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Mar 26, 2021 1:49 PM CST
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Ohio
I've been dying to know what types of succulents I have, and I did ask the customer service what types they were... but when I compare some of them to the pictures that I've seen of the ones that I was told that they were, they don't match. So I just want to get a little more opinions on what they could be. Just in case it helps, I bought these from Succulent Box, from the echeveria pack and the rosette pack. Oh and I could also use some info on what to do with the ones with flowers, because I would really like to see the blooms.
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Mar 26, 2021 2:45 PM CST
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They look like Echeverias or perhaps intergeneric hybrids, but I couldn't say more than that. The flowers may help with ID. The one in the orange pot looks like colorata, chinahuensis, or some hybrid of those species.

Provide the strongest light possible if these will be indoor plants (as I imagine they are for now in Ohio). Your new plants should "see" the sun for hours a day, ideally. Flowering is pretty much automatic (given buds are on the way) if you provide strong light and water deeply when the soil is dry at depth (not much sooner, not a whole lot later).

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May 3, 2021 1:10 PM CST
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Ohio
Sorry for taking so long to respond, but thank you for your help. Sadly, I wasn't able to get the other two to bloom, but I did manage to have the one I'm especially curious about bloom.
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It looks similar to Sedeveria blue elf flowers but it has no farina on its leaves, so I'm not sure if it's possibly just related or something else. Also, the leaves on the flower stalk having been drying up, is this normal? I always make sure the pot is dry before watering, but I have been somewhat consistently watering it around once a week because the pot it's in is small and dries quickly.
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May 3, 2021 2:16 PM CST
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The flowers are very nice, but I think your plant is straight Echeveria, not a xSedeveria, because the petals are straight and the flower itself is tubular. Unfortunately it's not a plant that I recognize. I wouldn't worry about the leaves on the stalk drying up, there's always a bit of that once the flowering process is well underway. Watering once a week sounds pretty good for a pot that size in strong light.
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May 20, 2021 12:58 PM CST
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Ohio
Well, Thank You! for trying... some echeverias look just too alike sometimes and when you don't have the perfect conditions it makes it harder. I'll just keep what I've been doing and maybe the other ones will flower too. Honestly, I'm guessing this one Thumb of 2021-05-20/Remeyam/af83c7 might be an Emerald Ripple. Who knew identifying a shiny green echeveria would be so difficult? As for the others I'm pretty set on saying the small one in the terracotta is a Echeveria Minima (which is growing a flower I think), the one in the big pot is Echeveria Derenbergii or a Colorata, and the one in the small blue-white pot is a Echeveria Tippy Pink... that I can't get to stress pink. But it is growing a pup, which makes me wonder if I should repot it into a bigger pot?
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May 20, 2021 6:16 PM CST
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There is a bit of gray area between colorata and chihuahuensis and the hybrids/cultivars of those species. To the extent the flowers are informative, that will help distinguish them. I would assume the plant may get relatively large, or at least be careful not to overly limit its growth, so yes, it's time to repot into something an inch or two wider.

Here's something in the ballpark of your third plant, to give you some idea about potential size. That's a 10 inch pot. Bright red tips and very compact rosettes in full sun.

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