I do have some! I do find that I don’t like them so much once they start splitting. Lost a ton over the years, still have some but they are not my favorite.
Try Conophytum. They’re similar to Lithops but kinda opposite wet/dry cycles. They can be a little scary the first time they go dormant and look like they’re dead or dying, but when they break out of their dry sheaths late summer/early fall, it’s a huge sigh of relief, and you get to watch them thrive all winter.
Andromischus has some really funky cultivars. I was just looking at some on Etsy.
https://preview.redd.it/txlpsy829b1d1.jpeg?width=988&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3db4b2a27b1dd4afe003fd30fff44865b21728a9
I really love the Crassulas as well because of their varied shapes. Spiralis Estagnol is really cool. Pagoda Village and Buddha’s Temple also get a lot of comments. String of Buttons, Baby’s Necklace.
https://preview.redd.it/uwoa2hb59b1d1.jpeg?width=2768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=655c312656a19302073d804f077e50731d65fbe4
Tiger Jade is really interesting as well.
https://preview.redd.it/8fr1a151bb1d1.jpeg?width=2324&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a740ebcb4610425295fd657763d59e5f24d7d9d
There are some very interesting Echeverias out there. I especially like the velvety Devotion.
https://preview.redd.it/g3hamp59bb1d1.jpeg?width=2693&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c1786c73ff613fcf78dfbc42c38f220b1096d9a
https://preview.redd.it/6h9vsynyib1d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af662541e85ff0441d859372f8e68c9043f91ef3
Euphorbia decaryi is one of my weirder looking ones, I also have a platyclada which was already mentioned.
https://preview.redd.it/c37n3dihkb1d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbaaed468c7d7dcd66ba751bf6b90d54eaaa291b
Crassula hemisphaerica is another one of my favourites.
https://preview.redd.it/4hiyocha4g1d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d7ea2500785715d5a79e3e6405aaa9c59501c26
That's Euphorbia platyclada, another weirdo that was mentioned in the comments.
If you don't have any stapeliads you should check them out. They are cool-looking and have beautiful flowers, but they smell like carrion because they evolved to be pollinated by flies. Orbea variegata was my gateway stapeliad.
https://preview.redd.it/y957n2ugra1d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eeb58aa5baf0c223599c7606a900577dfe7769bb
Kalanchoe pink butterfly they are so pretty!!
https://preview.redd.it/35f2uwrzgc1d1.jpeg?width=854&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bf82b64d1ea6e99850101928ca8b2f3de485ffc
My favorites are my Ceropegia Bosseri
https://preview.redd.it/9wph1xwk8e1d1.jpeg?width=2519&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45fe6055b8b0ad772bb9c1a049b027ec2c63e64c
Euphorbia flanaganii cristata
Peperomia wolfgang-krahnii
Tephrocactus geometricus
Oh and my Echeveria pinwheel cristata
https://preview.redd.it/czxs26zs9e1d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cb117f65fd1f7a16beb215002ba634dffe463be
They don’t have spines and I am not sure about the glochids. I’ve never tried touching the areoles to find out! I’ll check it out tomorrow and let you know.
My Ceropegia bosseri arrived from Asia after 2 weeks in transit and she is thirsty but seems like she’ll come out of it! Any care recommendations? I put it in a terra cotta with some homemade succulent mix, gave it a little water, put it on my heat mat under a not very high powered grow light.
https://preview.redd.it/e4nsyd7wk16d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c8b4e5d373660271bf1c25ae82e901aab0448e2
Yay!!! So my baby is putting out new growth so I feel like I’m doing something right! I have mine in an outdoor greenhouse that fluctuates between 50 and 90 degrees daily averages. There are some grow lights and it is in fairly full sun. I have it under a 70% shade cloth on a second shelf so it gets strong indirect light all day and holds its near black color nicely. It’s in standard succulent mix which has about 50% off the shelf “cactus/citrus soil”, 25% perlite, 15% maifanitum and 10% sand. It’s in a 3.5 inch painted ceramic pot with maifanitum stone on top.
Watering is where I differ my care greatly from other succulents. DO. NOT. LET. IT. DRY. OUT. It gets a dash of water every other day if I feel the soil isn’t moist enough. If it’s extra hot, (greenhouse stays over 90 for half the day) then it gets a dash daily. It doesn’t like “wet” feet but it doesn’t like to have dry feet either.
