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Graptopetalum? IDs

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

Many thanks to Deva for so generously sending me these cuttings early in the summer. Now that they're growing compact for me I thought it's finally time to figure out what they are.

Here are my guesses?

1. Top Middle (purplish): Graptoveria 'Opalina' or 'Debbie'

2. Middle Middle (greenish): Graptopetalum paraguayense

3. Bottom Middle (yellowish): Graptopetalum paraguayense bernalense

I'm the worst at identifying these! Thanks for the help. =)

Comments (12)

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    1. not Debbie (has rounder leaves and has 'never' that color - in full sun more rose; in less sun more green)

    2. yup

    3. to small to say

    Harry

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  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Kevin

    Can't say anything different, but have a question: are you 'experimenting' with growing hardy ones indoors? (the 3 plants I can see just left of the grapto on top)? Just wondering...I see some nice plantlets rooted from leaves of tomentosa :)

  • 10 years ago

    I have newly purchased g. Debbie and g. Opalina that I can take a picture of side-by-side for comparisons. Will post after cafe au lait kicks in. :)

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  • 10 years ago

    # 1 is not Opalina, which has much longer and more pointed leaves, looks closer to Debbi, but I don't think it is that either...

    #2 Agreed

    #3 hard to say at that size...


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  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Awesome, thanks for the input so far! It's pretty exciting to finally 'have' Graptopetalum in my collection.

    I figured #3 was still too small. In many months I'll have to ask about that one again.

    Rina - You have a very good eye. The four plants up top in a combo pot are all cold hardy. Bit ashamed to admit that I took just one piece of each from a very large bed (5x30ft long) at a community center I was at. I'm going to be growing them over the winter and see how they do indoors.

    The Kalanchoe tomentosa also came from Deva. Tomentosa get a little big for my liking, but I hope I can keep one small enough and still get it to flower. Long term goals!

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Kevin

    Hope you'll remember to post about how the hardy ones do indoors...I have every one of them, but leaving all outdoors 'cause of lack of space (but could, possibly, squeeze in just 1 square pot to experiment :) Just in case you don't have ID, the low rosette is S. kamschaticum, blooms are yellow. I believe you know other ones.

    Tomentosa gets long stems, but you have very good lighting (couple I have grew long stalks outdoors even under full sun).

  • 10 years ago

    Didn't know you were looking for Graptos, could have sent you some!

  • 10 years ago

    Leslie - Thanks very much! Can't think of a better comparison between 'Debbie' and 'Opalina'. =)

    Rina - Sure thing, will keep you posted on how they do. I appreciate the ID since I didn't have it. The left one I believe is Sedum angelina, at least that is what I was hoping.

    Beth - I wasn't looking for Graptos! They were sent as bonus plants, haha. Now that they are growing so nicely I might as well try to get them to flower...

    Here's another picture under different light now that it's daytime again. Even though #2 on the right is now confirmed, I thought I would include it as a reference.

  • 10 years ago

    One question...as mentioned from Rina, the tomentosa, how did you go about the propagation of that? I have lots of the leaves but I've not been able to see any growth. I was wondering if you have any pictures of the leaves? Thanks

  • 10 years ago

    Heather - I just mentioned leaf propagation on your K. tomentosa thread...

  • 10 years ago

    Heather - When I received the leaves, I just laid them on top of some sifted perlite. Some of the existing plantlets struggled a bit since they were slightly damaged in the mail. But the new ones came along just fine.

    Once they got a bit bigger, I transferred into my normal mix. The leaves looked like they were just broken off in no special way.