Succulent..

[Christhetree]

Would you class this as a good specimen?

 

[Tetters]

Nice to have you on the forums @Christhetree . Welcome.
That plant looks more like a miniature tree, and I reckon it must be quite old, according to the size of its ''trunk''
I shall have to give @zigs a shout - he is a bit of a cactus/succulent freak

 

[Christhetree]

Awesome thanks @Tetters ! I know it's at least 10 years old.. but maybe more like 20? and also probably needs repotting?

 

[zigs]

It's a lovely Jade Plant - Crassula ovata

Welcome to the forum

 

[Christhetree]

It's a lovely Jade Plant - Crassula ovata

Welcome to the forum

Thanks @zigs

Now wondering what to do with it

 

[Christhetree]

It's a lovely Jade Plant - Crassula ovata

Welcome to the forum

May I ask.. roughly how old would you say this plant is?

 

[zigs]

I'd guess you're about right at 20 ish.

If you do repot it i'd use a clay pot and a nice gritty compost. They need good drainage

 

[zigs]

Oh, I had a look in my book, they need a cool winter with lots of light to help them flower, and they're slightly toxic to cats, dogs and some humans

 

[Christhetree]

Oh, I had a look in my book, they need a cool winter with lots of light to help them flower, and they're slightly toxic to cats, dogs and some humans

Thanks for the info.. I've gained this Jade plant to save it from being thrown on a bonfire!

I'm concerned I haven't the space to place it for enough sunlight, last thing I want is to rescue it to die slowly in my home. It's previous home was an orangery.

 

[zigs]

Thanks for the info.. I've gained this Jade plant to save it from being thrown on a bonfire!

I'm concerned I haven't the space to place it for enough sunlight, last thing I want is to rescue it to die slowly in my home. It's previous home was an orangery.

I've rescued a few cacti too

It'll be ok with lower light, it just might not flower so much. Being from the other hemisphere it thinks our winter is summer, quite a few of my Crassulas are flowering now, so if you can give it more light in the winter when other things are having a rest it'll be quite happy to take a back seat for the summer.

 

[zigs]

Turns out we've got one

Didn't realise that our Gollum plant is a Crassula ovata cv gollum

 

[RandallJ.]

Turns out we've got one

Didn't realise that our Gollum plant is a Crassula ovata cv gollum

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Isn't it either crassula ovata or crassula Gollum? The first name is the genus and the second is the species.

 

[Tetters]

No @RandallJ. Zigs has written it correctly.

This is Crassula ovata ''Gollom''
and......

Here is a Crassula ovata ''Hobbit''

I'm sure you'll get the hang of it eventually ....I am also still learning

 

[RandallJ.]

No @RandallJ. Zigs has written it correctly. View attachment 95587This is Crassula ovata ''Gollom''
and......

Here is a Crassula ovata ''Hobbit'' View attachment 95588 I'm sure you'll get the hang of it eventually ....I am also still learning

And what exactly is the gollum and hobbit? Because the reason for the Latin terms are to be able to specifically identify. As far as I'm aware the crassula in the genus and ovata is the species. So to say crassula ovata is talking about a single, specific, sole plant. So unless the hobbit and gollum are ...variations of the ovata species I have no clue what you mean.

 

[zigs]

And what exactly is the gollum and hobbit? Because the reason for the Latin terms are to be able to specifically identify. As far as I'm aware the crassula in the genus and ovata is the species. So to say crassula ovata is talking about a single, specific, sole plant. So unless the hobbit and gollum are ...variations of the ovata species I have no clue what you mean.

The hobbit and gollum are variations (cultivars or "cv" for short) of the Crassular ovata.

Hope this helps, its from a school text at - https://ib.bioninja.com.au/standard...tem of nomenclature,which occur every 4 years

According to the binomial system of nomenclature, every organism is designated a scientific name with two parts:

• Genus is written first and is capitalised (e.g. Homo)
• Species follows and is written in lower case (e.g. Homo sapiens)
• Some species may occasionally have a sub-species designation (e.g. Homo sapiens sapiens – modern man)