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[CactusChris]

A couple for the crassulaceae experts please:

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Best regards

Chris

[iann]

It sure looks like a Dudleya. How about D. edulis? Have you ever seen flowers?

[CactusChris]

Hi Ian,
There are two plants there - they are similar but different species I think. I do not think they are D. edulis - the leaves are the wrong shape as far as I can see.

Thanks for the suggestion - I need a few more......

Best regards

Chris

[Rob]

the second one looks like one I have as "D.sp ex van keppel". I show a picture of it in one of my talks and was given a name for it which I couldnt write down at the time and cant remember for certain! I think it was laxiflora or something similar with that sort of meaning - it has long 'lax' flower stems.

[Apicra]

Hi, I'm back after Christmas, a little older and a little fatter!

You are asking a lot, to identify Dudleyas without habitat data, flowers or a view of their stem branching pattern! Some people think there are over 60 species and they intergrade as much as Haworthias. I like them. However, few are in UK cultivation. While not the same clones, your plants look similar and both are consistent with the coastal D. farinosa, widespread from San Francisco to Monterey. The book to help you is the quirky Dudleya Handbook by Paul Thomson.

They are not D. edulis - this has more, thinner leaves. D. laxiflora is not a published name.

BTW: Dudleyas are winter-growing plants and need lots of watering now.

Best wishes,
Derek Tribble,
London, UK

[CactusChris]

Thanks Derek, they are getting some water now. I wanted a name to put to the cuttings in the sales tray - I'll look up the description of farinosa.

Best regards

Chris