Great by-line...'I'll be back!'

I apologise for the quality of the pictures, but this is a tiny plantlet grown from a strangely shaped Gollum leaf - more a little nub than a leaf - growing on its own from the side of a stem; it is still very small and hard to 'get at' for photos. Because it is all little green hoods with red linings, I call it Elf. All the leaves are the same.

I said I'd be back! Here are just a few grown from leaves I've collected over the years. Some plants are several years old as you will see by their size, while others are only a year old. All of the following pictures were taken today.

These were started in September 2014. Some leaves will grow more than one head. All were rooted at the same time and yet there is size variation.

These are difficult for me to start from leaves and are equally slow growing. This cluster is from a single leaf started two or three years ago. There is a single head just to the left started at the same time.

I was able to grow five of these. This one is about three years old; also a slow grower!

This is one of my pride and joys. It is found in the Mexican State of Chihuahua. I was able to root four leaves six or seven years ago. Three of them produced double heads and all have gone on to produce several offsets. Only one grew a single head which was larger that all the others.

This is my "weed" Echeveria. It is very slow growing but I have it everywhere because the small leaflets on the inflorescence drop off easily and grow a new head. These are several years old and have been flowering for the past year or more. Needless to say, I have a major surplus of these!

This has become a real gem, IMHO. The beautiful red highlights just make this rosette pop. Started June 2014.

Finally, new on the scene this year comes another Renee O'Connell hybrid. Many of you have it and as you may know, the leaves root quickly and develop into nice plants just a fast. This multi-headed beauty was started this summer. I also have several single and multi-headed plants at various sizes.

Outstanding! Y'all give me hope for more success in the future!

Very nice everyone!

the colour on that 'Aphrodite' is beautiful, I have one under lights that doesn't even show a bit of red...

marguerite, your elf is intriguing-perhaps a sport of your own-nice.

My favourite, but I'll have to find something more recent that's around here somewhere.

Echeveria overload...Isn't there a page for that? Don't know why, just not my fave, but very popular here.

Christopher

I have a few little leaflets that have sprouted. They're probably only a couple months old.

Such cute little babies!

Christopher, it's a good thing I didn't post any, or you might have spewed, eh?

excellent thread, thanks Christopher!

My first ever leaf propagation, crassula ovata cv. "boring" ;)

Really fun to watch this happen though, 3 pictures spread over it's short life to date.

Daniel