Cactus/Succulent Monday!!!

I have been meaning to post how red my Haworthia reinwardtii has become since the start of spring. It had not been doing well in the tire garden in full sun, so I got it out and plopped it (literally) next to my aloe, and never potted it...kept it in the screenroom now...protected from full sun...the roots have been exposed for months now, and it is as happy as a clam! See all the new growth on the bottom...all kinds of new babies on the way!!! I just love how it has turned red. It has not done this for as long as I have had it...years now... I suppose there is no plant I could keep, other than a succulent...I am so neglectful of them, and they reward me for my horrid behavior! WOW!

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I have only fallen more in love with my Tradescantia sillamontana! The fuzzy leaves are just so adorable, and under the silver hair, are leaves of green and purple! They are just amazing...these are the ones that seemingly die at times, and then come back to life...very strange, but oh so much fun!!! They are like having pets!

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!
xoxo- Julie

New succulent plants, and a possible I.D.

Well, two exciting things have happened today....(well two that excite me most anyway)!!! First, these two photos were taken just now in hopes that someone out in the succulent expertise world will be able to confirm my suspicion that this plant could possibly be a Plectranthus amboinicus. I was looking through my Illustrated Succulent Dictionary and came upon a pic that looks just like this plant (these are cuttings that I took off of a plant that was given to me, and I thought it was a light and water starved Kalenchoe). It may still be that, but this photo looks a lot like my plant, and I am sort of thrilled that it could be a sort of rare plant that someone had, and it got passed along to me. Oh Lord...this is another succulent mystery...but they sure are exciting. Now....if anyone can tell me, feel free...I will try not to get my bubble burst too badly!!! LOL.


Here is a cute...oh so very cute, little bucket of succulents I just HAD to have today from Home Depot! I bought it for one reason, and one reason only! For the Haworthia of course! LOL. These other two plants are two I do not own, but they don't really do much for me either. I will probably kill them. BUT...my Haworthia reinwardtii...STAND BACK...nothing will come between me and my Haworthias! These are particularly interesting...and I got 4 tall ones standing proudly in the back of the bucket! YES!!!!!

Oh...and if anyone knows the I.D.s on these other two in the bucket...shout it out!

Have a wonderful Friday! Last day of the work week. Oh...if anyone has any really exciting weekend plans, let me know so I can do it also!!!
Julie