I just wanted to ask a quick question. My Echeveria has 3 flower stalks. It lives inside, so no chance of natural pollination. If I transfer pollen from flowers on one stem to the other will it result in viable seeds? or will they be sterile because the flowers are all from the same plant?

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Some seed has been produced locally, so that the plants are not wholly self-sterile.
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Many species of Echeveria are more or less self-incompatible and each plant will produce few or no viable seeds when polli­nated by itself.

so... i would give it a try

Interesting!
Jojoe, you could plant some of the snack plant outdoors in semi shade!

Are Echeveria "Hens and Chicks"? Find out here...

The thread "Non-hardy Hens 'n Chicks" in Sempervivum forum

Got home late today and found 3 surprises along with my scattered mess. I guess someone did not get my DH memo.."No more plants until project is done"!

I apologize for the blurry photos but it is getting dark out. Don't know what they are but I thought these are beauties and definitely love at first sight



I'm guessing my neighbor dropped them off because they were on vacation and we took care of their plants while they were gone (too late to call now). I have nice neighbors who drop me surprises every now and then.

What a wonderful surprise Gigi. Those are beautiful.

wonderful, beautiful, plump surprises...NIce!

Thanks Lynn and Bev. My DH gave me one of these

Very nice Gigi.....do you know what they are now?

Not yet, I don't know what type they are. Echeveria, hens or chicks, cacti?

There are no names on the tags, just succulents.

Oh Well im sure they will get identified here soon. They look very familiar....Ill have to check at Lowes. I believe they had at least one or two of these. They all look like tenders to me.

I can't find the first one anywhere; but it has babies underneath.

The second one may be this:
http://www.karacactus.com/eche...

The third one looks like this (edited)

http://www.karacactus.com/eche...

Yep the one with the very plump leaves I have, its a (Bev help us out???...dang drawing a total blank...grapto something!)
Graptopetelum, and graptosedum and echeveria... those are my guesses! Very nice neighbors!

Gigi you're right a pacheveria!!

Thanks Greg; I thought they are too, DH not too pleased though but he is very nice so he will not say that to their faces.

Gigi, I sense the beginnings of a new "ploy" - "Its okay honey the "Neighbors" gave them to me!"

That will not work because he is the kind that wants to give everyone "proper" thank you. He will for sure be thanking them in my behalf tomorrow because I have to leave early.

By the way "proper thank you" means he will grab one of my prized collection and bring it to my neighbors , which I don't mind at all.

Aw! I hope he makes the same choices you'd make!!!

Nope sometimes it hurts because he would give the only one I have. I tried to train him to just give ones that I have doubles.