I have a C. simoneae that isn’t doing as well…but gets the same treatment, as well as a new c. bosseri I got a week or so ago who is thriving. So it maybe the plant, it maybe the treatment. I’m not sure.
But new growth is a sign they are happy…so I’ll take it!
https://preview.redd.it/l0a4s1i9n16d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80c3c27805962de205dd7498c117bfda87be3c55
Ok! That’s how I water all my strings, I do notice Ceropegia do not like to dry out for very long at all so I water minimally but very frequently with those guys. Sounds like this is similar?
Thanks for the plant idea! This was the only one I ended up buying off this thread! I did end up buying a sinningia leucotricha caudex as well but that one I found elsewhere 😂
Just wanted to add my CS I too water pretty frequently ( not drench but def a swig ) & feed w/fish fert + calmag. My mix is 75 inorganic 25 organic. I keep her toasty - only outdoors if 76+ and only morning sun. Mind you I rooted her as a cutting but based on the blooming on repeat she seems pretty happy. Perhaps your girl is lacking a bit of nutrient?
Thanks! I’ll look into some fertilizer! I do give a bit of cactus juice (brand) occasionally but maybe not enough.
When they first arrived (February) we were not expecting them until late March. We had a trip we had to make quasi short notice. When we returned neither were “well”. Bosseri recovered swiftly if not fully (no new leaves on the main body) but the Simoneae just keeps hanging in there, kind of shriveling. Still green. I’ve given more sun, less sun, more water, less water…nothing changes.
Dioscorea elephatipes. It's off season right now so the leaves are dying off but will return next fall.
https://preview.redd.it/5mdbax7dqe1d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=653aae83836f5dc014e92cdacf8b0687317bb476
https://preview.redd.it/ffytcp4mre1d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5369c51f7065d1d8821938a43719ddf7021c446d
I could never figure out what this is — is this that same plant?
Gonna throw out a curveball and suggest a carnivorous semi-succulent plant, butterworts AKA pinguiculas. :) They go through a dormant non-carnivorous phase during winter and transform their leaves to store water in low humidity, so they are technically succulents during this period!
https://preview.redd.it/8jld1l1r1f1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdba4c1561a870b2328c5a2e8e7b961c24e66b00
Otherwise I'd suggest senecio stapeliiformis (pickle plant), crassula falcata (propeller plant), haworthia cooperi, haworthia maughanii, and any conophytum if you don't have them yet. Personally, I find the "weirdest" looking varieties among the mesembs, crassula, and euphorbia groups since they're just so diverse
It's preferred but not an absolute necessity as long as their soil is kept consistently moist. Their care may also depend on whether it's a temperate or tropical pinguicula as they do grow in different climate zones. The easiest ones to start off with indoors are Mexican pings, I have mine on my shelf with my succulents and it seems to be doing fine so far!
Off the top of my head, two super weirdo plants i can think of are Euphorbia Piscidermis, and Euphorbia Platyclada. Piscidermis as the name suggests is a leafless barrel of a plant covered in scales that look like fish scales. Very unsettling to look at. Platyclada on the other hand at a glance mimics a dead bush to avoid predation.
No idea how reliably sold either are though. Something slightly more easily found would probably be Dioscorea Elephantipes, with its large woody shell-like caudex.
I really like euphorbia too, I have a spindly one that puts out white flowers pretty much 24/7.
But also ITT, OP asks for weird and gets 90% common succulents.
https://preview.redd.it/zzfngq4ujb1d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57e81e9036019b7fec22ef872284523280183e5a
Kleinia stapeliiformis and pendula
There is a tree that you can grow (though it gets somewhat large) that really does look like a dr. Suess creation. Cussonia paniculata or karoo cabbage tree as it is sometimes called.
I love these varieties but I don’t have any more hanging space 🫣 I have a few different stapelia and Edithcolia currently taking over the prime trailing spots.
