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Posted By: Connie_d Mystery Succulents - May 26th, 2004 at 08:17 PM
I recently bought a couple of succulents, and I am wondering if anyone can tell me what they are.

Mystery Succulents

Thanks!
flw
Posted By: mich168 Re: Mystery Succulents - May 26th, 2004 at 08:34 PM
Middle one on bottom row -
looks like its a variety of Aloe Vera. There is a huge one, growing in the front yard of the house
I rent, and it looks like that one.

Bottom right- Jade, maybe?
Posted By: Bill Re: Mystery Succulents - May 26th, 2004 at 09:23 PM
The mystery succulent is a Coral Aloe (Aloe striata)
Mystery succulent #2 might be a Ghost Plant (Graptopetalum paraguayense)
Posted By: Connie_d Re: Mystery Succulents - May 26th, 2004 at 10:55 PM
Thank you Bill & Michele!

Coral Aloe and Ghost Plant it is. flw
Posted By: boxmonkey Re: Mystery Succulents - June 7th, 2004 at 12:26 AM
#2 is not a ghost plant.

I have a ghost plant, and I have #2 (I don't know what it's called either!), but they are different plants. Yes, the leaves are a similar shape FROM THE TOP, and they're the same color, but from the side, the ghost plant leaves are deeper and come to a point. I'll take pictures to show what I'm talking about.
Posted By: boxmonkey Re: Mystery Succulents - June 7th, 2004 at 12:43 AM
On second thought, your mystery plant MIGHT not be the same as mine, but it's definitely not a ghost plant. Check it out:

Baby ghost plant

Ghost plant

Ghost plant underside

Baby mystery plant

Baby mystery plant 2

Although the gost plant and the baby mystery plant look similar, the "adult" version of the plant I took the mystery plant from looks way different, with the wide leaves that go out and sort of scoop up, as opposed to the adult ghost plant where you can see that it sort of makes a rose shape.

More pictures of ghost plants
Posted By: boxmonkey Re: Mystery Succulents - June 7th, 2004 at 12:52 AM
The "adult" version of my mystery plant looked something like this
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