k
Is that just a side effect or.....?
N.
Interesting thought..the question is why the leaves are ‘sticky’?
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