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This plant was given to me and I have had no luck finding out what it is! Any help would be appreciated!

Hey lizheaemma,
Welcome to The Garden Helpers Forum!!
Glad to have you on board!

That's a very spinally jade plant...
They are VERY easy to take care of!!!

Looks like where ever it was,
wasn't very good lighting....

I'm pretty sure some other gardeners will
be along to tell you more about the Jade plant.
and tell you how to take care of it!!!
So, stick around for some of the gardeners, they'll be along in no time!!!!

How many other plants do you have???

Weezie

What area are you in~in Canada?
We have several members from there,
flower, Lilyfreak, JAKE, Limey, Tamara, The_Duggler, a few more, I can't think of at this moment!!
Have fun here at the site,
we have lot's to see and post to............

Well I really don't think it's a Jade! It flowers on runners and drops plantlets! I have about 5 Jades and 75 house plants! Northern Ontario

oop sorry about the double post...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Sure looks like a JADE to me!!
Hang tight a bit!!
There's lot's of houseplant gardeners here.
Will Creed usually stops by every so many days.
Bill, Tom R's a good guesser, Boxmonkey,
Jiffy, Loz, Papito, Nikkal, anyone of them,
will be on their way through..
Maybe they can pin~point it for you better....

Weezie

Can you post pictures of your other Jade's????
Just curious..????

75 house plants, YIKES!! You have alot!!!
What all do you have>>????

Limey is from that area too!!

What do you mean it "it drops plantlets"???
The leaves fall off and they grow in the dirt???

Still looks and sounds like a Jade. Jades do flower under the right lighting conditions.

I'm not sure what you mean by drops plantlets, but you can easily grow jades from cuttings, so if a piece of your jade fell into the dirt it would possibly turn into another plant.

However the leaves of your plant look a lot thinner than those of any Jade I've seen...

Are the flowers white?
Does it look anything like this:

Boxmonkey,


Is that yours???

What do you do to achieve those results>>>????


Weezie

Actually this might be a member of the jade family but I don't think that this is Crassula argentea, I have a few of these will take pics later. I also have a trumpet jade!(Crassula portulacea)


He's just a little guy yet but one of my favorites!

As for the above plant it flowers on long runner type things 8 to 10" long and the flowers are pink once the flowers have finished it starts to grow tiny little leaf groupings 2 or 4 like you see on the mature plant, but then once they get to the size of about an inch this new plant( stem and couple of leaves falls) and starts it's own plant. These long runner type thing are great fun as they always go to the light source, if you turn the plant around do the flowers are away form the light they turn themselves around in less then an hour, it reminds me of the hand of a clock. The way that the flowers grow remind me of a strepto-carpella.
Thank your help is appreciated!

Stick around lizheaemma,
There'll be more gardeners through...

Those are some awesome plants you have!!!!

I'm pretty sure someone will be able
to tell you what you've got there.

We wouldn't mind hearing about some more
of your house plants...

Weezie

Oh ya, sorry!
What plants do I have?

Let's see
spider plants
a gang of african violets
a strepto-carpella
jades
christmas cactus (I didn't knkow that I shouldn't turn it what a great tip!)
wandering jerusalim (three types)
sweet potato vine
philadendrum
budist pine
coffee plant
bamboo
baby tears
bunch of cactus
ivy (common, devil's, lizzie and some others I can't think of the name of)
heather
umbrella plant
couple types of begonia
goldfish plant
petula
some herbs growing indoors (sage, lavender, rosemary, thyme)
a pepper plant
venus fly trap

and more that I can't remember the names of off hand! I get the plant book out and post back with more!

sorry about the spelling, not mt strong point!

asparagus fern....

Wow, that is alot of plants!!
Some of those I have never even heard of!!
They'll be in and out along the week.

We have alot of people looking for
house plant info, so don't be shy
about offering some info!!
We have some great people on that
subject here.

Stop by the new members area and
say hi to all of us!!

Look around the site and enjoy your
stay!

Weezie

Not to worry about the spelling
ours needs work too! We still understand!
We've oftened joked about needing
"spel chek" :rolleyes:

picture #4 looks like Crassula Fingers Jade plant.

Aw weez, I wish that jade I posted a picture of was mine alas it's just something I found on the web.

Yep! trumpet jade!(Crassula portulacea)
or Crassula Fingers!

wow looking back to the post with the trumpet jade i'v made it very confusing! to clarify i'm refering to the first pic that i posted and just posting a diffrent jade in this picture

i causing havoc already!

no you're not,
you're doing great!!
Weezie

this is Goldfish plant get orange goldfish flowers!
baby tears, one of my favorites
Jade older plant that was well underpotted but is comming back! Red plant, I don't kow what it is, but them again I haven't looked!
this is what I call an umbrella plant!

Just thought that i'd bombard you all with some pics! I hope that this is ok, are there rules about amount or size here?

I believe the plant you call an umbrella plant also goes by the name Schefflera!
This is just a pix to verify! http://www.adriandurban.com/product.cfm/iteID/185

Catlover

The one you called a red plant I believe is a croton....at least that is what I have and I.D. as! The pix I found has a lot of yellow in it but they are red as well.

http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/30507/
Does that look like it to you?

I don't know what your 1st mystery plant is though ....sorry!
Catlover

I, for one, love looking at your pictures - vicarious thrills you know! Someday, soon I hope, I'm going to get a digital camera - then I'll be in trouble.

I actually know a man who has a jade plant like the one boxmonkey posted, only this guy's is even bigger! It hasn't flowered yet, but I have my fingers crossed Lynne

100% on the last Id! This one? I'v seen this pic before and my plant is really similar and this might just be it but, my leaves are actually corkscrewed and they have this barb thing on the top of the leaves.. This also might be something that they grow out of your link is to a mature plant and mine isn't to old?

This is fun! Thanx guy's for all of the input so far!

Liz,

I agree that your mystery plant appears to be in the Crassula family. Below is a site that has photos of all the different Crassulas. Perhaps you can find yours there.

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/plants/Crassulaceae/Crassula.html

I think that I finally found it!
Crassula multicava
Here is a pic of one of the baby plants that I was talking about!

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