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Oct 1st, 2009 at 05:05 PM
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Hello everyone! So, I got this plant from the grocery store and thought I could just look it up to find the name, but I've searched and searched and as of yet, I still have no idea what it is. That's the problem with plants from the grocery store, they're never labeled, or if they are, incorrectly. And I really didn't think it would be this difficult to identify a plant.. so here it is... Or if that doesn't work, because I don't think it's going to, it's at http://img29.imageshack.us/i/s6300280.jpg/
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Welcome, Nicolen. I'm not sure about that plant. Are the leaves succulent, like a jade is? I can't quite tell from your picture. The plant looks healthy though so you are doing something right.
~Tina Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
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Yeah, it's definitely a succulent plant, and it is growing really nicely. The closest plant I have found pictures of that looks like it is Crassula tetragona http://images.google.ca/images?hl=e...arch+images&aq=f&oq=&start=0 but it's interesting because the leaves of my plant grow down, whereas that plant's leaves point up. And the stem of that plant looks more woody, and mine is all just green.
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Ok, I think it is a senecio radicans of some sort. If it begins to hang over the side of the pot.
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I don't know.. The leaves look really similar but I'm pretty sure it's not going to hang over the side as the stem is really strong and stiff and it's growing upright.
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You're right.. it's a Peperomia ferreyrae. And it's not a succulent, it's actually a tropical. Thank you very much
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Wow! Good call, Joclyn. At first glance, it looks like an Easter Lilly. This thread is great, I've learned a lot I didn't know. Tina, thanks for posting the senecio radicans suggestion, I love that family of plants, but didn't know botanical names of any before. Nicolen, I see that you also go by neconomad. I remember you from somewhere. Did you post by that tag in the past here?
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I missed the peperomia altogether and I have a few varieties of that myself.
~Tina Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
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I just assumed it was a succulent because it looks like one. I was looking up succulent species and I guess that explains why I couldn't find it.. lol I probably bought it labeled as a succulent, too. It's still weird to me though, why is it considered a tropical? It fits the definition of a succulent, storing water in its leaves and stem.. I have never used the name neconomad, on here or elsewhere...
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A tropical is so-called due to temperature or climate needs, not whether it is a succulent or not. There are tropical cacti and all kinds of things. Don't let it freeze or even get below 50* or so or it can be damaged is usually what the 'tropical' designation means.
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