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Water retaining plants adapted to arid climates and/or soil. Use this tag with questions about caring, propagating and identifying tomato succulents.

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Name of this plant

Yes this is Sansevieria, the species might be Sansevieria trifasciata hahnii. However, hard to tell for sure. It is clear that your plant is not variegated, you often see Sansevieria with yellow bands …
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Identifying a succulent and trying to propagate it

I think it's a Mexican snowball a.k.a. Echeveria elegans. Nice flowers! They propagate easily, just take a leaf and put it in dry soil. Give it bright light (but not direct sunlight). After a few week …
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What kind of succulent is my plant here?

This succulent is from the genus Crassula, I think species C. rogersii. But I am not 100% sure, the thick (swollen) round shape of the leaves makes me think that. The most famous member of this genus …
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What to do with broken succulent leaf

I think for aesthetic purpose, it would be best to clip them off at the base (a damaged leaf, broken in half, is not very pretty as a gift, is it?). I think the plant will survive such clipping. The p …
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What type of succulent plant is this?

It's a Jade plant, botanical name is Crassula ovata.
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What kind of cactus is this?

This is a succulent from the Euphorbia genus (which are not cacti, like Tim Nevins already mentioned). I think this could be Euphorbia milii f. lutea or Yellow Crown of Thorns. It wants lots of sun …
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Small cactus with woolly sides identification

Someone told me that this cactus is Cereus forbesii. I think it looks very similar, see here.
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What are these tiny white bugs on my houseplants and succulents?

It's hard to tell what this is with this picture, a close-up would help. My first thought was Whitefly, which is bad news. The suck the sap out of plants, you'll have to verify that your bugs have wi …
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Can I leave an Aloe plant unattended for 2 months?

Best chance for your plant to survive your leave, is to ask a neighbor to water it every other week. Or ask a friend or neighbor to take it in their house for two months. I think your plant won't sur …
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Is my cactus being under watered?

If new growth is thinner than the rest of the plant it is usually a not enough light problem. This phenomenon is called etiolation, and it is not something you can reverse (the thin growth stays thin) …
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Snake Plant Wrinkles and Color Fading

I think your plant can use some water. It is hard with this type of plant to find the balance between overwatering or underwatering. I have some trouble with snakeplants myself too. I can recognize ov …
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Baby Baobob tree losing leaves

The tips of the branches seem still alive, this is good news! I think the advice to put it in cactus soil is good, it needs soil with good drainage (which cactus soil has). So I see no problems there. …
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(When) can potted cactus and aloe vera be put outside?

I wouldn't leave any frost-sensitive plants outside, before half May. But this is gardeners wisdom from the Netherlands, I am not sure if that would count for Switzerland as well. Here in the Netherla …
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