Last year I got few cuttings of this plant. Long and leggy ones that were just pulled from their original pot. I cut the top and pretty rosettes off and planted them in a nice pot.
I am not sure of the name as it can be some hybrid between few types. The flowers look like Sedum but the leaves seem to have other plants in it.
But then I looked at the naked stems that were supposed to go to the trash and I thought I might as well try to pot them and see how strong the plant is.
To my surprise I started to see some new heads popping from the little nodes where the leaves were previously attached pretty fast. The stems managed to grow roots and since then I was watching it grow bigger and bigger. More rosettes were showing and this spring it bloomed!
This is how the whole plant looks like. Some old stems dried from the top and don't look too nice, but it doesn't really bother me much.
At this point I could cut all the little rosettes and plant them together to have a nice compact plant without those dry sticks. Or (since I already have a nice compact plant) I could plant the separately and gift them to people that would like one.
I normally would propagate it though leaf cutting (taking few leaves and placing them on top of the soil), but using the stems was so much faster!
The leaves are more blue in winter, not that the plant stands more in the sun it gets those purplish shades, which looks just lovely!
Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
It makes me think of a love relationship, you let it pass or you take care of it, a year and it blooms or is lost, in this case your care made it bloom
Nicely said...
But at least you know you tried.
Beautiful flowers and nice photography!
Thank you :)
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I think it's a Graptosedum of some kind
Most likely :)
ID them is a pain in the butt :p
Wow, I know this plant. We had similar show plants in our home( my childhood days, will try to find for any old pictures)
I dont remember the flowers though. But these are very pretty. Lovely photographs 👍
Thank you!
Tag me when you find it. Or drop a photo here, please :)
Congratulations!
Sometimes I also do this and the "sticks" grow beautifully :-)
Always worth the try :)
Yes, without this it is impossible :-)
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