succulents ID

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  1. chemicalx

    chemicalx Active Member

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    The plant in the 3rd picture was originally a bright pale green, but has been tinged with red as shown for a while now. Not sure if this means it's unhealthy...?

    The 4th one I'm pretty sure is a Scilla violacea - confirm please?
     

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  2. Lila Pereszke

    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    1. Graptopetalum paraguayense
    2. Echeveria sp.
    3. Hatiora salicornioides
    4. YES... Scilla violacea (syn. Ledebouria socialis) :)
     
  3. chemicalx

    chemicalx Active Member

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    Excellent - thank you, Lila!

    For the Echeveria, I looked at some pictures, and the best candidates I could find for the variety was E. pulidonis, or maybe E. derenbergii. But I noticed that all of the Echeveria pictures showed very smooth edged leaves. Mine has very small teeth/spines along the very edges of each leaf - probably not very easy to tell from the picture on the computer screen. Do you think this would still be an Echeveria, or might it be something else?
     
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    nice group of plants!

    yes, you can see the teeth in the pics - they don't go all the way around the edges of the leaves, it seems.

    it could be an echeveria. or it could be a cross of echeveria with some type of aloe or a even sempervivum. i'm going to keep track of this thread to see if anyone CAN id it...i really like and would love to add it to my collection!
     
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    I hesitate to disagree with Lila, but I think number 2 is Aeonium haworthii, not an Echeveria.
     
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    A. haworthii looks like a match - found some images showing the leaves with teeth like mine.

    Thanks so much!
     
  7. Lila Pereszke

    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Oops, you are rigth!!! :)
     
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    i didn't notice the 'trunk' at first...

    good catch, cactologist!!
     

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