Identification: ID: Indoor, Sub-Shrub, Succulent, No Flowers

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  1. DenverDave

    DenverDave Member

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    Greetings,

    I've googled my brain off looking up various Crassula and Sedum plants looking for a possible ID on this plant.

    It's an indoor non-flowering succulent with round waxy leaves that are green. The vascular stems are red and branch at each leaf. It's an indoor sub-shrub that has been alive and well in my family for 40+ years here in Colorado, USA.

    The plant produces long thin cone like projections that fade to yellow and eventually shrivel and die.

    The attached picture is a small trimming off of one of many rastafarian like vines of the larger plant. You can see one of the cone buds forming at the end.

    Thanks in advance for your knowledge.

    Dave in Denver
     

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    Peperomia.
     
  3. DenverDave

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    Thanks for the shove in the right direction Ron B!

    Now, what more information or characteristics do I have to use to narrow it down to a specific plant. Using descriptions and pictures from the net, I have a short list with my best guess at the top:

    Peperomia Glabella
    Peperomia Scandens
    Peperomia Obtusifolia
    Peperomia Magnoliifolia / Magnoliaefolia
    Peperomia Rotundifolia

    But I can't seem to find a classification cheat sheet that would allow me to differentiate the above, and many of the photos on the internet appear to be incorrectly labeled or don't have enough detail for me to distinguish them.

    I really appreciate the help. This plant is a legacy of sorts from my grandmother who has been gone many years now. All of her children have a cutting of it and many of her grandchildren (24 at last count) do too. It wasn't a big deal at the time, but during a recent get together one of us noted that the same plant has been alive for so many decades and several others noted that they had taken a cutting of it at various times and had one growing in their own homes. A pleasant living reminder of a wonderful woman.

    Thanks for the assistance.
     

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