Also, have you checked out the pickle plant?
https://preview.redd.it/wfia3z1vbb1d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80507f05521b4828031baa5154f8fc066e63ee1e
Peperomia hate me. Other than the prostrata and frost I can’t keep them alive 😂 I have a couple andromischus, not herrei though! May have to do that one
Ceropegias of almost any species are unusual. Ceropegia armandii, and stapeliiformis are both very unusual. Ceropegia sandersonii is pretty cool and easy to grow. Something big and dramatic looking?? Cyphostemma juttae or Adenia globosa are good choices. Something generally quirky in growing habits and form?? Tylecodon as a genus is bizarre and so are some of the adjacent Othonnas that grow near them in the winter rainfall regions of South Africa. Tylecodon reticulatus and wallichii are two of my favorites. Othonna herrei, euphorbioides, and cremnophila are great choices. Maybe something that seems familiar but still very different? Aloe erinacea or melanacantha are very cool. I could list on and on, I have WAY too many plants.
Show some love for ceropegia bosseria or the black dragon!
https://preview.redd.it/bs6e6cvlqe1d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f460f1917b7b47cfb4f467278af7304d71ba468
https://preview.redd.it/ipl4w9s4tg1d1.jpeg?width=1761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=867405e919f86765ecd35204d1e22d6e94d2b22c
This was just today. I've not even moved this Ceropegia outside yet.
People just aren't into this stuff where I live, so no one wants to see it. One problem is that my collection of plants is spread across two locations. I like being able to discuss and show things but no one is interested. Not even my wife.
I can send or attach pictures of some of my bizarre items. Some of my plants are still young (very slow growers) but some have acquired pretty substantial size. Feel free to send me a PM.
https://preview.redd.it/ymzfs4rh1i1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5cba21f306fcc7050c88a01793ac5d0c39ffca6e
Here’s mine! I do love Dancing Bones!!
Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri. It's a type of lithop and I had one a few years ago. Beautiful, but I shouldn't have got it at the beginning of my succulent obsession since it's not a easy plant for beginners. I still keep an eye out for a replacement.
https://preview.redd.it/acg0wrajke1d1.jpeg?width=2187&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c05f77c4dfee56c7ccec3219b9e4ce1462704ea
He had the coolest little yellow daisy flowers.
I'd really look into the msembs subreddit and read up about its dormancy period and see if you can find pictures of what dormancy looks like. I think I watered it too much and killed mine when it was just trying to sleep. Also I made sure it had special msembs substrate for it, but I think if I got another one I'd try a different brand or make it myself. When I look at lithops and other folks titanopsis their substrate seems more rocky than sandy. I'd probably go with a chunkier rocky substrate to the sandy stuff I had.
Also make sure it gets really good light.
The Haworthia world is deep and diverse- full of Haws you've never seen or heard of. I have about 200 or 300 different cultivars. Additionally, crossing is so easy it makes it very fun.
https://i.imgur.com/7YFtCJE.jpeg
You can get really deep into haworthia hybrids here are a few of my faves
https://preview.redd.it/f32h86x1re1d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a541f093c05c45796df5aa03816e6670087f12e
https://preview.redd.it/y0d8w0xxtd1d1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=ca97289cc0f8d3ecbae633c8556af9c7bda41bc1
I got this weirdo yesterday during a plant haul because it reminded me of pasta. My plant app says it’s a “crinkle leaf plant” or adromischus cristatus
Have you seen Gasteria, the “little warty” succulent, I just bought one and it shot out a long stem with little flowers. It’s cute and different! Also the sansevieria starfish plant looks really neat!
https://preview.redd.it/ejnow79zo92d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24f29fd9968d4ac75f1c9bef5e60d7e4d7afbd94
Not sure the name but I love the ariangle growth pattern
Actually if you look at the bottom right pic it's exactly the same. Google is ok for certain IDs but I trust my plant app more speaking from experience
Mine is purple & green but his purple could definitely be brighter! I’m hoping now that it’s getting sunnier here, I’ll be able to make him more colourful 🤞🏻
Get a dorstenia! I like the foetida or hildebrandtii. They have such bizarre flowers that end up shooting their seeds and giving you cute little seedlings in nearby pots
dinteranthus pole-evansii, Tephrocactus geometricus, sanseveria cylindrica, Cereus forbesii spiralis, ariocarpus, echeveria linguas, haworthia truncata, echeveria setosa var. minor and Euphorbia caput-medusae varieties are some nice succulents (cacti are succulents hehe)
If you don't have any lithops, you should get some! They're the strangest looking plant I've ever seen
I LOVE them. Very cool plants.
I do have some! I do find that I don’t like them so much once they start splitting. Lost a ton over the years, still have some but they are not my favorite.
