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Can someone identify this

Struggling with this succulent. Need to indentify it so I can learn more about it! Anyone know what it is?


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  • 8 years ago

    Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, maybe?

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Cotyledon orbiculata or crassula ovata. Plant is unhealthy.Exact id impossible.

  • 8 years ago

    Appears to be a succulent.


    If that pot has no drainage hole/tray attached, move the plant into a pot that does. See if you can put in a window that gets morning light.


    Reddit has r/whatsthisplant if you want an answer to your question.


    https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisplant/

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    It looks like leaves on top are sunburned - did you put it in strong sunlight without acclimatizing?

    Succulents have very similar basic needs: great drainage (mix and container); good light (should be acclimatized to sunlight); watering when mix is almost completely dry deep in the pot. You can't go wrong by supplying these without knowing the exact name...

  • 8 years ago

    Suezbell,


    Perhaps you don't know that here at GW / Houzz, we have Name That Plant forum for the same purpose.


    Or should I say last I knew it existed here..

  • 8 years ago

    I first want to say, don't get down on yourself. We have all burned one or more plants. I've burned a bunch. I started the beginning of this past season, with forgetting about three flats of plants in the back of my truck. It happens.


    Sorry, I wrote more than you asked. You can read the next sentences and stop if you'd prefer


    At first I was thinking Crassula cotyledonis-dubia, but it's leaves are too rounded


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    Your plants leaves have a point at the very tip. I think Stephan is correct with Cotyledonis orbiculata.


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    rina_Ontario,Canada is correct, acclimatization is the game. Seasons change slowly, so plant are evolved to have the amount light they get slowly given. The hardest outdoor spots to garden outside is a place that only gets a 2-3 hours of hot days sun. You might read about this plant only need 3-4 hours of sunlight a day. A plant only needing that much direct light will burn no matter how much you try to acclimatize it. Or you read your plant love hot sunny conditions. 2-3 of direct light is probably not enough. It too might burn, because it does ever acclimatize. Even without a name, it's hard to go wrong with a great spot of bright filtered light.


    Those burnt leaves are never going to get any better looking. The leaves that are more damaged than good are doing the plant no favours. You can easily cut them off. (Sharp snips work great, but you can use a pair of sharp scissors, a utility knife or a sharp non-serrated kitchen knife. Best practices is to clean the tool before hand.) For the leaves with less damage, it's your call. If you don't care if the leaf looks that way leave it. Sometimes the damage will continue, even out of the sun. They might just slow shrivel off. If they only have a little damage, you might be able to use those leaves as propagation cuttings.


    The advice I write is based on my experience. Every situation is different. In the end it's my opinion, so do with it what you want.


    Good luck & happy gardening!