Please have a look at the link below and if you know what this plant is called or know of a good website for finding out please let me know.
Thanks in advance!
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2007-10-19 01:31:38 · 9 answers · asked by Georgia Girl 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I'd like to dissent.
I think it's a ghost plant (Graptopetalum paraguayense) or some close relation.
It looks a little sickly, probably needs more sunlight and maybe less water.
I hope that this helps
2007-10-19 08:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin C 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It may be Ghost Plant--but it is still a succulent even if it isn't Hen and Chicks.
Also known as mother-of-pearl plant, the ghost plant is native to Mexico. Its Latin name is Graptopetalum paraguayense. Ghost plant is a member of the Crassulaceae family. This bears some resemblance to the Echeverias.
For the most part, this is a petite, tidy, compact species. From its name, you can pretty well tell that the foliage will be white to silver-gray. There is an overall purplish or pinkish undertone as well. Because the lance-shaped leaves are very brittle, you need to handle this with care. The thick, pointed, fleshy leaves are up to three inches long and an inch wide. The lower ones tend to curl downwards.
When they reach their full size, the handsome rosettes can be around five inches across. Lots of branches come off the stems.
During the summer, ghost plant produces cascading flower stalks that are about six inches in length. These come from the leaf axils. The delicate, bell-shaped blooms are beige with flecks of brownish-red. They open in clusters.
The plant looks particularly beautiful when it is grown in hanging baskets. It is only about a foot tall.
2007-10-19 16:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by Bromeliad 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a succulent, so look in the catus dept. Good Luck I know the plant, but it skips my mind at the moment, it is really very easy to find so you shouldn't have much trouble....Again, good luck.
Bertram
2007-10-22 20:11:11 · answer #3 · answered by timethrift 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is one of the Echeveria's there are at least 40 different types -related to Crassula.
2007-10-19 06:15:48 · answer #4 · answered by Rooikat 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hen and Chicks or Hen and Chickens or houseleek. Also Echeveria elegans, E. imbricata, E. secunda or Sempervivum tectorum. RScott
2007-10-19 01:54:30 · answer #5 · answered by rscottx2 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
rs is correct. Leaves root easily on moist potting soil. Will root in water. But wait, there was no X2 !?!
2007-10-19 03:52:11 · answer #6 · answered by reynwater 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The common name is "Hens and Chicks". It is a succulent.
2007-10-20 00:01:40 · answer #7 · answered by Deborah S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its a succulent
2007-10-19 01:34:50 · answer #8 · answered by Mazzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a desert plant.....
2007-10-19 01:34:02 · answer #9 · answered by Ispeakfreely 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