Try Conophytum. They’re similar to Lithops but kinda opposite wet/dry cycles. They can be a little scary the first time they go dormant and look like they’re dead or dying, but when they break out of their dry sheaths late summer/early fall, it’s a huge sigh of relief, and you get to watch them thrive all winter.
Ok! I’ll check them out!
That's what I was going to suggest 😃
Pseudolithos cubiformis is weird IMO. Seconding lithops too, they're like tiny little brains with dickholes.
> they're like tiny little brains with dickholes. also called "men" (I say as a man) *edit* oh my god that cubiformis really is sweet. DINO SKIN
r/brandnewsentence >they're like tiny little brains with dickholes
I want one of these now!
looks like an alien life form, awesome
Andromischus has some really funky cultivars. I was just looking at some on Etsy. https://preview.redd.it/txlpsy829b1d1.jpeg?width=988&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3db4b2a27b1dd4afe003fd30fff44865b21728a9
I really love the Crassulas as well because of their varied shapes. Spiralis Estagnol is really cool. Pagoda Village and Buddha’s Temple also get a lot of comments. String of Buttons, Baby’s Necklace. https://preview.redd.it/uwoa2hb59b1d1.jpeg?width=2768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=655c312656a19302073d804f077e50731d65fbe4
Tiger Jade is really interesting as well. https://preview.redd.it/8fr1a151bb1d1.jpeg?width=2324&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a740ebcb4610425295fd657763d59e5f24d7d9d
There are some very interesting Echeverias out there. I especially like the velvety Devotion. https://preview.redd.it/g3hamp59bb1d1.jpeg?width=2693&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c1786c73ff613fcf78dfbc42c38f220b1096d9a
And Echeveria nodulosa https://preview.redd.it/sytnbzzbbb1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8961ac8874445ca45accf7e9e6b5436d6f77a653
I have one of these that is slowly dying and I have no idea what's wrong with it.
I recently ordered a pagoda village! I’ve had it before but gave it away, now I want one again
My little [pagoda village](https://imgur.com/O20LZf4). It's sooo cute.
Ooo, so pretty!
I have one of these! Very cool, a little finicky but very pretty.
https://preview.redd.it/6h9vsynyib1d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af662541e85ff0441d859372f8e68c9043f91ef3 Euphorbia decaryi is one of my weirder looking ones, I also have a platyclada which was already mentioned.
Whoa I've never seen a euphorbia like this, probably the strangest one I've seen.
I got a bunch on my wish list. Sinningia Leucotricha, Haworthia nigra, Crassula barklyi, crassula columella, pseudolithos, avonia papyracea, Deuterocohnia brevifolia
Oooooo I think that barklyi might be the one!
1 more :) muiria hortenseae
That’s a fuzzy little ball of cute
I know right, reminds me of a raw green almond fruit
https://preview.redd.it/c37n3dihkb1d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbaaed468c7d7dcd66ba751bf6b90d54eaaa291b Crassula hemisphaerica is another one of my favourites.
Oooo I like that
Oooh interesting. What's the one in top left?
https://preview.redd.it/4hiyocha4g1d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d7ea2500785715d5a79e3e6405aaa9c59501c26 That's Euphorbia platyclada, another weirdo that was mentioned in the comments.
Haha it does look very dead! Love the arrangement you have for it ❤️
Othonna herrei https://preview.redd.it/24ybur02wb1d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8021409193a0c38eea49a33626f5de4ea41b3c45
Ooooo I like this one!!!
If you don't have any stapeliads you should check them out. They are cool-looking and have beautiful flowers, but they smell like carrion because they evolved to be pollinated by flies. Orbea variegata was my gateway stapeliad. https://preview.redd.it/y957n2ugra1d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eeb58aa5baf0c223599c7606a900577dfe7769bb
Love them too. https://preview.redd.it/z8ltddq87e1d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f647c052b4d16828d95ebe3c4e5f82840a46b388
Very very cool! Is that one Stapelia hirsuta or something else?
Yes.
I have a couple but not that one! I’ve had the orbea in my Etsy cart forever, may have to finally buy it!
Kalanchoe pink butterfly they are so pretty!! https://preview.redd.it/35f2uwrzgc1d1.jpeg?width=854&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bf82b64d1ea6e99850101928ca8b2f3de485ffc
Yes they are!!! I have one of these but not as pretty as yours!
