An example of rooting yourself in the shoot

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An example of rooting yourself in the shoot

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This Crassula mesembryanthoides shoot was very keen to grow some roots. One is fairly conventional (green arrow). The other (red arrow) started out normally but took a detour into the leaf before then exiting.
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Re: An example of rooting yourself in the shoot

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Great spot and a great play on words too!
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I forgot to mention the other day Mike, I think this fits ssp.hispida.

https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel? ... M&aID=2663

https://conophytum.com/index.php?/category/423
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I think you're right, Chris. The last photo on that ICN page, with the 2 subspecies side by side, seems pretty conclusive. The seed came from Silverhills just labelled C. mesembryanthoides. I'll do a label amendment.
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