You may be right about the cresting, but something about this reminds me of deformed leaves following a mealy attack. Is this plant pest free?

That'll be really cool if it turns out to be crested.

Josh

Yes it is pest free, it sits in the kitchen window. Its a small plant with only 2 branches. The leaves are not deformed just bunched very very tight in some small clusters. I am watching it close.

congratulations

Doug

Thank you I am really excited to see what this does.

Has anyone ever seen a Jade crest before? I have never heard of one so just wondering.

That first picture shows a cresting branch, or what appears to be one, but I too have never seen a crested Crassula ovata, and yours has leaves which indicate some sort of attack, either from outside or (IMO) within (some sort of pathogen) which causes the leaves/branches to distort. If you were asking me, I'd say not yet is it proven to be a cristate growth form, but that's only if you were asking me.

can you tell me what it is about the leaves that indicate an attack? It may have gotten a bit cold at times through the hard parts of winter right at the window.

i have only seen a picture. here it is. unfortunately it is not mine.

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The malformations of the leaves are an indicator to me - the leaves should be normal but the trunk would be crested, in a 'regular' crested plant.

JMTC

take a look at mine, it might be doin the same thing
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Well, not to rain further on your parade, because a crested Crassula ovata would be a prized plant, but that last posting, with the pictures of the monstrose growth on the C.o. 'Hobbit', looks to me like a virus that can either produce (1) a collected monstrosity, like Mammillaria bocasana 'Fred' or (2) it's something you don't want, like Aloe cancer (caused by a mite and highly infectious).

How would I find out? Over time? Should I quarantine the little bugger? It's funny because I bought him because of his little growth about 6 months ago. It was in Cali, in the way way back of the shelf. I couldn't even see it until I took about 5 other plants off the shelf. If it's contagious I def. want to deal with it though.