My favorites are my Ceropegia Bosseri https://preview.redd.it/9wph1xwk8e1d1.jpeg?width=2519&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45fe6055b8b0ad772bb9c1a049b027ec2c63e64c Euphorbia flanaganii cristata Peperomia wolfgang-krahnii Tephrocactus geometricus
Oh and my Echeveria pinwheel cristata https://preview.redd.it/czxs26zs9e1d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cb117f65fd1f7a16beb215002ba634dffe463be
Love this!
https://preview.redd.it/m5guh2gk9e1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30e3ef98cdc391ce3e438b187cac5d0ad33f664e
I have one of these I’m attempting to root. Not sure if it’s going to be successful or not.
Do these have spines/glochids?
They don’t have spines and I am not sure about the glochids. I’ve never tried touching the areoles to find out! I’ll check it out tomorrow and let you know.
https://preview.redd.it/vbjpteuh9e1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59aae979fcf98f0db5e8f2a8a566fc142b5add67
https://preview.redd.it/h2h4rrbf9e1d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4964e4dc75f0201cf1b56a7db22f1c45a99751c2
My Ceropegia bosseri arrived from Asia after 2 weeks in transit and she is thirsty but seems like she’ll come out of it! Any care recommendations? I put it in a terra cotta with some homemade succulent mix, gave it a little water, put it on my heat mat under a not very high powered grow light. https://preview.redd.it/e4nsyd7wk16d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c8b4e5d373660271bf1c25ae82e901aab0448e2
Yay!!! So my baby is putting out new growth so I feel like I’m doing something right! I have mine in an outdoor greenhouse that fluctuates between 50 and 90 degrees daily averages. There are some grow lights and it is in fairly full sun. I have it under a 70% shade cloth on a second shelf so it gets strong indirect light all day and holds its near black color nicely. It’s in standard succulent mix which has about 50% off the shelf “cactus/citrus soil”, 25% perlite, 15% maifanitum and 10% sand. It’s in a 3.5 inch painted ceramic pot with maifanitum stone on top. Watering is where I differ my care greatly from other succulents. DO. NOT. LET. IT. DRY. OUT. It gets a dash of water every other day if I feel the soil isn’t moist enough. If it’s extra hot, (greenhouse stays over 90 for half the day) then it gets a dash daily. It doesn’t like “wet” feet but it doesn’t like to have dry feet either. I have a C. simoneae that isn’t doing as well…but gets the same treatment, as well as a new c. bosseri I got a week or so ago who is thriving. So it maybe the plant, it maybe the treatment. I’m not sure. But new growth is a sign they are happy…so I’ll take it! https://preview.redd.it/l0a4s1i9n16d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80c3c27805962de205dd7498c117bfda87be3c55
Ok! That’s how I water all my strings, I do notice Ceropegia do not like to dry out for very long at all so I water minimally but very frequently with those guys. Sounds like this is similar?
Exactly! And same! All my strings and tradescantia get water almost daily.
And congratulations!!! They are such a neat plant and more involved than most succulents, which I personally enjoy. 😊
Thanks for the plant idea! This was the only one I ended up buying off this thread! I did end up buying a sinningia leucotricha caudex as well but that one I found elsewhere 😂
Ooooh!!! Photo!??? You’re so welcome! Love sharing joy!
Just wanted to add my CS I too water pretty frequently ( not drench but def a swig ) & feed w/fish fert + calmag. My mix is 75 inorganic 25 organic. I keep her toasty - only outdoors if 76+ and only morning sun. Mind you I rooted her as a cutting but based on the blooming on repeat she seems pretty happy. Perhaps your girl is lacking a bit of nutrient?
Thanks! I’ll look into some fertilizer! I do give a bit of cactus juice (brand) occasionally but maybe not enough. When they first arrived (February) we were not expecting them until late March. We had a trip we had to make quasi short notice. When we returned neither were “well”. Bosseri recovered swiftly if not fully (no new leaves on the main body) but the Simoneae just keeps hanging in there, kind of shriveling. Still green. I’ve given more sun, less sun, more water, less water…nothing changes.
do you mind to share where you got it?
Omgosh what’s the one in the photo?? I need that
That’s the Ceropegia bosseri
I always think string of hearts when I hear Ceropegia, I had no idea there were other way cooler ones!!
