Marguerite, we demand more photos! lol

Wow!!!! Margaret, it's absolutely beautiful!!! I love the red edge on the streaked leaves, but I also like the pale leaves in the top right. I would love to see the whole plant too, if you don't mind. Congrats on your new find :)

Thanks for the nice comments, both. I am bullying my son just now to take more pictures for me, I will have them shortly, I hope. I'm just looking for the photo I have of the other Crassula ovata variegata, it's much less colourful.

Nice now can't wait to see more. Try the nine month story

Could this be the same plant? It is obviously small and I know it is sometimes difficult to identify succulents before they mature a bit.

Nice jade Marguerite, long time next see :)

chefmonster, I'm not sure, but I think your plant is Crassula ovata ssp. obliqua variegata, the jade they call Tricolor jade.

Nomen, I always love your posts, they are intriguing. What is the nine month story, is it something American?

Chef, no that is not the same. You have the standard 'Tricolor.'

Josh

Thanks Josh and Marguerite! At least that's one more identified!

I'm sorry to ask, but I'm new and I don't understand. You have suggested that my plant might be Crassula ovata ssp. obliqua variegata. Your new jade is Crassula ovata variegata. Is it the "obliqua" distinction that makes them different plants? Thanks!

Stunning new plant, Marguerite! It looks a lot like the cutting I got from Christopher a couple months back. Mine is not quite as big as yours. I just absolutely love the color variegation.

The last picture you posted is interesting! What kind of light conditions is this one getting? You always have very interesting and unique jades.

-Erica

I don't blame you getting confused. Basically Crassula ovata, green or variegated, has oval shaped leaves, and was the original plant found in the wild. The ssp means that later plants appeared with oblique-shaped leaves (less oval typically and with a pointed tip) and therefore these were a sub-species of Crassula ovata. If the leaves of the original wild plants were oblique shaped and then ovate leaves began to appear, plants with those would be known as Crassula obliqua ssp. ovata The leaves on your plant are less oval and the leaves come to a point at the tip, hence they are oblique, and since your plant when variegated as it is also often shows red in the leaves, 'Tricolor' is added on after 'variegata' in that case, so everyone knows exactly what plant is being discussed.

Thank you, Eric, for the comment. Those two jades are standing side by side in a south window. The one with the white variegation is the one I wrote here once that I suspected of being a 'minor' type - it grows really slowly and the internodes are very short. I bought this latter jade from an eBay seller in Spain, and it had very little variegation at first - the summer light is obviously having an effect. My new plant I bought from France, from a nursery kindly recommended by Laurent on the forum, called Kuentz. I love the fact that there are so many lovely varieties of jade out there; finding them is always an adventure.

Thanks for that very clear explanation, marguerite. It helps a lot! There is sooooo much to learn.

Yes, thank you Marguerite. I'm always confused with the different variations add on top of that the names the stores give.

Awesome jade marguerite!

Thanks, Neil.

Marguerite, I was thinking the same thing about it being a compact version but the variegation looks a little different than I have seen. Someone listed one on eBay not too long ago not knowing how rare it was for $15! I had the highest bid until the last day and sadly I was camping while the auction ended and I was outbid :(.

I think unusual varieties are much easier to find outside of the US unfortunately. Here it seems like we rely mostly on collectors and enthusiasts to trade our unusual ones.

-Erica

Sadly Kuentz does not ship the the United States, either. I wanted to buy the 'Green Bird' and 'Red Horn Tree' that they have listed. They remain at the top of my "want" list for now!

-Erica

Marguerite- Wanted to ask you something...will post on another thread. please watch for it. thanks.

Marguerite, your new Jade is indeed Crassula ovata variegata, very similar to the larger one I have. Yes the smaller one I find intriguing, I don't know exactly what it is, but the variegation overall is different, and the leaves are more rounded. A nice plant indeed.

Christopher

Thanks, Christopher. You may recall it's the little one that came from Spain. The seller relisted it before he got any bid, mine. I was the sole bidder.. you can be lucky.

Thanks for pic follow up marguerite

Yes the nine month story is an American thing: Stage setting is an old town that originated prior to the American founding fathers The nine month story was told to me by my mom more than once:

Me: But mom do I have to ?

Mom: I carried you for nine months didn't I !!!

Unless I was already busy doing what ever it was she asked of me, or I'd hear...

Mom : Don't make me tell your father.

Who knows one day I may even find a spot for one or two after all I kind of like these jades with new names No hurry for me though, I'm still trying to straighten out a couple of them other ones.

Thanks, Nomen, for that interesting explanation. You wouldn't have to coax me, though. I love any excuse to show and talk about jades. That one in your picture looks a lot like mine, doesn't it? When you get your jade collection going it will be fun to see more of your photos.

I think Nomen's is the same as yours and the one I have, Marguerite...The yellow or albino branches I used to love, but now I know they take energy from the plant, as there is little or no chlorophyll, so I am not averse to removing them now.

Christopher

I actually prefer the variegated leaves, Christopher, to the yellow ones. Yes, I definitely think the plants are all the same.