Senecio petraea (jacobsenii).

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:21 am

A first time flower for this one. I was pleasantly surprised by the flower's beautiful shade of orange.

Enjoy, CP.

DieTer-Xz · Post by **DieTer-Xz** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:18 pm

Nice one!

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:43 pm

Very ditto.!
harry

birdguy34 · Post by **birdguy34** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:18 pm

Is that the plant hanging down in the second pic?
Chris

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:28 pm

I like that one CP.

The Illustrated Handbook of Succulents calls it S. jacobsenii from Rowley.

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:18 pm

Nothing wrong with a nice orange flower

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:56 am

Yeah Chris, the plant is in a hanging pot, while the stems are quite pendulant, the flowers grow upright...

Here's a shot of the whole plant, dead leaves intact from when it got burned one extra hot day!.

CP

birdguy34 · Post by **birdguy34** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:00 pm

Thanks CP,
I see that plant for sell around here, but its always label "hanging jade plant" Crassula sp. and now after seeing the flowers know its true identity.
Chris

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:33 pm

One of my fav senecios. It tends to burn up here without a little afternoon shade.

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:10 pm

Tony wrote:One of my fav senecios. It tends to burn up here without a little afternoon shade.

Yeah it wasn't doing too bad, but I was away for a while, and we had a few days where the temps soared to around fourty outside the g/h, and this one started to cook... glad I got to it when I did. It now has a shadier spot. It's a learning curve.

CP