Very interesting, Nancy, It has a little of the appearance of Denethor but the leaves are a different shape. I hope you grabbed it, not someone else. I'd say it's really a find.

Hard to say, I would see how it develops. Might just be a few aberrant leaves, or something more. Time will tell.

Christopher

Margaret - the jade is home with me. I thought the same, that it slightly reminded me of the Denethor's ridges and will hold me over until I find the real thing.

Richard - I know, I know! I just told myself NO MORE plants unless they are VERY special or jades that I don't have yet. I passed on some TC's, it was tough....it was hard to see what color they wereand didn't want to end up with duplicates.

Christopher - At the store, I looked at the other pots of C. Ovatas and they all seemed normal looking, so I really hope my pot is different... yes, time will tell.

I probably will be repotting it tomorrow and will get a better look at it then.

Good buy. Yes, observe it and see what happens.

Josh

Denethor sprang to my mind also as I read your post just as it came in, the phone rang and I then forgot to post my thoughts, others obviously think the same Lol! Great minds and all that.

Are the ridged leaves springing from one branch or are they randomly placed? If they're from one branch it could well be the start of a 'sport' so it will be very interesting to see how it progresses. A further idea could be to detatch and re root that particular branch with those leaves. Let us know what you do and how the plant evolves please? Good find!

Gill UK

Exactly my thoughts, Gill. There is a something 'different' about it, Nancy. You just never know what you'll find, do you !

Margaret, just as I said above...great minds!

Gill UK

Nice find. Might cost more than that for therophylactic pest treatment.

ez

Thanks Josh!

Gill, I got some answers after unpotting and follows below. Thanks for all the enthusiasm, I will keep everyone afloat.

Margaret - My jade scanning eyes sure came in handy yesterday!

Ez- Thanks, just saw you comment. Sorry, what is that "therophylactic" or maybe "rophylactic" pest treatment?

There were 5 pieces of jade in the pot... only 1 piece is different and it's the largest one too :)

To compare the different piece (left) to a pile of the normal jades (right).

It's a very overcast day here... I wish I had better light to show its subtle differences.

I can't wait for new leaves to grow to see how it continues... I hope when it gets larger there will be a section of lighter variegation. I'd imagine the wholesaler took many cuttings from a "mother" jade, which would mean there are others out there in stores. I will be potting this different branch in it's own pot and the other 4 pieces together... well, that's the plan at the moment. Will get back to that in a few hours.

-Nancy

Nancy

That is quite different. I hope it turns out to be Denethor - or something similar and new. Great price for 5 plants with possibly 1 'special'. They look healthy, not what I see on clearance shelves. Should go shopping with you :)

Rina

Great news, it, and the rest look in good condition too. So no need to re-root as it was already a separate plant...even better eh? Please up date as and when, fantastic!

Gill UK

Splendid that it's rooted already. It will be fun to see how it grows.

Rina, Yes, that would be fun! I'd never have to look at a plant label ;)

Inventory quality varies, get them while they are new to the store otherwise expect dead leaves, some rot and bugs. I think I got lucky on this one.

Gill and Margaret - kept 90% of roots... just anything that didn't look right got trimmed.

A quick update...

Looking good there, hope it does well, should do with all those good roots. That pot, it must have holes in it.......surely it has? Or is there an inner pot, can't quite see? If it is double potted, don't let it sit in drain off whatever you do. It must have a hole already, it's got to have a hole, you wouldn't have used it without a hole, every pot should have a hole...........

Gill UK

I think these lines are because of hard water. Conductive tissue are clogged with minerals.

Oksana.

Ohh my goodness Gill, you made me laugh :) The pot, a gift came w/o a hole but I had my brother drill one for me. Only in nightmares would they not have a drainage hole.

Oksana, Interesting theory, but why is only one effected? Time will tell.

But the leaves look different in shape too, I think.

Large amounts of salt (of calcium?) can lead to changing the shape of the leaves. I assume that Denethor and my Dragon were formed by such way.

If they are watered pure soft water, they become pure species again.

Oksana.

Oksana, 'Denethor' won't smooth out with reduced salts.

Josh

Nancy, so glad to read it now has a you know what!

Gill UK

Josh

my 'Denethor' from Ben have grew smoothed leaves after watering with filtered soft water for 3 months. So I water it and my 'Dragon' with hard water lately.

Oksana.

What an interesting find, Nancy! How exciting.

I first thought 'Denethor' too but I don't think it is the same mutation. Many times they drop the lower leaves as it pushes out new growth and the bottoms look very bare. I have noticed they grow very tall before branching, but not always of course. I also think they have different leaf shapes. Yours is not quite a large and round as 'Denethor' but as always, culture can change the leaf features drastically.

When yours matures please do propagate to see if the mutation holds! I am very interested to see how this plant develops. This makes me want to check my BBS! I usually look over the regular jades!

-Erica

Thanks Erica! Nice to hear from you. I can't wait for it to grow and
eventually propagate it, I'm most curious what the leaves will produce.

I
do believe in the odds, all those stores with jades, there's got to be
many mutations hiding among them. I hope you find one too.

-Nancy