Plant identification help please :)

[Amy Louisa]

Can anyone please help identify this little guy? I've spent many hours trawling through the interwebs and have had no luck.

Thank you in advance

 

[zigs]

Welcome to Gardening Forums

Apart from some sort of succulent i've no idea i'm afraid, hopefully someone will know

 

[Amy Louisa]

Thank you Zigs for the welcome, glad to be here!

Definitely a succulent of some sort! I hope the same

 

[zigs]

Sorry for stating the obvious

 

[Amy Louisa]

No need to be sorry at all - you're stating a fact!

 

[Beth_B]

Welcome.

No idea, but if there's a flower on top of the stalk maybe a photo of that would help for identification purposes?

 

[Amy Louisa]

Thank you Beth, I will post another photo tomorrow of the top of the stalk. There is no flower, there is a... actually I'm not quite sure what it is... I'm very (and I stress the very) new to gardening

 

[Beth_B]

Maybe a bud or seed pod of some sort...I don't live in a region which is naturally favorable to most succulents so I'm not that familiar. I did a little googling thinking perhaps some type of agave cultivar but I don't think so.
There are a few forum members who are very good at identifying plants so hopefully you'll get an answer.

 

[Amy Louisa]

Thank you Beth, could you please let me know your thoughts about what to call the top of the stem of this succulent? I would love to know!

Wow, I just looked up your hardiness zone - that's cold!!

Thank you for looking.

I've attached a photo of the top of the stem, I cannot seem to rotate the photo sorry!

 

[Beth_B]

Well, you are certainly stumping the forum LOL. I looked at your pretty red cactus and haven't a clue. Where are you getting these plants, are you finding them wild?
That's a bud of some sort on the stalk, I imagine it's going to open up into a flower eventually. And it looks like leaves or buds or something coming in lower down?

Here in the US most (or maybe all) states have a master gardener extension program affiliated with state universities. They have offices and websites and people available to the public for all sorts of services and information. Do you have something like that in Australia?

 

[Amy Louisa]

Haha - I don't mean to! I found a few succulents at garage sales here in Tasmania, unfortunately with no labels. I have another succulent that I cannot identity either, I will post a photo soon (did not want to bombard the forum).

Thank you, if it flowers I'll update here. They're almost like leaves, but they also seem to be bits of the stem peeling away. The photo doesn't do the plant justice, but the stem looks metallic.

That sounds fantastic! I haven't heard anything of the like here, but I'll make some enquiries.

 

[Silver surfer]

Amy Louisa...that is a flower bud on the top of that long upright stem.
When it opens it may be easier to give an accurate id.
Do please add a clear close up to this thread.

 

[Mockingbird]

@Amy Louisa I am going to say that plant looks like a Haworthia Retusa, some varieties have the stalk like flower that you see to have. Although my first thought was it might be a Agave Shawii, I lean more towards the Haworthia because of the way it is clumped. It is a wonderful plant I hope you have success with it, as far as inside plants go succulents are the only ones I almost don't destroy.

 

[Amy Louisa]

Thank you Silver surfer if and when it opens I will post another picture and I will also endeavour to add a clearer picture. The device I own unfortunately has a poor camera.

 

[Amy Louisa]

Thank you very much Mockingbird. I looked up Haworthia Retusa - the stem is identical, the leaves are so close, but on the little guy I have they appear different, so is that a different variety? I'm not questioning your opinion, just asking... and please excuse my ignorance, I'm very new to the joys of gardening. I see why you thought Agave Shawii after looking it up
Thank you so much, I hope I have success with it also. Haha - that sounds like something that I might say in the future... . and I'm sure you're more successful than that!