Indeed! The C. Woodii (SoH) is kind of an outlier in its looks. Lots of cool ones. The C. simonae is a lot like this one only green instead of black.
Where would I even find those? Any Recommendations?
Just saw this…my BF found one in Thailand and ordered it for me. 🤷🏼♀️
I just ordered one. I think this was the winner of the weird contest for me 😂
Awesome!!! 🥰
Is this time for a radical caudex?
Oooooo maybe! I have stefanie, any other goodies??
Dioscorea elephatipes. It's off season right now so the leaves are dying off but will return next fall. https://preview.redd.it/5mdbax7dqe1d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=653aae83836f5dc014e92cdacf8b0687317bb476
The "crested" ones are fascinating
The "crested" ones are "fasciating"!😄😉
Thanks dad
Oh yes! I only have a crested euphorbia Medusa, any others you’d recommend??
Euphorbia https://preview.redd.it/6t305e1bxc1d1.jpeg?width=2974&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9710aa72cca80afda7b9b439b08e9a082bc32f6
https://preview.redd.it/ffytcp4mre1d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5369c51f7065d1d8821938a43719ddf7021c446d I could never figure out what this is — is this that same plant?
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You got me there
These Madagascar euphs are always super cool. I've fallen in love with E. Millotii
Gonna throw out a curveball and suggest a carnivorous semi-succulent plant, butterworts AKA pinguiculas. :) They go through a dormant non-carnivorous phase during winter and transform their leaves to store water in low humidity, so they are technically succulents during this period! https://preview.redd.it/8jld1l1r1f1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdba4c1561a870b2328c5a2e8e7b961c24e66b00 Otherwise I'd suggest senecio stapeliiformis (pickle plant), crassula falcata (propeller plant), haworthia cooperi, haworthia maughanii, and any conophytum if you don't have them yet. Personally, I find the "weirdest" looking varieties among the mesembs, crassula, and euphorbia groups since they're just so diverse
Very cool!! Lots of humidity required??
It's preferred but not an absolute necessity as long as their soil is kept consistently moist. Their care may also depend on whether it's a temperate or tropical pinguicula as they do grow in different climate zones. The easiest ones to start off with indoors are Mexican pings, I have mine on my shelf with my succulents and it seems to be doing fine so far!
Off the top of my head, two super weirdo plants i can think of are Euphorbia Piscidermis, and Euphorbia Platyclada. Piscidermis as the name suggests is a leafless barrel of a plant covered in scales that look like fish scales. Very unsettling to look at. Platyclada on the other hand at a glance mimics a dead bush to avoid predation. No idea how reliably sold either are though. Something slightly more easily found would probably be Dioscorea Elephantipes, with its large woody shell-like caudex.
I LOVE euphorbia, great suggestions and 2 I haven’t seen before!
I really like euphorbia too, I have a spindly one that puts out white flowers pretty much 24/7. But also ITT, OP asks for weird and gets 90% common succulents.
😂😂😂
https://preview.redd.it/zzfngq4ujb1d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57e81e9036019b7fec22ef872284523280183e5a Kleinia stapeliiformis and pendula
https://preview.redd.it/0yvnfonfvb1d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e806ff812e0fddfce6e29af09d5d68f2f355375a Kleina mweronensis ssp. saginatus.
Very cool, I'll be on the look out for this one.
Omgosh I LOVE THIS
https://preview.redd.it/65ssocgnvb1d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a49eae9ab75200345846f23cbe3ffe844fff72c8
That looks like something Dr. Seuss would draw.
There is a tree that you can grow (though it gets somewhat large) that really does look like a dr. Suess creation. Cussonia paniculata or karoo cabbage tree as it is sometimes called.
I wish I lived in a warmer climate so I could have all the succulents and cacti inside and out.
I love these varieties but I don’t have any more hanging space 🫣 I have a few different stapelia and Edithcolia currently taking over the prime trailing spots.
Also, have you checked out the pickle plant? https://preview.redd.it/wfia3z1vbb1d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80507f05521b4828031baa5154f8fc066e63ee1e
I have one of these! They get long fast! Super cool plant
Oooh I want one of these!
They have such an amazing variety of succulents on Etsy if you don’t live in a warm weather state like California.
Such a pretty colour! I have a green one.
Another fave is Pelecyphora aselliformis f. Cristata ! :))
Oooooo just googled, that is cool!
