Its BEAUTIFUL!! I just love how red it is... Thanks for posting!

Fiery specimen you have there!

I don't know what the accepted name is, but I see on several sites erosula listed as a synonym,
which would imply that capitella is the primary species name.


Josh

Here's mine!

Do these turn green when the weather is nice, and when they're getting watered regularly? Or if you see a green one is that just how it is? Because I see these for sale sometimes but they're always just green with maybe a little red on the tips. I really like them when they're red, but if it was just green all the time I wouldn't like it enough to actually own one.

That's like a Shiraz, CI - it's splendidly red.

Xanthoria, yours is just beautiful too!!

Wally, I used to have one...sadly I no longer have it...long story short it died from root rot...but when I purchased mine it was all green...after I slowly acclimated it to full sun...several months later it turned that beautiful brilliant red!

Purchased in July...
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6 months later with full sun and some cooler weather in Winter
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Josh and all that is not related to 'Campfire' C. erosula is a subspecies of C. subacaulis (N.E Brown) Toelken Josh if you can quote me a reference that says otherwise please quote the reference and page number. the past 20 years there has been horrific name changes.The book was printed in 1985 edited by Leistner I am going to look elsewhere to see if the name is upheld. I was right the name is upheld, I did that from memory. Now I curious where did you get that misinformation. I have an idea who. Norma

Crassula capitella is what I wrote, which I prefaced with uncertainty.

One source of my "misinformation" was PlantFiles - Dave's Garden. Another was TheGardenPages.
Both say capitella, with erosula as a synonym.

As for "who" supplied this information...it was Google, and no other.


Josh

I no of only one person who tried to change this name and convince me and others that he was right.I contacted Gordon Rowley immediately to tell the truth in his book, there was no excuse for this as it is documented by Liestner, and the African Botanical Society it is a documented plant and brought to this country by Lillian True. It is a natural plant found in Africa. There are so many plants, documented, I don't understand why there is a need to make up names, stories regarding these plants. Just look it up. Every thing I post here I look up first in three different resources books.Sincerely Norma

Norma,

If you're trying to deliver up a foot-in-the-mouth moment, I think that moment is here.

Thanks, puglvr1. Amazing transformation. I might finally pick one of these up the next time I see one. Will these eventually become shrubby/treeish like a standard jade, or do they stay more trailing like the lovely pics in this thread seem to suggest?

Jeff we had this several times before since I'v been on this program. What you see posted is what size they will grow, when they flower that is the end of their cycle,don't cut back to with in three inches of the base until you see new green growth. then the cycle begins gain. I know very few standard shrubby type Crassula, ovata 'Jade' are only one species. There are approx 500 species w/ subspecies, forms, and varieties. Ech species of Crassula may 1-20 different forms or varities. This is a honest response. If you can't trust me just don't read my responses. Norma

That is a beautiful plant. I will say the name that I ordered. LOL but I will say I killed it, Maybe one day I will get another one.

This is mine in the pot in the back to the right,

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Nice pic, Marquest.

After several nearly incomprehensible posts, I'm more confused than ever...

What is the actual name for this plant???


Josh

It seems to me that Clematisintegrifolia had the right idea with Crassula 'Campfire'.

There is no common consensus whether it's C. capitella or C. erosula. Visually, it's certainly more like the latter, but that's not really proof of anything. And plants can be legitimately reclassified, so what was thought true 50 years ago isn't necessarily true today.

At this point you'd probably need a DNA comparison to settle the matter.

Thanks, Citosa!

Josh

I always pretty much neglect mine in summer barely watering it and then when the weather cools it turns brighter red. Mine hasn't been as green as the one puglvr posted since I bought it but I am curious to see how much it will green up with all this rain we have had. I just moved to a new place too and even though I have another south facing balcony it is covered so I am not sure how much sun I will have in summer.

Hopefully enough to keep all my succulents alive and happy but I'm not sure.

Josh I have no Idea of a name. I brought it as campfire, I do not get in the discussion of names because it is not my focus. I grow for fun and do not trade, I have friends that see a plant and want a piece so that is my extent of trading. It is my enjoyment not a job that every plant that I grow have to have to be identified and argured about. It would take the fun out of playing with my plants.

Oh, just to be clear, I wasn't asking you directly, Marquest.
Those second two lines in my post were for the general audience here...
I should have made that clearer. It's not really my desire to argue about names, either.
I guess it was my curiosity that got the better of me, especially after being lambasted.

My apologies for attempting to help the original poster.


Josh

I know Josh, I did not mean it to come across as it sounded.

I was just saying I was not one of the ones here that was real concerned with which name they wanted to call it presently. I call all my plants "Pretty". I have a job and naming plants and proving anybody wrong about a name is not one of my jobs. LOL

I used to work in Plant Records at a botanical garden. We took it very seriously but names are changing constantly and there is much confusion in the trade and even amongst botanists and horticulturists.

Looking at your plant makes me feel very warm on this frigid day. Beautiful!

Mike

Well I am sure glad I took that picture when I did. After sitting out in the 7 days of non stop rain and then being thrown in a bucket and dragged to my new apartment the poor plant is now more of a coppery orange color and lost a lot of stems.