I fully expect to get what few I can guess at wrong, I am still aweful at the succulent name game. And am going with general genus, because again... not so good at this.

With that said, #4 maybe but probably not Titanopsis? #7 Haworthia, #10 Eschevaria?

*edited because my numbers were off, and was thinking #9 was a Crassula and going to go with it.

2. Huernia 3, Anancampseros 4. a Mesemb 7. a haworthia ? 8. Gasteria 9. crassula, 10. Echeveria

Harry

I can go no further than genus ID and recognize the haworthia, gasteria and echevaria.

My point is this: great shots!

Pagan

#1 - C. falcata?

#8 - could be aloe

3 is Anacampseros rufescens

4 is Pleiospilos

Is anyone else finding that some photos in some threads are not displaying properly lately? I just see black X for half of these photos....

Lots of good guesses. Genus is fine, but species is the next level up. I'll update this list with the answers as they are picked:

1. Crassula falcata (Rina - Good guess!)
2. Huernia zebrina (Harry)
3. Anacampseros telephiastrum variegata (Harry, Beth)
4. Pleiospilos simulans (Beth, Harry had Mesembs - This is a really big bud!)
5. - Huernia schneiderana (Nicholas)
6. -
7. Haworthia venosa subsp tessellata (Kim, Harry)
8. Aloe rauhii (Rina)
9. Faucaria felina (Nicholas)
10. Echeveria elegans (Kim, Harry, Crenda, Nicholas)

Many more to go!!

Pagan - Thanks! I think half the fun is taking/sharing the photos. =)

Golly, I thought #4 was some sort of sea creature! LOL

And since I am SO good at IDs, here's my 2 guesses.

#8 - Gasteraloe, maybe 'Green Ice'

#10 - Echeveria agavoides

Great pictures!!

Wow 5 is a haw? Shocked me. All mine have different looking flowers. Was going to guess one of the huernia or similar.

I could never guess species but I could see, as Crenda said. Gastric. Maybe aloe for 8 and 10 looks very echeveria. Is 9 a Faucaria bosschaena?

Nicholas - Edit: I didn't realize the numbers got mixed up on my phone! It's been corrected.

Good guess with Faucaria! It's not a bosschaena sadly, I'm hoping to eventually get one, one day.

Kim - You bet!

Just two left to go. =)

I have no idea about how to ID the buds, but I have to say ewwmayo, that these photographs are stunning! They remind me of entries in a Fine Art Photography contest!

Super fun puzzle (not going to try, know when I'm beyond my depth), and great photos of lovingly grown succulents (as per usual from mr. mayo).

Once all have been unmasked, I hope you'll show us full plant photos of the contestants.

Thanks Kevin, that makes me feel slightly better about the Haworthia :)

if 5 is not Huernia (looks really close to what my Huernia S buds look like) could I register a vote for Orbea? If it's not that then I'm out of Asclepiads that I know off the top of my head.

Sanjana - Thanks!

Nicholas - I put you down for 5. You nailed it.

Daniel - Sure thing, I'll include the full photos once they bloom!

Okay! A fun update on how some of these buds look now:

Huernia zebrina - two flowers open now.

Anacamperos retusa - this is actually a different plant from the A. rufescens posted above, but it's flowering as well! Flowers open late afternoon and closed in the evening.

Pleiospilos simulans - flower is about 3" diameter when fully open. Opens early evening and closes at night.

Bonus time lapse video: Taken over 7 hours today.

Aloe descoingsii - nobody actually guessed this one correctly. The flowers are very tiny and cute.

So that's the yellow jelly bean. That was making me crazy trying to figure it out. Beautiful flowers :)

Stunning time lapse video, now that IS a bonus!

Daniel

Thanks for following up and for the close up views nice work, it's always nice to see the rewards. By far I am not the best at bud ID'ing either but did have at least one (a couple) when you originated the thread.

Great video Kevin, thank you...

Btw, I had a chance to see Kevin's plants 'in real life' :) They are just beautiful. Compact, beautifully colored, extremely healthy and clean and very, very organized. Thank you for giving me chance to see them Kevin.

Nicholas - That Aloe was really a mystery to me how the flowers would end up turning out. It's sending up a second inflorescence as well, very happy about that.

Daniel - Thanks! I finally figured out how to turn off the display on my camera, which makes this much easier. Trying to do one for the Anacampseros, but for the life of me can't figure out when exactly they open (assuming I missed it) or how to get them to open every day.

Nomen - I'd be disappointed if you didn't manage to ID any at all, heh. Thanks.

Rina - Happy to have you over for a visit and appreciate the compliments! Also nice to have some proof that my succulents are actually grown nicely and it's not all photoshop/lighting trickery. =)

Definitely not trickery of any kind. Your plants look as good if not even better.

The jelly-bean buds look awesome and flowers too, would have not suspected it to be aloe.

Hope you post more when some other plants are budding.

Sorry I'm late to the game... number three is definitely a water marginal.... amirite...? :p ;0)

(I'm kidding....) I'm not good at names, but lately, my interest in succulents has been reawakened, and I see much merit in gathering a nice collection. I know some folks love prickly cactuses, but I just can't bring myself to house them... no offence to anyone...but it's a question of windowsill space and climate... now, if I move to a nice warm temperate zone, I might change my mind...

Great photos. Really impressive.

Welcome Alexandra from UK zone 8 .. Allow me to introduce you to Kevin from Ontario Canada zone 6a.

OMG I just realized that filling in zone info to a users name is usefull after all

Thanks to Rina I just noticed the video....... Amazing

nomen...haha...(about the zones - you know I always end up asking for it, so many post in past few days really required it...)