Identification: Asparagus fern? + Succulent?

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  1. stakey

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    SOLVED: Asparagus fern + Succulent?

    Hi! I've had this beautiful plant for several years, which I believe to be an asparagus fern, but it does not look like any that I've seen elsewhere. Is it, perhaps, a variety? It has much thinner needles than the common asparagus fern, and I've never seen it flower.

    http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/2110/digitalcamera0049tc.jpg


    I also have an interesting plant growing outside my house. It appears to be a succulent, and has bright yellow flowers.

    http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8557/digitalcamera2012ku.jpg
     
    stakey, Oct 22, 2005
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  2. Junglekeeper

    Junglekeeper Esteemed Contributor 10 Years

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    The first plant is Asparagus retrofractus, Ming Fern.
     
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    Wow, I had no idea! Thanks so much!!!
     
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  4. Eric La Fountaine

    Eric La Fountaine Contributor Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Second one looks like common purslane.
     
    Eric La Fountaine, Oct 22, 2005
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    Thank you both SO much! I hope to get to work on propagation now! (=
     
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