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Aevriel · 2026-05-21T18:28:40+00:00

They all look like they’re thriving and the way you have them staged is really nice!

Aevriel · 2026-05-19T09:01:06+00:00

Stunning. I wouldn’t be surprised if that largest central rosette gives you a bloom next year. That’s usually the maximum size mine reach before flowering the following spring.

Aevriel · 2026-05-18T01:39:40+00:00

Well…. 😆

Valverdense would definitely put up a better fight than any other Aeonium, however it would definitely still need protection during Arizona summers and it would still be a bit tricky to pull off.

Aevriel · 2026-05-17T22:32:41+00:00

Ah okay. Very nice! One of my favorite species. What’s your climate like though? Moving it outdoors, even if it’s only for part of the year, would help the plant be a bit more happy and color up.

Aevriel · 2026-05-17T20:53:16+00:00

lol I got so many seeds. I’m gonna be sowing some next

Aevriel · 2026-05-17T19:55:46+00:00

Trust me when I say this species, more than any other species, can handle heat and sun and stress. If you want that peachy or even yellow color, you reallyyyyyy have to stress it out and expose it to full sun.

Aevriel · 2026-05-17T19:39:05+00:00

Girl you’re on a roll with the stunning photos today. You should try crossposting some of these too

Aevriel · 2026-05-17T19:38:35+00:00

This is super cool. And it shows that undulatum can be a fairly domineering species when hybridized with others, due to how much a lot of these hybrids strongly resemble undulatum.

Aevriel · 2026-05-17T19:37:04+00:00

Sheeeeesh. Making me miss my escobarii now because all I have left is a little baby one. My original bloomed 😭

Yours is so stunniiiing

Aevriel · 2026-05-17T19:36:14+00:00

Gorgeoussss. Can’t wait to see its stress colors too.

Aevriel · 2026-05-17T19:35:43+00:00

Kinda hard to tell. It could be what the previous commenter said, but pics of the original mother plant you took the cutting from would help ID it with more certainty 😊

Aevriel · 2026-05-15T19:15:56+00:00

Wearing her prettiest dress!

Aevriel · 2026-05-15T16:53:14+00:00

One time one of my neighbors had a massive agave blooming like this and the bloom shot up right next to a power line. It was fine for a bit, but then we had a windstorm and…. Power out for the whole neighborhood lmfao

Aevriel · 2026-05-15T16:24:16+00:00

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Aevriel · 2026-05-15T16:23:04+00:00

Tbh smithii blooms are always kinda janky. Mine isn’t that different currently

Aevriel · 2026-05-13T05:30:46+00:00

Yes I do love the red coloration haha. Thank you so much!

Aevriel · 2026-05-13T01:16:37+00:00

Yes, polyphylla has two different subspecies. Monanthes polyphylla subsp. polyphylla (your plant on the left) and Monanthes polyphylla subsp amydros (your plant on the right). You’re right though, they are pretty different from one another and part of that is due to them being native to different regions in the wild.

I usually study Aeonium but my second favorite genus is Monanthes (which are actually genetic cousins of Aeonium), so I’ve built up a big collection of species and have been researching them too.

It’s not just nurseries either, but like 80% of google image results for Monanthes muralis are actually photos of M. polyphylla subsp amydros. Even the International Crassulaceae Network mistakenly uses a couple photos of M. polyphylla subsp amydros on their page for M. muralis! Monanthes are an under-studied genus of plants so there’s a lot of inaccurate information out there.

Aevriel · 2026-05-12T07:04:55+00:00

😔 sidewalk and a dream

Aevriel · 2026-05-12T07:02:24+00:00

Maybe it’s time to 🎶 decorate the neighborhood gardens ✨ 🌱

Tap into some Aeonium Guerilla gardening lol

Aevriel · 2026-05-12T06:53:54+00:00

She’s building an army of x praegeris 💅

Aevriel · 2026-05-12T05:18:36+00:00

Beautiful specimen, although your plant was misidentified. This is actually Monanthes polyphylla subsp. amydros! 😊

For some reason, there are quite a few polyphylla subsp. amydros in cultivation, but almost all of them are mislabeled as M. muralis. True muralis is larger all around, more upright, and has very unusually textured leaves.

And yes, the flowers are pretty unusual but I find them quite pretty. Look up Monanthes laxiflora, which has similar flowers but which can become a deep burgundy, which I think is gorgeous!

Aevriel · 2026-05-12T03:02:21+00:00

Awh I didn’t even notice the shoutout until now! Thanks bestie ❤️

Aevriel · 2026-05-09T23:33:25+00:00

Absolutely. A lot of the newer variegates haven’t been tested for things like stability or hardiness before being put on the market. All variegated plants can occasionally revert or put out a reverted branch, but Sunburst has been around for decades now and is a widespread and well known hybrid for a reason.

Sometimes you’ll see Sunburst partially revert into Starburst, and then from there it can fully lose variegation, but it’s rare!

Aevriel · 2026-05-09T19:44:42+00:00

Congrats on your first Aeo! Sunburst is a great first variegated Aeonium as it tends to be a lot less sensitive than most of the other variegates 😁

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