Jade identity?
These all began as one tiny succulent plant that I bought at a succulent sale about 30 years ago.
Either I never knew what it was or I've forgotten - perhaps the tag was missing or had only the Latin name. For sure I would have remembered anything Tolkien-related!
The alien cup shape appealed to me and it has grown and propagated with very little care, always outdoors. (I'm in the California Monterey Bay area.) Temps even down into the upper 20s - low 30s have not killed it. I don't know that it has ever bloomed - certainly not in recent years. Not all of them are pictured; I have larger ones in bigger pots on both ends of the same bench, one of which is the original plant from decades ago. I haven't measured it but it's about 24" tall.
So far I haven't found it online. The closest I've come is Gollum or Hobbit, but it doesn't quite look like either one to me.
The leaves lose their cups as they mature. The leaves are shorter and fatter than Gollum, and the cups proportionally larger. Sometimes the cups have red rims.
They pretty much "prune" themselves, dropping clumps just begging to be put into pots. Hence the proliferation - most of the time I can't bear to discard them if they look healthy.
Help?
Franca
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Here is a sketch by Josh (greenman) that may help:
From a short article by Roy Mottram:
Other mutations appearing elsewhere have received names that are not related to the Tolkien characters, and names in current usage belonging to this Group (not necessarily distinct) include the following seven names:
'Convoluta'
'Coral'
'Red Coral'
'Gollum Dwarf''
'Ladyfingers'
'Red Hobbit'
'Skinny Fingers'
'Gollum Dwarf'' and 'Red Hobbit' are notable for the addition of red colouring, while 'Ladyfingers' and 'Skinny Fingers' have more slender leaves.
There are more 'names' - hard to tell if there is a lot of difference in plants...
Your plants are beautiful - trunks are so gnarly :)
ftvsurf thanked rina_Ontario,Canada 5a - 9 years ago
greenclaws UK, Zone 8a