are you thinking of 'wondering jew' plant? (tradescantia)

No I have wondering jews. The leaves are definitely succulent. Maybe when it gets bigger I will be able to remember.

I didn't think it was it, but reminded me of tradescantia. So plant you have there is succulent? Hope you remember - now I want to know too :)

Oh rina okay. I see what you were saying. It dose have the colors of (tradescantia). I am looking at pics on google of some Echeverias that sort of look like this plant.

I picked up a lot of plants at a Lowes sale last month for 1.00. It might have been in that group. Some looked like they were half dead but I thought with some water and sun would bring them back to life. A lot of the plants were in combo pots and not marked with names so it could have been in that group. All of them have responded well.

marquest

Did you by any chance remembered the name of your plant? (Maybe I should give you more time, lol).

And maybe you can ID this one for me - very small leaves:

Rina

No one seems to know the name of my plant. I have posted it on three different forums.

I think your plant is Callisia repens Bolivia Jew.

marquest

Thank you for ID.

Has your plant grown? If you find out what it is, pls. post...Rina

It has grown but looks the same. I have googled until my fingers have gone numb. It is really a quest for me now. LOL If I find out I will post.

You might be right. It is young maybe when it gets bigger it will grow the hair. The leaves are still smooth and very thick.

I picked it up at a Lowes sale for 1.00 when they had one of those big sales of all their succulents for 1.00. They were almost dead but I have always been able to bring them back to life. The pot said Jade but I knew it was not a Jade.

Are you guys sure that's not a crassula...? some type of platyphylla?

Neil you could be right too. I used the common name "Jade" but the pot said crassula. But because most of the plants that I purchased at this Lowes fire sale the tags were wrong I assumed it was wrong. I think was the reason they were 1.00. The plants were mostly on their last leg, plants in pots with the wrong identification etc.

I can't stand wrong labels. It makes me insane!

Then you better get used to it, Neil. When folks selling plants don't know the right name for a plant, they make one up. I know I can trust a couple of local growers to have correct ID, but my favorite succulent purveyor falls into the former camp. You have to learn who to trust. After some verification, of course. ;-

Marquest, if the plant is not already fuzzy, it is Not Cyanotis somaliensis.

so harsh *sniff

LOL @neil.

Yes the big box stores are great at wrong labels.

I am strange most times I am not real concerned as long as I know the family so I know how to care for the plant exact names is not a deal breaker for me.

I am not a collector and I do not do a lot of trading. If someone see something and they want a piece I tell them I do not know the name but they are welcome to a piece of the plant. Succulents grow like weeds so you usually have lots to share.

Looks like a cross between a sempervivum or jovibarba and aloworthia (which is a cross of Haworthia and aloe).

This would of course be impossible, but that's what it reminds me of.

I'm not sure to understand. Are you searching the name of the plant on the first photo ? It's a Crassula capitella. There are many forms from dwarf to big.

My 1st thought was a form of Crassula alba (an unspotted one). Crassula capitella occurred to me as well (as Laurent suggested), but the leaves don't seem thick enough. As the leaves aren't spotted, it could be that. Both can have that slightly white edge to the leaves. Show us the flowers when it blooms! :D Then we might say for sure. Oh~Hi Aud woman! Nice to see you again. :)

Is this one of the spray painted ones? Is that the actual color of it? Could it just be very drought stressed so that's why the leaves seem thin? That leaf that looks like maybe it's not connected all the way on the right looks pretty thick to me?

Okay, 2nd thoughts...could be a Jovibarba, as laticauda suggested...maybe Jovibarba heuffelii. Can you see cilia on the edge of leaves?

I think it is capitella, just a small one. Or at least, that's the closest thing I've seen

Hi there Rosemarie. I wonder where my plant physic was hiding. The leaves are thick. It has the feeling of a crassula. I am trying to use a new camera because I seem to be having the worst luck with cameras.

I had a Nikon DSLR. I was robbed last yr and when I got the insurance money I picked up a Sony DSLR. Well I was in the garden last month and I put my camera down to pull some weeds and in comes a Hawk picked up my camera and flew away with that camera.

At this point I was afraid the Insurance company would prosecute me for fraud if I turned in that a bird flew away with another expensive camera. How do I call the police and tell them to arrest a bird for theft? LOL

Now I am trying to work with a much cheaper Fugi bridge camera that is crap even though it was not real cheap but cheap compared to what I was use to using.

That said. I will try to get a better pic tomorrow.

OMG I find that story to be horrific. I am not fond of crows at all. one destroyed some of my plants earlier this summer. I'd be quite upset if what happended with you happened to me.

i' am so sorry about that.

Hee hee, yes, here I am. I jump in every so often.

LOL, ha ha haaaaaaaaaa...oh, sorry. :/ But after the fact, it is funny. OMG on the bird taking your camera! I can just imagine what the insurance co would think!! Ha! Okay, waiting for another pic. Also, if you can see the hairs on leaf edge or not. Are there any markings on the leaf at all? (undersides, maybe?)

Yes I saw him pecking at it. But when I go out the birds are always following me around because they know I will be digging and they get good juicy worms. I thought once he realized it was not a worm he would move around until I dug one up. The Robins were patiently waiting. But nooooo not him he thought he had a big one.

Okay I took a lot of pics. I put different color backgrounds,

and The leaves are smooth no furry feel.

I still think it's one of the many forms of Crassula capitella

I agree with Laurent! :) Thanks for all the additional pix!

Rosemarie, Laurent, Thank you so much for helping me. When I was trying to take better pics I was thinking this looks like Crassula Campfire with purple leaves instead of red.

Just a heads up for anyone looking for a camera. Do not buy the Fugifilm bridge camera for the 300.00 you can do better with a cheap 100.00 cannon point and shoot.

Look what I found with your help.

Crassla Capitella Thysifora

Leaves
turn maroon if not over-watered. Spreads quickly. As with most ground
hugging crassulas, it deteriorates after flowering and young shoots soon
take the place of the older plants. - See more at:
http://kumbulanursery.co.za/plants/crassula-capitella-subsp-thyrsiflora#sthash.kclG21XB.dpuf

http://kumbulanursery.co.za/plants/crassula-capitella-subsp-thyrsiflora

Rina now I know why it looked familiar. It looked so much like my campfire but the purple through me off.

marquest, when you said "it's common" plant I thought you may be thinking of wondering jew (tradescantia) :). I wouldn't have recognize it anyway, I am not familiar with c. capitella...And being so purple. I like the color of it. Rina

Definately a crassula capitella. When it is stressed it will turn more red ( exposed to bright sun) I have some myself that isnt as red but im hoping it turns because I love the color!