Try again - Aeonium help please

9 years ago

If this double posts, I am not going to edit. I 'poofed' my last, longer post.

So I rooted this noid Aeonium head that a friend gave to me. It's the plant on the left -

I left it in the heat of summer too long and it lost its leaves. So I brought it into the house and it seemingly recovered.

However, it never grew any larger this winter. Here's a side view. You can see the head is growing on a very thin stem.

Can this plant be beheaded and will it accomplish anything good? Will that tiny head root and become a nice plant again? Will the stem sprout new heads?

I have had this happen before. The plant just kept declining and died.

Thanks for any input!

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Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

Like how an Echeveria stem can produce babies? Yep they can grow babies on their stems:). Just keep it rooted. As an experiment I tried just a piece of Aeonium stem. No roots no rosette, but it didn't grow anything.

I accidentally broke the rosette off of this one. Then it started makin tons of babies:).

This one had a flowering rosette. I cut the spent head, and it started growing this:).

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Nil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
9 years ago
I've had that happen and the plant slowly recovered.
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Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
9 years ago
That is so cute. I think if this was mine I would just leave it alone:).
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lmontestella
9 years ago
Crenda,

Do you know Aeoniums go dormant in the Summer heat (Ms. Florida!!!)? They close up their heads & pretty much shut down for the summer months.

I don't think it's worth mucking around w/ it now, maybe come the Fall?

I've given up growing them (indoors) for this reason.
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Crenda 10A SW FL
Original Author
9 years ago
Yes, I do know they don't like the summer heat. Unfortunately, I left them out too long last year. I guess it is too late to do anything this year. I am doing mealy inspection so I can bring them in soon. I've already had one week in the 90s, so there is no time to lose!

They came through the last summer alright. But this one doesn't look promising. I guess I see how they look next fall. Funny how one lost all the leaves quickly and the other didn't. Here's what they looked like in mid-June last year -

On the other hand, that little rosette is much better than what I had in June! Maybe mine will heal like Nil13's did.
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
9 years ago
Crenda I think your biggest problem is the humidity. If you could find a dry bubble to put these in you would be fine:). That moisture just gets caught in between all those leaves. So if it's constantly humid your doomed. Echeverias have the same issue I'm sure;).

It's funny how some things grow easily for others:). My Aeoniums I never give too much attention too. They grow just fine, but meallies do love them. So I have to watch out for that, but that's really it.
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Crenda 10A SW FL
Original Author
9 years ago
Kara you are right on Echies and Aeoniums. I have major difficulties with both. Black Prince does fine, but shaviana or the like have all succumbed in the heat and humidity.

They did seem to do better inside with the ceiling fans and AC. Heck, I do better inside during the summer, too! LOL

I was curious if a stem would sprout branches or heads if no other heads are present. Sort of like a Desert Rose or even a Jade plant that has been severely whacked.
Nil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Yes, if you dehead it it will send out new rosettes along the stem. This is what happens to the stem when it flowers and dies back. Depending on the plant they tend to cluster around the top.
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Crenda 10A SW FL
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you, everyone! Now I have an idea of what to do and expect. I wish I could have beheaded this past fall, before the heat started up again, but I needed to see if it would rebound on its own. So I'll keep it alive during the summer indoors and move on to prune this fall.

Thanks, again!