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| I have searched everywhere for the name of this plant, I have no idea where to start.
It's not a succulent, although it looks like one. Well, it likes much more water than my succulents at least. It's easy to propagate, I gave my friend some cuttings that I put straight into some earth and they are still alive, a little less than a year later. Does anybody recognize it? |
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 11:16
| Possibly a Euphorbia, or a Ssnecio (kleinia)? |
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- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 12:00
| peperomia ferreyrae certainly is a succulent, a nice one too. It taking more water now, they are very tolerant for a succulent, but soon you will need to taper off for the winter. |
Here is a link that might be useful: succulent peperomias
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- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (hopefulauthor@sbcglobal.net) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 12:25
| Kong, definately a Peperomia, and a nice one at that. P. ferreyrae is rarer than other Peps..so keep it healthy. Peps are succulent, cared for as succulents, but require humdity. Toni |
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- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (mikerno_1@yahoo.com) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 12:28
| I wonder myself! Thanks for posting this. I too have one that looks like a little palm tree and I have yet to get it named. Here you go. I have wondered all this time.
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 13:56
| Thats a peperomia? Looks so different! Cool, want one... |
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- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (mikerno_1@yahoo.com) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 14:14
| Larry, I would send you a cutting that has rooted, but I don't know if I can from here:-( Mike:-) |
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 14:18
| Thanks mike for the offer anyway :) You know I been looking at Peperomia species online and I don't think my plant is one! |
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- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (hopefulauthor@sbcglobal.net) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 14:33
| Mike, I think yours is Senecio. Notice the gaps on Kong's foliage? Don't see any on your plant.. However, I love yours w/its thick trunk..Wow.. |
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 14:55
| Toni, I think mike's is the same plant. The closer gaps between the leaves, the internodes, could be due to constant pruning to get a fat trunk. |
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| Wow! Thanks! Mine doesn't have any wooden-looking parts though, even though it's probably almost 2 years old by now. The foliage used to be much denser. It's basically all just single stalks, growingstraight out of the pot. Doesn't branch at all. |
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| So... I'm wondering... if I cut it back in a similiar way as when I cut my Jade, will it then branch out? |
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- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (mikerno_1@yahoo.com) on Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 16:38
| Give it lots of sunlight and keep pinching back on branches on a single plant that you have rooted,to encourage a thick trunk, just as you would a jade. The sun hardens off the trunk and the pinching back encourages fat growth. It will grow a lot faster than you think! Are they not a heavy plant or what? That little guy of mine is very heavy. Mike |
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| Yes, very heavy! By the way, Mike, yours is lovely! I love the look of this plant. Never seen anything like it before and I am very happy to know what it is now. Thanks everybody for all the information and the advice. |
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| beautiful plant. I have to keep my eye out for one. |
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- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 kentucky%21 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 27, 12 at 20:49
| They are quite nice I think the plant in the first pic could use more light, it doesnt look unhealthy but not as tight and dense as it could be. I find the succulent peps to be one of the few succullents that doesnt mind over potting. I had several that were about 18-24 inches tall and had nice tree shape, some were converted to bonsais, and looked great! |
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