If I am totally honest, this was not the entry I intended to post next. I had processed the pictures I wanted to use for it earlier today in order to have them ready for a week post, but seeing how many pictures there were and thinking of things to say (which I might forget along the way), I realized I don't have time for such a post over the week. And this blog is too new for me to just want to post pictures and leave (which take no real time).
My addiction to succulents slowly growing, after having made a purchase last Friday night where I made myself decide between two different (unnamed) succulents and finally deciding on one (post to follow), I kept thinking of the other, then thought that the one I left behind might be a Echeveria Perle von Nurnberg (PVN) so guess where I ended up Saturday morning...yeah.
On the way to the store I also decided that I was going to go ahead with something else I was thinking about, which was to buy one of the large but shallow pots I've been eying and buy a few additional succulents and bring them altogether, and hope that this would quench my thirst for additional succulents, at least for a little while (yeah right...)
So after deliberating which other succulent to purchase from the small selection (how I wanted a different variety of "grapey" looking sedum from what I already had), I made my pick of two additional potted succulents and took some small pieces that had fallen off/were broken off others and figured it was a good starting point.
I also meant to take pictures of the individual plants still in the containers they came in, but didn't.
Overall view
The large succulent in the bottom left "corner" (picture above) is the one I believe to be an Echeveria PVN. I'm curious to see what it will look like after a few weeks sitting near my south facing window. I'm hoping the colour will improve (and the overall shape). It does, however, bear a close resemblance to other pictures of Echeveria PVN I've looked at on other websites.
Echeveria Perle von Nurnberg?
I have no idea what the following succulent is called, nor do I really know what family it belongs to. But I found it to look nice and liked it and it became the second one I picked for this planter.
Unnamed succulent
This little bit of succulent between the Echeveria and the aforementioned unnamed succulent was falling off the mother plant, so I took it home. Not sure if it'll survive, but it gives it a second chance.
Below is the third one I purchased. Again, I'm unsure what it might be, and given that the plant was located on the bottom shelf with more plants behind it, it didn't get the nicest exposure to light, it is likely not in the best shape it could be. Having looked around, it does reminder me of an
Echeveria 'Set-Oliver'. So until I hear or figure out otherwise, I'll consider this one an Echeveria.
Echeveria 'Set-Oliver' maybe?
Finally, I have two more sets of cuttings. The one pictured above was from a plant that also was on the bottom shelf and somewhat in the way so some branches were snapped - and I figured I'd give them a second chance as well. The ones below were from a plant that, although not on the bottom shelf, was on a shelf with larger cacti and some "not for sale" plants that get moved around so was in the "way" - some branches fell off and others were snapped so I picked up three little pieces. Hoping these do root as I really like the variegated leaves and it would look nice draping over the lip of the planter.
I said somewhere above that I had hoped that bringing together this larger planter would satisfy me for a little bit and stop me wanting to go out and get more succulents. Sadly, it seems the addiction is growing stronger and I'm pondering where else I could find a larger selection of (hopefully properly identified) succulents in my city. I need to keep telling myself that space is limited and my existing plants will grow...but not sure how effective it'll be!
