Don't know what it is

nuclear_squirrel · Post by **nuclear_squirrel** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:15 pm

I am not sure what this one is. I had a green variety last year, it died with the really bad frost we got this winter.

This one I just don't know what it is. All I know is it's a succulent

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:21 pm

1. Huernia schneideriana? It's gotten alot of sun, hence the red color. Give it some shade and it'll green right up.

2. Tylecodon? Senecio?

Sahara · Post by **Sahara** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:32 am

#2 is definitely senecio - the full name eludes me for the moment. I will get back to you later on that one...

Buck Hemenway · Post by **Buck Hemenway** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:28 pm

If I were convinced that the 2nd is a senecio, I would call it S. talinoides. I'm not sure that it isn't a tylecodon however.

You'll need a bloom on the 1st to pin the name down. It looks a lot like several genera of those carrion flower plants, let alone specific species.

Sahara · Post by **Sahara** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:51 pm

I found it. Senecio cylindricus

nuclear_squirrel · Post by **nuclear_squirrel** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:18 pm

Thanks a bunch. At least now I know what they are.

Rosemarie · Post by **Rosemarie** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:02 pm

The last one looks like a Cotyledon orbiculata v. flanaganii that I have. I thought it was a Senecio until it flowered. It is in bud right now.

Are the leaves on your plant pretty thick? Or can you tell us the size of the pot it's in or the length of the leaves?

http://public.fotki.com/Grootscholten/p ... f0825.html

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:22 pm

It is S. talinoides.
here is the flower.
harry

Rosemarie · Post by **Rosemarie** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:42 pm

I should've asked first, is there a (sort of) see-through stripe on the length of the leaves? If so, then, yes...Senecio, as Buck & Harry have given the name.

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:33 pm

Here are those stripes on an unknown Senecio. The function is very clear, I think.
Harry

iann · Post by **iann** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:14 pm

The stripes are to let light out of the leaves to prevent them overheating?

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:18 pm

Roaddirections for snails to eat the top.
H.

nuclear_squirrel · Post by **nuclear_squirrel** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:44 pm

there are no lines on it - the leaves are about 4 inches long on the bottom ones, and it's in a 4 inch pot.

Rosemarie · Post by **Rosemarie** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:25 pm

N squirrel, I enlarged the pic of your plant & it seems the leaves on your plant do have those "lines".

It is not a colored line, but rather a strip with more translucence than the other part of the leaf (like in Harry's pic). Hold it up to the light & see if you can notice a difference in the leaves. It does look like a Senecio & S. cylindricus (S. talinoides ssp. cylindricus) seems likely.

http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plant ... nt_id=3354

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarguy/2417660986/

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:33 am

Take a look at this picture. The picture is not that perfect, but maybe you can see the stripes.
harry