Need help with IDs please

10 years ago

Are these two plants some type of Euphorbia? I'm new to this type of succulent. They look like cactus but are soft and not spiny, more rubbery feeling.

Another ID Please. Are the scaly spots on them normal? The plants look and feel healthy otherwise.

Is this some type of echeveria? I know the pots too big but I wanted to get it out of the soggy soil it came in and I didn't have a smaller pot.

Thanks for all your help! Rhonda

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garrett222
10 years ago
1 is a stapelia sp. Probably Stapelia gigantea

2 is a huernia, we won't know species until it flowers

3 Opuntia subulata, the spots are scale, which are a pest and should be dealt with by rubbing each one off with rubbing alcohol.

4. not sure exactly, best guess is pachyphytum hookeri
Rhonda
Original Author
10 years ago
The k Garrett! I wasn't even close on a y of the. :)
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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
10 years ago
Garrett is most likely correct on ID's, but last one may be sedeveria...
Rhonda
Original Author
10 years ago
Garrett,

First of all, sorry about my typo filled reply above, not sure that happened. Do all Stapelias and Huernias have the rotten smelling flowers? I sure hope not :) Since I just bought the Opuntia this week, so I think it might be wise to take it back to the vendor to make sure they understand that they're selling sick succulents.

Garrett and Rina,

I looked at pics of both pachyphytum hookeri and sedeveria and they both look alike to me:) I hope I get as good as you two in being able to recognize the slight variances. Thanks!

Rhonda
Nicholas C.
10 years ago
I think the second one may be Huernia schneideriana but as the others said you won't really know for sure until it flowers. As for the rotten smell, the Huernia aren't very bad, but the Stapelia I'd keep outside if it starts to flower.
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
10 years ago
My Huernia had many blooms, and all had very faint 'aroma'; out of 13 blooms one season, only 2 were strong enough to notice when just walking by. For others, I had to get closer to the bloom. Wasn't offensive at all.
Rhonda
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks everyone! I'll feel better about moving them inside the house, if needed, now that I know they may not stink it all up :)
Polypompholyx
10 years ago
The white spots on the Opuntia subulata look like areoles, to me, rather than scale. Or, maybe that is scale on the older part of the plant? Looks like the plant has been cut back a lot over the years.
Rhonda
Original Author
10 years ago
Poly,

I'll research areoles. I just bought the plant a week ago and it had the scales/spots when I bought it. I didn't know anything about the plant or whether it was diseased or cut back. I just loved the way it looks like one of those tall, floppy, waving balloon people in front of car dealerships. Lol