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title: "Hey planta- any help ID-ing this baby? Got it as a teeny tiny thing…"
description: "Hey planta- any help ID-ing this baby? Got it as a teeny tiny thing and have no idea what it was. This is about 2 yr old, the leaves vary from long and skinny…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Steve-o"
published: "2023-07-27T16:19:27.286Z"
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# Hey planta- any help ID-ing this baby? Got it as a teeny tiny thing…

_Posted by Steve-o on 2023-07-27_

Hey planta- any help ID-ing this baby? Got it as a teeny tiny thing and have no idea what it was. This is about 2 yr old, the leaves vary from long and skinny to short and chonky.  
Some guesses: Devil’s backbone? Some kind of crassula? Something about fingers? Some kind of cotyledon?

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## 11 comments

### Steve-o commented on 2023-07-27

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/hWLcQgd4TysLmE8xiAmf_C1as2hHdTOP4SC8cn-ykuM/3468f0ff8d274214bc6edcfea5089e7a.webp?size=large)

### Tellie commented on 2023-07-27

Jade?

#### Steve-o replied on 2023-07-27

High possibility but I can’t find any varieties that look like my baby. 🤷‍♂️

#### Tellie replied on 2023-07-27

Lady fingers?

### Plant Father commented on 2023-07-27

it looks like a very wonky crassula ovata, i’ve never seen one grow so many different kinds of leaves though

#### anneliese replied on 2023-07-27

no, it’s actually meant to grow like that it’s an ogre ear jade

#### Steve-o replied on 2023-07-27

I agree- crassula is likely. But I’m pretty confident it’s not ovata. Any other ideas?

#### Plant Father replied on 2023-07-28

c. ovata is an incredibly variable species, and in doing some research around this morning i found out that the “hobbit jade” is an even more variable crassula ovata variety, so i do think it is just a very funky crassula ovata ‘hobbit’, seems like you got lucky and got one with lots of personality in its genes 😊

### anneliese commented on 2023-07-27

ogre ear jade!!!!

#### Steve-o replied on 2023-07-27

Thank you for the suggestion! The leaves don’t round in on themselves like an ogre ear does tho- they stay very flat. I think crassula family is a solid possibility but I haven’t ever found a variety that has leaves like this one tho. Any other ideas?

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