What desert plants are these?

What desert plants are these?#342162

By red -  Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:30 pm
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- Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:30 pm #342162

I got 7 desert plants in one pot because I want to grow non carnivorous plants, can anyone identify them?
I know one of them is a cactus but what about the other 6.

Also what kind of cactus?

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Re: What desert plants are these?#342163

By red -  Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:31 pm
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- Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:31 pm #342163

Why do some cacti superficially resemble butterworts?

Re: What desert plants are these?#342165

By Dionae -  Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:41 pm
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- Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:41 pm #342165

Idk what they are but the red one is outstanding!

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Re: What desert plants are these?#342167

By bananaman -  Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:18 pm
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- Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:18 pm #342167

I’m not a succulent expert, but you’ve got what looks like a Crassula of some sort, a Graptopetalum and a cactus that’s been painted red on the tips (probably Mammillaria sp.).

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Re: What desert plants are these?#342176

By mouthstofeed -  Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:39 pm
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- Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:39 pm #342176

red wrote:Why do some cacti superficially resemble butterworts?

Mexican butterworts have a succulent phase. They are probably evolved from succulents.

Re: What desert plants are these?#342178

By red -  Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:05 pm
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What water should I give these plants?

Re: What desert plants are these?#342187

By optique -  Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:06 am
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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:06 am #342187

The green leaf plant is a type of jade, watch its leaves when they shrivel like a raisins its time to water, this will teach you how to water that whole mix of arid plants. over watering will lead to killing the roots then plants.

this pic is trimmings of a large jade I have had for ever. I have sold/given 40+ this year. I don't water in summer at all rain is already to much

Re: What desert plants are these?#342189

By red -  Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:07 am
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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:07 am #342189

optique wrote:The green leaf plant is a type of jade, watch its leaves when they shrivel like a raisins its time to water, this will teach you how to water that whole mix of arid plants. over watering will lead to killing the roots then plants.

this pic is trimmings of a large jade I have had for ever. I have sold/given 40+ this year. I don't water in summer at all rain is already to much

Yeah but what KIND of water

Distilled?

Re: What desert plants are these?#342190

By DragonsEye -  Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:25 am
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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:25 am #342190

bananaman wrote:I’m not a succulent expert, but you’ve got what looks like a Crassula of some sort, a Graptopetalum and a cactus that’s been painted red on the tips (probably Mammillaria sp.).

Agree on all counts. Definitely a Crassula (jade plant). The Graptopetalum may be an intergeneric hybrid but same care, in any event. The red on the cactus, as bananaman said, is dye/paint.

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Re: What desert plants are these?#342200

By optique -  Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:12 am
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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:12 am #342200

red wrote:Why do some cacti superficially resemble butterworts?

you know you can even do leaf pullings on succulents

Re: What desert plants are these?#342203

By red -  Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:55 am
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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:55 am #342203

optique wrote:
red wrote:Why do some cacti superficially resemble butterworts?
you know you can even do leaf pullings on succulents

What kind of water should I give these plants

Re: What desert plants are these?#342215

By optique -  Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:00 pm
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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:00 pm #342215

red wrote:
optique wrote:
red wrote:Why do some cacti superficially resemble butterworts?
you know you can even do leaf pullings on succulents

What kind of water should I give these plants

tap water should work, but you could try

Re: What desert plants are these?#342229

By red -  Sun Aug 11, 2019 6:47 pm
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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 6:47 pm #342229

optique

Just curious here

Can I eat a leaf the graptotalum?
Are they edible, I know you can’t eat a jade plant or a cactus but are graptotalums edible?

Re: What desert plants are these?#342231

By optique -  Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:09 pm
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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:09 pm #342231

red wrote:optique

Just curious here

Can I eat a leaf the graptotalum?
Are they edible, I know you can’t eat a jade plant or a cactus but are graptotalums edible?

I have no idea, but its leaves are filled with water that's why the big ones get so top heavy. I have read about people drinking cactus juice to survive the desert.

Re: What desert plants are these?#342258

By SundewWolf -  Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:38 am
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- Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:38 am #342258

red wrote:Why do some cacti succulents superficially resemble butterworts?

Convergent evolution

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