Two plants needs Ided.Cactus type & ball of stars

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  1. glendann

    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    I put this plant on here a while ago but now its about to bloom still not ided.It has weird buds on it for sure.


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    Another plant to Id
    Its leaves looks like a Kolachie plant but little star blooms.


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    Same plant different color


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  3. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I don't know the name of the cactus but the other plant is a Sedum Autumn Joy. It blooms in the fall, starting out white then turning red. Capt Kirk posted a picture of his Autumn Joy hedge.

    Autumn Joy
     
  4. glendann

    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    Toni will mine come back and get as large as his ?
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    It multiplies very well. It will take a few years, he said he had 4 plants 8-10 yrs ago, but the three I planted last year have already multiplied to 10 plants.
     



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  6. glendann

    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    Thats great as I really like his its so big I didn't realize it was the same plant.
     
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    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    I'm wondering if your succulent is a Stapelia of some sort. If that flower smells like rotting meat, I think it is.
     
  8. glendann

    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    Droopy it is a Stapelia but it is the kind that doesn't smell like rotting meat.It is also called a Starfish Flower.

    It is open now.

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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Gosh your starfish flower is well named isn't it? It looks just like the starfish you can find in some big rock pools here. I love it!! :-D
     
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    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    I'm so glad it has no smell.Eileen I sure like it too.
     
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    EJ Allotmenteer Extraordinaire

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    Oh yes, I am loving that cactus also. Just like Patrick Star. We have the sedum in the garden here. It does have a tendancy to spread, which is fine, but they can be floppy if grown too lush or in the shade. They are nice in the autumn and early winter though.
     
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    stratsmom Flower Fanatic

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    Yikes Glenda :eek: That starfish thing is a little scarey to me!!! Don't let Oreo get too close! ;)
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    I love that Starfish Flower, is it rare? I am so jealous of all the wonderful plants everyone here seems to have, I can never find anything that isn't overly common & everyone has it.
     
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    Sedum Autumn joy grows very easily and the lavender color is great. however, I hate the brown heads they turn into. I'm afraid that's when it's "off with their heads!"
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    gardengater its the first time I have grown it.
     
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    Biita Arctic-ally Challenged Forager

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    Wow!!! I love that cactus. I would swear i was down by the sea with that. I have a dried starfish i found last summer and well i guess that can be my cactus by proxie!
     

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