Monstrose cultivars
& "Finger Jade's"
Common nicknames:
Scientific name:
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Gimli
Plant Scientific name: Gimli
Glen M Lord
Is credited with naming this cultivar
Year: Unknown
Rarity (1-10) 10
Gimli is a truly unique cultivar! It is the smallest of the monstrose Jade plants and also grows in a crested manner. It could be described as a micro crested Gollum because the leaves grow in roughly the same shape as a Gollum Jade.
Gollum
Plant Scientific name: Gollum
Year: Unknown
Rarity (1-10) 4
Gollum is the most common finger type monstrose Jade cultivar. It has
a closed top slightly fluted leaf that will turn somewhat red in the right conditions. Gollum will flower white or pink depending on the clone
and its growing conditions.
Hobbit
Plant Scientific name: Hobbit
Year: unknown
Rarity (1-10) 6
Hobbit is the dwarf form of the larger Horn tree and Red horn tree. It is a slow growing cultivar with closed end leaves that resembles a "nose". Gollum and Horn trees are often misidentified as Hobbit.
Horrum
Plant Scientific name: Horrum
Place of Origin: Japan
Rarity (1-10) 10
Horrum appears to be a cross between a Gollum and another Crassula ovata possibly Minor or Minima. It is truly unique with spoon, finger and normal leaves in seemingly random patterns.
Horrum is from the collection of the late Mr. Mitsuhashi of Japan.
Denethor
Plant Scientific name: Denethor
Place of Origin: Massachusetts USA
Glen M Lord
Is credited with finding and naming this cultivar
Year: 2008
Rarity (1-10) 7
Denethor is a handsome, rugged, gnarly and fast growing Crassula ovata that will flower when young. It was found growing as a sport on a common Crassula ovata "sometime around 2008" by Glen M Lord. In addition to Denethor's unique rugged look, it is known for being somewhat unstable often producing tube shaped leaves, abnormal growth patterns, occasional reversions to the wild type 'Crassula ovata ' and has also recently sported variegation.
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Denethor Jade ©thejadeplant.com/ JS
Denethor Jade ©thejadeplant.com/ JS
Photo ©Benjamin Schulz
Denethor Jade ©thejadeplant.com/ JS
Crested Gollum
Plant Scientific name: Crested Gollum
Year: around 2017
Rarity (1-10) 10
Crested Gollum is extremely rare, it appears to have origionated from Moscow Russia around 2018 although not much else Is known at this time
when a plant crests, it has many leaves grow from a node unlike the normal two by two growh pattern on most Crassula cultivars
Horn Tree
Plant Scientific name: Horn tree
Rarity (1-10) 4
Horn tree is a green cultivar with leaves reaching up to 3 inches (7.62 cm).
It is a steady grower that needs to be pruned often to keep a manageable shape.
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©thejadeplant.com/D.R
Legolas
Plant Scientific name: Legolas
Year: Unkown
Rarity (1-10) 10
Legolas is the variegated form of 'Skinny fingers'
Its variegation has the tendency to turn completely albino eventually causing the plant to fail. It is widely considered the most challenging of all Jade pants to grow. It is also among the most rare and expensive cultivars.
Benjamin Schulz
© Thejadeplant.com /D.R
© Thejadeplant.com / D.R
© Thejadeplant.com /D.R
Ogre's ears
Plant Scientific name: Ogre's ears
Year: Unknown
Rarity (1-10) 6
Ogre's ears is sometimes called Shrek ears by certain growers, A typical specimen will have fairly uniform leaves that are cupped and somewhat tilted on the top, the cupped part of the leaf will be smooth as compared to Gollum
which should look sort of like chewed bubble gum.
This type wont blush but may develop a red rim and can be bleached by intense lighting
Red Horn Tree
Plant Scientific name: Red Horn Tree
Year: Unknown
Rarity (1-10) 6
'Red horn tree' gets its name form the stunning red,orange and yellow tips that appear in cool growing conditions. much like 'Hummels sunset'
Skinny finger/Coral Jade/Fine finger
Plant Scientific name:Skinny fingers
Rarity (1-10) 3
There are three distinctive types of Skinny fingers.
1: Coral will turn bright red with a little yellow and lighter green with a slightly open top.
2: Skinny fingers with closed pointed top is typically a mutation from 'ogers ears' where the "leaves" are long and skinny, this type wont blush and almost never have open leaves.
3: Skinny fingers from 'Gollum' will be slightly thicker with somewhat open leaf ends it will blush somewhat under intense lighting and but not to the extent of 'Coral"
Edge Variegated Gollum
Plant Scientific name: Reverse Variegated Gollum
Place of Origin: Indonesia
Year: 2018 /2019
Rarity (1-10) 8
This newer type of Variegated Gollum has thin silver looking stripes that are primarily on the surface of the leaf, they have much less white area than the other Variegated Gollum forms and therefore grow much faster they also appear to be more stable.
Variegated Gollum
Plant Scientific name: Variegated gollum
Rarity (1-10) 10
Variegated Gollum is one of the most stunning, expensive and sought-after cultivars in the Jade plant world. It is known to have at least three and (possibly more) different clones, Two originating from the Mitsuhashi collection in Japan. one is extra white and the other is more balanced with Green, A third type originated in Italy and is more yellow .
These can and hard to grow especially when young. obtaining a good balance of green and white is quite tricky.
Variegated Ogre's ears
Plant Scientific name: VariegatedOgre's ears
Year: around 2018
Rarity (1-10) 10+
This Stunning variegated version of Ogre's ears appears to have originated in New York, One other Specimen that appears to be a natural mutation was found in a Maine big box store . The variegation appears to be similar to Solana and seems to be a quick grower