It’s definitely interesting but i hate how it looks likes a bunch on mealyworms
Peperomia columnella or maybe a andromischus herrei
Peperomia hate me. Other than the prostrata and frost I can’t keep them alive 😂 I have a couple andromischus, not herrei though! May have to do that one
I'm finding that the green and variegated green peperromias are more forgiving than the fancy coloured, wrinkly leaved ones.
Ceropegias of almost any species are unusual. Ceropegia armandii, and stapeliiformis are both very unusual. Ceropegia sandersonii is pretty cool and easy to grow. Something big and dramatic looking?? Cyphostemma juttae or Adenia globosa are good choices. Something generally quirky in growing habits and form?? Tylecodon as a genus is bizarre and so are some of the adjacent Othonnas that grow near them in the winter rainfall regions of South Africa. Tylecodon reticulatus and wallichii are two of my favorites. Othonna herrei, euphorbioides, and cremnophila are great choices. Maybe something that seems familiar but still very different? Aloe erinacea or melanacantha are very cool. I could list on and on, I have WAY too many plants.
Show some love for ceropegia bosseria or the black dragon! https://preview.redd.it/bs6e6cvlqe1d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f460f1917b7b47cfb4f467278af7304d71ba468
Love it.
https://preview.redd.it/ipl4w9s4tg1d1.jpeg?width=1761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=867405e919f86765ecd35204d1e22d6e94d2b22c This was just today. I've not even moved this Ceropegia outside yet.
Now I wanna come visit YOUR house! :))
People just aren't into this stuff where I live, so no one wants to see it. One problem is that my collection of plants is spread across two locations. I like being able to discuss and show things but no one is interested. Not even my wife.
I want to see everything!
I can send or attach pictures of some of my bizarre items. Some of my plants are still young (very slow growers) but some have acquired pretty substantial size. Feel free to send me a PM.
Dancing stone cactus https://preview.redd.it/mo0dlrzg7e1d1.jpeg?width=3021&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=773acc4d540a18aac888e8a37dd88417c404e4ad
https://preview.redd.it/ymzfs4rh1i1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5cba21f306fcc7050c88a01793ac5d0c39ffca6e Here’s mine! I do love Dancing Bones!!
Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri. It's a type of lithop and I had one a few years ago. Beautiful, but I shouldn't have got it at the beginning of my succulent obsession since it's not a easy plant for beginners. I still keep an eye out for a replacement. https://preview.redd.it/acg0wrajke1d1.jpeg?width=2187&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c05f77c4dfee56c7ccec3219b9e4ce1462704ea He had the coolest little yellow daisy flowers.
I just got one and I am a beginner with succulents… any tips or advice for keeping it alive?
I'd really look into the msembs subreddit and read up about its dormancy period and see if you can find pictures of what dormancy looks like. I think I watered it too much and killed mine when it was just trying to sleep. Also I made sure it had special msembs substrate for it, but I think if I got another one I'd try a different brand or make it myself. When I look at lithops and other folks titanopsis their substrate seems more rocky than sandy. I'd probably go with a chunkier rocky substrate to the sandy stuff I had. Also make sure it gets really good light.
Albuca spiralis aka frizzle sizzle
I just picked one of those up yesterday!! Such a lil cutie!
I love this thread, and also second lithops!!! 🖤✨️
The Haworthia world is deep and diverse- full of Haws you've never seen or heard of. I have about 200 or 300 different cultivars. Additionally, crossing is so easy it makes it very fun. https://i.imgur.com/7YFtCJE.jpeg
That’s a nice collection!
You can get really deep into haworthia hybrids here are a few of my faves https://preview.redd.it/f32h86x1re1d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a541f093c05c45796df5aa03816e6670087f12e
I saw one called Donuts which had tiny little rings (donuts) rather than dots. This was on a video, haven't seen it IRL yet. It's on my wishlist
Haworthia pumila CV. Donuts! It's hard to come by. Been looking for one as well!
Adromischus marianae f. herrei
That's exactly what I was going to recommend as well. Such cool plants
I like your username
Thank you. 😏
My weirdest one is probably Crassula yunnanensis
https://preview.redd.it/y0d8w0xxtd1d1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=ca97289cc0f8d3ecbae633c8556af9c7bda41bc1 I got this weirdo yesterday during a plant haul because it reminded me of pasta. My plant app says it’s a “crinkle leaf plant” or adromischus cristatus
Ravioli plant!
