That is beautiful Chris. Looks like it could be one of the spinosa. It will be fun to watch.

Great link Mark.

Mark, that site is one of the best out there for showing pics of the semps and related. Have you seen their page for "unusual" semps? It's worth a look!

Thanks for that great link Mark. Very nice pictures.

Twit, here is the O. furusei I got form you last year. It's doing great.

Thanks Chris, I'll have to get some pics of the ones I have to share here. Every Orostachys I have came from trades with others.

It is lovely Chris.

Orostachys, is a funny and cute little plant. Is there care requirements the same as semps and Jovis?

Pretty much the same Marilyn. They do go dormant in the winter, seem to totally disappear, then miraculously come back in the spring. Awesome plant.

The large single one Is a spinousum from Mesa Gardens. The smaller one with the bloom spikes is from seed I got from a rock garden seed exchange. It just said Orostachys sp.

Mark, Nice pics. How big are the rosettes in the first pic It's difficult to tell when you don't know the species.

Chris, I'm glad that's doing so well for you. Mine grow and reproduce much more slowly here in this climate. The O. spinosa you sent me last year (or was it Lynn) did not survive our winter but all the others seem to be OK. I'm going to try to get some pics of my Oro's in the morning, and get them uploaded here as soon as I can. I still can't id some of them by name, but they all look somewhat different.

I lost all three of my different types of spinosa to slugs this winter. It was so mild here, the slugs came out in force.

Great photos Mark. The smaller one looks to be another type of spinosa.

Twit, look forward to seeing your photos.

You sure have some hungry slugs Lynn.

Nice pix Mark!

Yup, I'm looking forward to your photos too Twit.

The smaller folks are are about 3/4 to 1 inch. I think the other one I have is minutum (not in these photos)

Would love to see the smaller one Mark.

Chris, the only plants they ate were the spinosa. Didn't touch anything else, not even the other types of Orostachys.

I got this as a tiny piece years ago and I finally have a few pots.
I grew this from seed two years ago. It was labeled O. chanetii
This came from Arrowhead Alpines as O. spinosa ex. Halda

Here is Orostachy spinosus Semipalatinsk, Kazachstan that I got from Arrowhead Alpines two years ago. It was doing great until the slugs ate it overnight during this winter. I didn't even know I had slugs in the bed until then. I have a photo of it growing in the bed, just can't find it.

Very nice, Mark.

Lynn, sorry about the loss. Mine disappeared too, but I could see it slowly dying and could not stop the process. It wasn't overnight, but was relatively quick.

All my other Orostachys are doing well, just can't seem to keep the O. spinosa around.

So, we both have a challenge....

I am going to give it one more try, with a copper fence around them.