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5 new babies :) Please help with IDs

10 years ago

The weather was perfect Wednesday evening after work so I took the long walk to the farmer's market ....exit work door, cross street, I'm there :) I picked up these 5 succulents for $4 each (4" pots). Sorry for the bad pics, I took them with my cell phone on the hood of my car in the parking lot. I was going to take some better pics today but it rained all day.

#1 - I was almost afraid to buy this cutie because of the velvety leaves. Most plants with this type of leave turn to mush in Florida's humidity. But, I trust the sellers since EVERY plant I have bought from them is grown by them here and they said this one will do fine. Is it Kalanchoe Tomentosa? I assume that my normal gritty mix will work for this as well.

#2 -This one is over a foot tall. Is it some type of jade?

#3 -This is my favorite! A little tree :) I searched and it appears to be a crassula ovata ....shrek's ear. Will it continue to grow in this form? I hope so.

#4 -Sorry, this one is really blurry, phone camera kept focusing on the building. Is it some type of sedum?

#5 -I have some very similar to this except the others have much larger leaves. I love this type of flowing plant!

Thanks all in advance!

Rhonda

Florida 9a

Comments (18)

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Kalanchoe tomentosa

    Portulcaria afra

    Crassula ovata (one of the finger jades, possibly skinny fingers or gollum)

    Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'

    Not really sure, possibly Sedum or Sedeveria?

    Edit: I see Russ was already on top of this :)

  • 10 years ago

    Well, I didn't have a clue about the sedum name, so we needed your input Nicholas.

    I'm north of Orlando, you must be down in the Miami area or WPB.

    Russ

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Sedum rupestre (or reflexum), could be 'Angelina' or 'Lemon ball' or 'Lemon coral'.

    Just noticed Nicholas already posted...

  • 10 years ago

    I wasn't even aware of the others Rina, besides I did the same thing.

    Russ, I'm on the other coast like a hour and a half south of Tampa.

  • 10 years ago

    Ah, the other coast. Pretty ritzy over there Nicholas!!

    Sarasota, Selby Botanic Garden, Naples, all beautiful. Good 'aroid country' over there, I've collected them for over 40 years, I just happen to like succulents too.

    Russ


  • 10 years ago

    Wow, thanks everyone for the IDs.

    Russ, thanks for the planter ideas. This may sound like a dumb question, but when you plant in such things as the concrete block, do you remove the plants and put in simple pots to bring inside when the temps get down in the 30s or is it safe in 9b to leave them outside all year? I'm up to 22 pretty good size pots outside that will have to come inside in the winter.

    Rina,

    I like the sound of Lemon Coral, I thought it looked a little like sea anemone.

    Nicholas,

    Have you picked up anything new at your flea market?

    Rhonda


  • 10 years ago

    Rhonda, if you have temps in the 30s you're probably better off with them in pots. That said, some interesting and different kinds of containers might not be any harder to bring in than a pot. I rarely see the old strawberry pots anymore, but they're available. The side-pockets would be great for tumbling-type succulents like the one in your last pic. That yellowish sedum would be cool planted in the top, overflowing the rim.

    I've seen ceramic busts, a face with an opening in the top of the head, planted with succulents similar to your sedum, where it looks like the 'person' is having a 'wild hair day'. The most original I've seen though is an old, stiff, high-top leather boot planted with succulents. And you could bring that in during winter as easily as a pot. Think outside the proverbial box.

    Russ

  • 10 years ago

    Rhonda, I did pick up a few recently. I stopped by and got these 3 last Thursday. I'm a terrible person and haven't repoted or ID'd them yet. I have an idea as to what they are and they do have tags, but his ID's are often wrong. That's ok though since everything is $2 regardless of rarity.

    This little guy I have the crinkle leaf versions of, and he's looking quite thirsty at the moment.

    This guy has a tag of Tiger Aloe but I'm not so sure about that, I think 'Tiger Aloe' has thicker, more plump leaves.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Nicholas,

    IIRC, Tiger aloe is common name for Aloe variegata, aka Partridge breast. And you are right, it has fleshy leaves and upright grow habit.

  • 10 years ago

    Thanks Rina :) I'll have to look into other possible IDs for that guy then.

  • 10 years ago

    Nicholas, do you have an ID for the green plant in your top pic? It looks like a crassula ovata type but maybe a monadenium. If you don't have an ID, please post a side-view pic.

    On your two miniature aloes, there are so many on the market now and many are very similar from different hybridizers. I think I have the one in your bottom pic, I'll see if I have a label for it. You might Google 'miniature aloes' in Images and see if you can find some with names that looks like your two plants.

    Hybridizers of minis are Kelly Griffin, Dick Wright, Karen Zimmerman, Tim Harvey, Ed Hummel and Robert Grimm. If you Google some of these names you can see some of their hybrids, you'll marvel at the brilliant colors in some of their crosses.

    Check out this Karen Zimmerman hybrid, I've gotta find one of these.... http://huntingtonblogs.org/2015/03/fantasy-hybrid-aloes/

    Russ

  • 10 years ago

    Thanks Russ. Are you talking about the flower or the background on the profile? The flower belongs to Echeveria 'Blue Prince' and the background image is a Crassula ovata.

  • 10 years ago

    Nicholas, I don't see a flower in the 3 pics you posted. I was just inquiring about the ID of the green plant in the top photo, it looks like a regular jade that's very dry, but your comment about crinkle leaf versions made me wonder. So I thought maybe it was a monadenium. Not a big deal.

    I like that gray aloe in the middle pic, what's the name? I can't read the label.

    Russ

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Sorry Russ, I'm a bit slow today. For some reason I thought you meant my profile picture. I don't really have any IDs for these ones yet. The top one looks very close to Adromischus cristatus but without crinkled leaves. I can only assume it's from the same genus.

    The Aloe you're talking about is just labeled 'Aloe Liliaceae' which doesn't make much sense. Someone had just posted pictures of what I believe is the same plant but I can't seem to find the thread and I'm terrible about writing stuff down. So now I have to try to ID it myself.

  • 10 years ago

    Nicholas, aloes used to be in the family Lilaceae, now it's assigned to a name I can't even pronounce much less spell.

    The lighter colored aloe in your 3rd pic might be Lizard Lips.

    Russ

  • 10 years ago

    Nicholas

    Love the plants, especially the aloes. $2 is awesome!

    Rhonda


  • 10 years ago

    Russ, that's why the tag didn't make sense to me. The amazing person that's sells these said he uses books that he's had for years to ID them. My only guess is that he confused family with species. Lizard Lips is a good candidate for #3.

    Thank you Rhonda!