It is a jade, just extremely deprived of ideal sunlight. In lack of sunlight, succulents grow thin, weak, and widen their leaves in order to absorb as much of the small amount of the light they are given. If kept like this, the stems will become too weak to keep it alive.

Oh! The leaves are so long:(. It was bone dry as well. So, should those leaning leaves really be upright?

thank you for your help

I don't think it's a Jade, as in Crassula ovata, despite the superficial resemblance.

Going out on a limb, I'd guess Crassula nudicaulis var. platyphylla

Josh

Josh,

thanks for popping in:). I was just looking it saying to myself, "this can't be a jade." But I think you nailed it. Here is a photo of it I found online after googling the name you gave me:

Do you have any care tips? Should it be treated like a jade? I just removed it from the soil it came in and the roots are very close to rotted:(.

any advice you offer would be appreciated.

thank you

I very much could be wrong, as etiolated plants are often difficult to identify.

Heres a thread about an etiolated jade with pictures that IMO resemble your plant.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3597348/help-upside-down-jade-plant

Hi Garrett, you are right, that jade does look like my new plant. Thank you for posting the link.

It feels very much like a cross between a jade and sempervium (?). I dunno, as a person with a few jades, I get the sense that this is slightly different.

I'll give it time to recover and grow a bit , and reassess it. I will be sure to post an update once it gets big enough to show its real character!

thank you for your help:)

It's not etoliated, I don't think. That's how this plant looks....at least from the images I googled. Also, the stems are wrong for a Jade.

Josh

No matter what crassula it is, its definitely etiolated. The stem is different because of its etiolation. Now I'm not saying its a jade, as it very well could be platyphylla. IME a crassula platyphylla would have gotten a woody stem by that size and the leaves would be smaller. It doesn't make sense to me that the stem would thicken in etiolation as a platyphylla. It does make sense that it would become thinner as crassula ovata. I'll get a picture of my crassula platyphylla grown in partial sun tomorrow.

It is not etiolated. I just repotted it, and I assure you, it is not.

I agree with Josh; leaves are not as 'stiff' as Crassula ovata, and the stems are 'softer' looking - not as woody as C.o. has. To me, there is a visible difference between the plant in 'upside-down jade' thread and op's pic.

If in doubt copy & paste photos of 2 side by side. Or, I believe you have C.o? - set them side by side.

Yes, after taking it out for the repot, I was pretty sure it isn't a jade. The stems are very soft ; they feel like peperomia stems and leaves.

I think josh called it. The picture I pulled from online looks exactly like the picture I posted of my own plant.

Well, whatever it is, it's now was, because I managed to kill that plant in record time. The only thing left of it are stem cuttings that I have no idea how to root.

I stuck them in some dirt, had a very terse and decidedly one-sided conversation with them, and left them to think about what they want out of life.