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title: "Could someone help me identify the long one and let me know how to…"
description: "Could someone help me identify the long one and let me know how to properly propagate these succulents? Thank you :)"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Kiwibiwi"
published: "2025-06-29T00:28:56.780249Z"
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# Could someone help me identify the long one and let me know how to…

_Posted by Kiwibiwi on 2025-06-29_

Could someone help me identify the long one and let me know how to properly propagate these succulents? Thank you :)

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ti2sOh_cw0bhwEXaAl9P2_z-J0_yQP-ljTyobmXY4ak/SsYF0oD8QliZqsnWvtp7_A.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ti2sOh_cw0bhwEXaAl9P2_z-J0_yQP-ljTyobmXY4ak/g_zBvbj2Tu-foDTotcGysQ.webp?size=large)

## 8 comments

### Angelica commented on 2025-06-29

Not sure about the identification part, but my succulents have done well when I just put them straight into dirt.

#### Laura replied on 2025-06-29

I read that also. Let them lay out a couple of days to scan over first. If you propagate in water they might have a harder time adjusting to soil

### Mackenzie commented on 2025-06-29

The long one looks like an elephant bush to me

### PrettyLittleThings commented on 2025-06-29

I agree, elephant bush (Portulacaria Afra). I'm successful in water propagation until I see (water) roots. Then once roots are an inch or more, I transplant to soil, keeping it moist for a week, and then slowly acclimate it to getting dry to fully dry on between watering. Everytime I do straight to soil prop, they die on me 😮‍💨

### Amy commented on 2025-06-29

Here’s my elephant bush for reference. Pretty durable plant

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ahCTRv8h6e5pa1M_fMqIQJS4xBzv5FFRs_TH1XgqF0c/lZUImn7ERSiTDu_4aM6r-g.webp?size=large)

### Amy commented on 2025-06-29

I always do water props but I just like watching the roots grow. Jade plants are survivors they’d be just fine tossing them in soil

### Rosita commented on 2025-06-29

I actually think the one on the left looks like a lipstick plant. Not sure the specifics of propogating it, but it's not a succulent so I'd probably put it in water to grow roots.

#### molly replied on 2025-06-30

there is a lipstick plant with curly leaves kind of similar to this, but those leaves are thinner and and don’t have a thick stem. this is an elephant bush (:

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