Another ID please... :P

JayJay04 · Post by **JayJay04** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:44 am

My grandfather found this poking out of someones fence over the path, so he grabbed a bit for me, anyone know it's name.... ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayjay04/164041925/

DieTer-Xz · Post by **DieTer-Xz** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:09 am

Echeveria, but the taxonomy of the more "common" species is a mess.

perrycornish · Post by **perrycornish** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:35 pm

Die Ter-Xz said

Echeveria, but the taxonomy of the more "common" species is a mess.

I agree it is, mine like this is labelled E. pulidonis

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:49 pm

I would have called it E. pumila. Not ssp glauca, just pumila. A little more pointy that the ones that we've sold over the years, but the basic leaf shape and color are right. Probably a hybrid as so many echeverias are.

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:24 pm

How come you are so sure it is not another Aeonium? The A.haworthii I have seen on pictures just looks the same to me.

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:36 pm

I agree with Buck!
Ruth, I guess grown under certain conditions A. haworthii and E. pumila can look very similar. I think though that leaves on the A. haworthii are minutely "toothed" along the margins, whereas the leaves on this plant appear quite smooth.
E. pumila, glauca, and elegans are probably the most commonly grown succulents here in Tas. Definitely not pulidonis...

I don't have E pumila, but here's my pulidonis...

Cheers, CP

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:22 pm

....and if I look at this, the leaves of the Echeveria seem to be much thicker as the Aeonium-leaves. That true?

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:51 pm

Ruth asked...

....and if I look at this, the leaves of the Echeveria seem to be much thicker as the Aeonium-leaves. That true?

In my experience (limited though it is with Aeonium), that is generally true. With Aeonium haworthii, the leaves are much thicker though, and I thought it was an Echeveria years ago when I first saw it.
Echeveria are low growing, branching at or near the base... producing a clumping habit, whereas Aeoniums are mostly upright shrubby plants.

CP