Miniature Pine Tree - Crassula tetragona

I accidentally ended up with a small piece of a Miniature Pine Tree plant in the pot that one of my Jade Plants came in. Since -- through mechanisms I am still attempting to investigate -- succulents are typically capable of taking root when a leaf is planted, I thought I would plant the little piece of tree and see whether I could get it to grow. I can't tell whether it's actually taken root without pulling it up, which I'd rather not do, but since it's been a couple weeks and the leaves haven't started to crinkle or wither, I suspect it has rooted. Part of the purpose of this blog was to better track whether it's actually starting to grow (since succulents are usually slow-growing, so it's hard to tell from day to day).

This plant is native to South Africa.


Phylum/division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula
Species: C. tetragona