My collection is mostly of cacti but I gained a succulent leaf last summer - I'm not sure where it came from but I think it dropped off someone's plant at a show or something (I didn't steal it, honest!).
Anyway, I've managed to propagate from the leaf and a photo of the resulting plant is below. It is in a 55mm (2.25 inch) pot. I know it's a bit small at present but can anyone identify it, please? It appears to be in rude health on the windowsill of our temporary accommodation.
Succulent ID anyone please?
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Succulent ID anyone please?
Rod Smith
Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.
Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.
Re: Succulent ID anyone please?
Rod, it could be quite a few things, from echeveria to.... quite a few. maybe someone recognizes it 'from a scratch', but I think it might take a while, untill it grows bigger, hopefully flowers...
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Re: Succulent ID anyone please?
Possibly a Graptopetalum, it needs to get a little larger for a more accurate ID.
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Re: Succulent ID anyone please?
My first thought was something along the lines of Graptopetalum as Diane suggested, or possibly a Graptoveria hybrid.
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Re: Succulent ID anyone please?
Hi Rod,
I think it's most likely Graptopetalum mendozae. I had some for sale at last year's Worcester Show - that's probably where you got it.
I think it's most likely Graptopetalum mendozae. I had some for sale at last year's Worcester Show - that's probably where you got it.
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Re: Succulent ID anyone please?
Yes, thank you John - and thanks to all of you for your comments. I thought the source was probably the Worcester show as I remember potting the leaf in late summer and the show was in August, wasn't it. I did have a G. mendozae adult plant myself (probably from you, John) which I relinquished when we moved house, so this will replace it.John Foster wrote:Hi Rod,
I think it's most likely Graptopetalum mendozae. I had some for sale at last year's Worcester Show - that's probably where you got it.
Rod Smith
Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.
Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.