Plant ID -- Aloe Type?

[Fernando]

Here is a long one. I need some help. Two of these look like Aloe but one looks suspect. I'm planning on putting these in a RUSSIAN TORTOISE enclosure

Oh yeah... For those of you that need a little help researching some native CALIFORNIAN plants. Here is a good website. www.calflora.org


#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

 

[jeffbens0n]

#5 AND #8 both look like jade to me. Safe to eat.

 

[Fernando]

Thanks Jeff. They have been there for a couple years so hopefully I can safely transplant them in the enclosure.

 

[Edna]

1. Aloe-ish (sorry, just not sure)
2. Sempervivum? If so, edible.
3. Sempervivum
4. Hmmm...
5. Jade plant - my tortoises aren't interested in it.
6. Airplane or Spider plant, edible
7. Blue Fescue
8. Jade again
9. Swedish ivy, edible
10. Aloe, edible

 

[Fernando]

awesome! so everything on there is pretty much edible...except #4 as far as we know. Thanks guys you've been helpful as usual!

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in regards to the jade, when i had bert (13 year old sulcata) I would catch him munching on it but I wasn't sure so I would pull him away.

 

[HankC13]

Hey fernando! Jade are pretty easy to transplant. You can actually just cut a piece off, put it into the dirt, and it'll take root. Amazing little plants. I had one original plant that I've had for 10+ years and I've cut it into multiple pieces that grow at my moms and sisters.

 

[Yvonne G]

I think #1 is agave instead of aloe.

Its too tough for a Russian to bite, so even if it weren't edible, it would be ok to plant in his habitat.

I'm not sure, but I think #4 is in the lithop family (living stones).

Any of the succulents would be ok to plant in a habitat. Even the ones with toxic sap, because one bite and the tortoise would usually leave it alone.