Identification Help Needed

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by SandraFowler, Apr 17, 2007.

  1. SandraFowler

    SandraFowler Member

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    I was recently away in the United States for 14 months and when I returned I found most of my plants dead due to my husband not caring for them properly. Those that are still alive I would like to get healthy but to do that I'll have to know what they are. Some pictures are below.

    The succulent seems to be covered in some sort of scale insect and egg pods and has been obviously eaten at, I'll be eradicating the insects today.

    The third plant is growing in the pot of a huge jasmine plant I've got. I'm not sure if it's a weed but it's rather pretty to me.

    http://private.himi.org/~sandra/plant1.jpg
    http://private.himi.org/~sandra/plant2.jpg
    http://private.himi.org/~sandra/plant3.jpg

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  2. Liz

    Liz Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    I think the third one is a weed and is that colour because it is stressed for water. Not sure what but it looks familiar.

    The 2nd one looks like the succulent that grows on sand dunes and over rockeries with the purple daisy like flower. Give it water and it will be right.

    number one again looks familiar and may be what I have on the rockery. Does it have pink flowers on a longish stem.

    No one and 2 ,if that is what they are, are drought tolerant that is probably why they survived husbands ministrations :)

    Liz
     
  3. SandraFowler

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    I'm pretty sure the 2nd one won't be alright with just water, from a closer examination it's covered in Cottony Cushions, a noxious pest that has damaged it. Now I at least know what kind of bug I'm dealing with. But I'm very confident, it seems to have stood up to a lot.

    Number one hasn't had any flowers in the two years or so that we've had it. It was given to us by our landlord along with a dozen other plants that quickly died. The first two plants and a poor spider plant that has been quite eaten by my cats are the only three that survived. At least spider plants are tough!

    The third one, the weed, has seen PLENTY of water. Half of our jasmine died last year because of a lack of water and sun (the half under our deck roof died). We've started opening the mechanical roof every morning and it's coming back nicely. But since we've been heavily watering the jasmine, the weed has been drenched often and has been that color for months.
     
  4. Liz

    Liz Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Ok so the weed is probably not one and may be a self seeded something. Watch it and see what happens .

    The one that is the succulent type one with the dry branches just repot it it will survive. They do that woody stuff as they grow. You can easily make cutting from the green ends by just sticking them in good soil. I think the family is called Carpobrotus.

    http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2005/carpobrotus-glaucescens.html

    In fact they both look as tho a repot would do them the world of good.

    Liz
     
  5. TonyR

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    The third one is an Epilobium sp. -- either a common introduced weedy one that proliferates in plant pots, or a common native one E. billardierianum, almost as weedy and with no ornamental value.
     
  6. Chuck White

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    Plant nbr 2 IS a carpobrotus. Specifically a Carpobrotus edulis, or Hottentot Fig. The plant is often sold in garden centers as 'ice plant'. It prefers sandy, fast draining soil of low to moderate fertility and full sun for optimum growth.
     

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