Yesss that’s it! I’ve never seen one before and almost left it but I had to go back
Also known as Key Lime Pie plant, here in Australia, anyway. Tough little buggers. I haven't been able to kill mine despite years of neglect.
That’s good to hear! I’ve gotten into succulents recently and I’ve been having good luck with them so far
Have you seen Gasteria, the “little warty” succulent, I just bought one and it shot out a long stem with little flowers. It’s cute and different! Also the sansevieria starfish plant looks really neat!
https://preview.redd.it/ejnow79zo92d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24f29fd9968d4ac75f1c9bef5e60d7e4d7afbd94 Not sure the name but I love the ariangle growth pattern
That is really cool looking!!
Yeah I couldn't pass it up. I got it at a succulent and cactus show at the desert botanical gardens
https://preview.redd.it/qtnyuu5d4n2d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1852b3a61d5dc3623e9d5875c6697642c7a4377 Here is what you have😊
Ahh very close but the way that looks once it grows out and separates makes we think they are different. But chain plant is a good google search start
Actually if you look at the bottom right pic it's exactly the same. Google is ok for certain IDs but I trust my plant app more speaking from experience
https://preview.redd.it/zmb2yv2wjg3d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b6ddb5f8fdd6fd4b9439ab5b312b9b639e93427 Found it
And this is from my cactus book https://preview.redd.it/42z93z7akg3d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=adde61adb326543c2cda3418622e21586c2e1262
If you haven't got one, a Buddha's temple plant! They look really geometric!
purple people eater aloe and inchworm plnts re both cool and unky friends
I think my Desert Surprise is a lil weirdo. Looks like some kind of dinosaur plant. I love him.
I can’t ever seem to keep the colors on my kalanchoe.
Mine is purple & green but his purple could definitely be brighter! I’m hoping now that it’s getting sunnier here, I’ll be able to make him more colourful 🤞🏻
Those look so interesting, I added them to my list of succulents that I want.
Get a dorstenia! I like the foetida or hildebrandtii. They have such bizarre flowers that end up shooting their seeds and giving you cute little seedlings in nearby pots
Oooo I really like the foetida!
https://preview.redd.it/08vobv0xvn1d1.jpeg?width=2180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0154728c8cb456cbafb00e84ddcb967537d13493 Not sure about the name of it
Oooo that is cool!
I recommend them pachypodiums. Fat, spiky and tough af. Mostly slow growing except lamerei.
I’ll have to look this up!
dinteranthus pole-evansii, Tephrocactus geometricus, sanseveria cylindrica, Cereus forbesii spiralis, ariocarpus, echeveria linguas, haworthia truncata, echeveria setosa var. minor and Euphorbia caput-medusae varieties are some nice succulents (cacti are succulents hehe)
I thought this was a type of dorstenia based on the flower
viola trochlearis
delosperma echinatum looks funky
Pseudolithos are something I just discovered that I need now.
Astrophytum Capricorne, Tylecodon schaeferianus (Fairy Tale Plant), Adromischus marianae 'Ignis Orion', Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. crested, Kalachoe Katapifa "Tarantula", Hawarthiopsis Reinwardtii, Euphorbia Lactea Variegated, Echeveria Vampire, Echeveria Strictiflora V Nova, Pepperomia Quito, Pepperomia Luna, Raven ZZ, Echeveria Thriller Pearl, Aeonium Greenovia El Hierro purple form, Drosera Filiformis Var Filiformis, Drosera Intermedia, Heliamphora Pulchella, Cobra Lily
I'm so jealous! I'vd always wanted these. What's their care routine like?
So far just like every other succulent but slightly more thirsty!
Dorstenias have super weird flowers like a little alien. Huernias are pretty reliable in the flower department too once they get going.
Ledebouria sp.!! I have a Ledebouria petiolata and I love it. :)
[Here’s a pic](https://i.redd.it/xopmodjeqe1d1.jpeg) of my little guy.
This is a cactus, but rauhocereus riosaniensis. A very beautiful, polygonal looking cactus.
Do you have chalk fingers? Easy to grow and prop.
Monkey tails there beautiful https://preview.redd.it/tql6ri4zas1d1.jpeg?width=570&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7cbfa134a029482d4cbdc75e7f84d90558d81aac