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SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
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Hello 
Over the years I’ve collected quite a few house plants and there are a few that I have no idea what they are so would appreciate help please with identifications. 
The first is a bulb. It was tiny with one leaf when it was given to me years ago and now it is tall with multiple leaves. I’ve no idea what it is. It doesn’t look particularly healthy but I’m not sure I’m providing the right care. It’s evergreen and has never flowered. 
The rest I believe are succulents of some description. They have barely grown at all in the past 2-3 years I’ve had them.
The ones in the white pot can be easily reproduced by sticking a broken off  ‘leaf’ into soil. 
Any ideas what they are?


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  • SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
    edited March 2021
    Photos plant number 2

  • SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
    Photos plant number 3
  • SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
    Photos plant number 4

  • SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
    Photos plant number 5

  • delskidelski Posts: 274
    Quite a few of those are crassula ovata.
  • SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
    I'm just Googleing that now. Thanks delski! 
  • SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
    Any ideas what the bulb is? (First photos)
  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    Agree that 2-5 are Crassula ovata. Maybe 1 is a Draecena of some kind? Don't think they grow from bulbs though.
  • SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
    Well I’m calling it a bulb but perhaps it’s not actually a bulb. I have two of these plants. The second is much smaller and easier to pull out for photographs. It’s base is round and bulb like with roots growing out the bottom of it. The plant is evergreen and very slow growing. The ‘leaves’ are firm like an aloe vera. It lives in a very hot and sunny window (with aloe veras) and seems to like to be left alone and looks rather stressed if I clean it’s pot or move it to a new pot but today I’d like to be able to i.d. it so hopefully stressing it for a quick photo will be worth it. 


  • SunnyRainyDaysSunnyRainyDays Posts: 10
    edited March 2021
    When I was given this plant years ago the pot it came in had broken and when I went to repot it I found two smaller 'bulbs' which seemed to have grown from the larger 'bulb'. I repotted all three 'bulbs' separately but one didn't survive. So I've just the parent  (photos 1) and this one offshoot left. I originally thought it was some type of aloe vera when it was given to me, but when I found the 'bulb' like structure after repotting it I didn't think it could be an aloe.
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