Oh well,,, it was worth a try!

I was stuck on hold today for a very long time so while I waited I sifted through ALL of the Google image search pages (there is a bunch!) and never saw anything remotely like this one in form. Weird!

Thanks again, Alicia

Perhaps a Sempervivum arachnoidum - an old one searching for more light. greetz Hablu

It is not arachnoideum. Perhaps a hybrid. I love the cristata piece.

calla_lady,

I have no idea what it is..but it sure is neat. Maybe someone will come along that does know and you'll get an id.

Well, whatever it is, it's definitely one of the funkier things known to man or beast. Very cool plant, Alicia.

Wow! I did not realize that anybody else had posted to this thread, I have not gotten any emails, and it has been a busy week around here (not much computer time).

Yep, I think it's pretty neat and funky too. I have had it by my back door (which I am in and out of all day) and have been enjoying it. Been contemplating removing the crested area and potting it up separately since it is pretty crowded.

I think Semps are difficult to identify because there are so many hybrids and their characteristics can very so much in different conditions. A few years back I made myself crazy trying to ID some of my noids, lol.

Alicia :)

hey alicia,
i've been watching your post to see if anyone could ID this for you. i really think this has some arachnoideum in it, but have you tried emailing a pic to the folks at squaw mountain gardens? that yaquina nursery i told you about on the coast in oregon had a whole flat of semps in a forgotten corner that had similar coloring/size. they weren't crested, but they were obviously really old because some of them had woody stems.
anyways, i love semps and what a cool score!

-ming

Hey back at you Ming! good to hear from you :~). I agree whatever this little gem is it surely has some arachnoideum in it.
Excellent idea about emailing Squaw Mountain, worth a try.
Of course this means that while I am there I'll have to cruise their website,,, dangerous thing to do! Especially since I've been hitting the local arboretum sales hard. I'll just have to be strong! lol....Yeah,,,right!

Alicia :~)

Dear Calla Lady,

Repot it by all means , but don't remove a thing.It seems unique.

I have seen a cristated semperviviam and I have also seen a single sempervivium on a stem.... but I can't remember where.

Why not wait and see the whole chimeria several years on ... what a conversation piece that would be.

Yours Truly

Baldric

Ps I will try to find the afore mentioned oddities , if I do I will let you know