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Neige
03-09-2008, 04:05 PM
A couple weeks ago I stole this plant from the library. :D

Only thing is apart from it being a succulent, I have no idea what it is or how to care for it. Do you know what it's called???

(I'm talking of the plant in the middle, the pale green blobs on pale green stems.)

(To the left is my tomato plant!!! It grew from a seed that had already germed inside a tomato I ate around Christmastime...)
jay-t
03-09-2008, 07:23 PM
Neige can't tell much about it until it leafs out some.







you could ask the librarian :)
Neige
03-09-2008, 07:42 PM
:o
Lilith
03-09-2008, 08:13 PM
weird cause it looks like hens-n-chicks on stalks
Neige
03-09-2008, 08:31 PM
It is weird. The rest of the plants in the pot looked exactly the same, no taller. GC told me it's just because they weren't getting properly cared for, but I'm wondering if that isn't just what they look like... After a bit of research I found that it looks like plants of the "Sedum" genus of the Crassulaceae family, but haven't found any pics of plants that look like the ones I have...
Mae
03-09-2008, 08:58 PM
Yep. I'd agree on the hens and chicks. Looks like a little offshoot may have started itself. The legginess may be from poor lighting in the library? Have to wait and see. :)
PantyFanatic
03-09-2008, 08:59 PM
That's ^^^ the one to know. :nod:
fzzy
03-09-2008, 09:20 PM
It's hard to say with it still being so small, but back in the 70's and 80's in the area I lived at the time, there was popular houseplant that we had .... I think we called them "String of pearls" ... which had lon vines of small green pods that hung down from the planter. This looks like it could be something similar ... but since I haven't had even a silk plant (let alone a living one) in my home for over 20 years, I'm not sure that I'm likely to be much help beyond that! :D
Neige
03-09-2008, 09:23 PM
I saw pics of those^^^ fzzy, only they were called Donkeys' or Burros' Tails. I did almost suspect my plants of being those, but they need to grow some before they become "tails" or "strings"!
gekkogecko
03-10-2008, 08:38 AM
A form of Lithops, maybe?

http://www.cactus-mall.com/pictures/gallery.html

Or, more specifically:

http://www.cactus-mall.com/pictures/lithops.html
Neige
03-10-2008, 10:24 AM
No, I've had lithops before and this is completely different.
scotzoidman
03-10-2008, 11:13 AM
I've got it!





It's a "stolen" plant - thieverus larcenyous









Seriously, I may show this to the LilyLady tonight...she can identify nearly anything that grows, due to OCD...to me, right now it looks like something may not have developed enough to identify...

She's also an expert at "lifting" little pieces of plants from the garden shop to root at home...
Neige
03-11-2008, 09:38 AM
I've got it!





It's a "stolen" plant - thieverus larcenyous

:roflmao:

Thanks! ;)
wyndhy
03-11-2008, 09:51 AM
look like mini body snatcher pods to me. better be careful
Oldfart
03-11-2008, 04:29 PM
Why not pop back to the library and ask? If you weren't caught pinching the cutting, just say you like the plant and want to buy one.
Mae
03-11-2008, 08:07 PM
Been flipping through some publications. Tough call when they are so little. Leaning more towards Burro's or pearls. Hen's and chicks have more of a rosette to them. Then again...still early. :)

Scotzoid...Does LilyLady know?
Neige
03-11-2008, 08:55 PM
Why not pop back to the library and ask? If you weren't caught pinching the cutting, just say you like the plant and want to buy one.

I somehow think they don't even know themselves. The library has 7 floors, and it's different people working there every month...
sodaklostsoul
03-11-2008, 10:12 PM
Can't you take it to a greenhouse or something?
Neige
03-11-2008, 10:27 PM
In the spring when it's warmer, if I haven't figured it out by then... Right now I'm surprised it even survived from school to home in my backpack, it's sooooooo cold out there!
sodaklostsoul
03-11-2008, 10:29 PM
Ah, true..................how about taking a pic of it to the greenhouse?
Neige
03-11-2008, 10:42 PM
Could work too... If I kill it before I learn what to do for it, I'll just steal more though. :o

(So far it's still alive! :D)
sodaklostsoul
03-11-2008, 10:49 PM
Lol
PantyFanatic
03-11-2008, 11:06 PM
What kind of plant could this be? :shrug:
PantyFanatic
03-11-2008, 11:07 PM
I didn't even steal it.:D





















:rofl:
Oldfart
03-12-2008, 03:52 AM
It could be many things.

An immature Red-Green Daisy perhaps?

No, more likely one of the delicate white pantsies.
scotzoidman
03-12-2008, 12:20 PM
What kind of plant could this be? :shrug:
Just about a week early, ain't ya?
scotzoidman
03-12-2008, 12:23 PM
Scotzoid...Does LilyLady know?
Kinda skeered to ask her anything right now...bringing up the weather is apt to start an argument I know I won't win :(
Neige
01-24-2009, 01:30 AM
I've figured it out!!!!!!!!!! It's a Sedum album micranthum (http://www.sedumphotos.net/v/sedum-a/Sedum+album+micranthum+chloroticum.jpg.html)!!!!!!!!!!!
Oldfart
01-24-2009, 04:56 AM
It doesn't travel well, it's sedumtary.
Lilith
01-24-2009, 09:31 AM
It's lovely!
Neige
01-24-2009, 03:08 PM
Oh, that's not my plant though, mine is still pretty small. I'm excited that it'll look like that someday though!
scotzoidman
01-25-2009, 12:50 AM
Looks like it could be the White Album.