Succulent cross-polination hybrids

Question

I recently learned that if you take the pollen from the bloom of one plant and use it to pollinate another plant, one will grow a seed pod and those seeds will grow a hybrid of those two plants (if they're similar enough). I'm not desperate to do this immediately, but if my Sedum and Echeveria ever happen to bloom at the same time, it would be a fun thing to try. Does this work if I get two succulents at a store that are already blooming at the same time? #succulentsquad #succulentlove #succulents

@TheConservator · Answer

I actually think you need 2 types of sedum or 2 types of echeveria.

@TheConservator · Answer

And the thing is youll end up with hundreds or thoysands of seeds. Each 1 maybe a little different than the next. Theyll need grown out to see which ones are good crosses and which ones may just look like 1 parent or the other

@TheConservator · Answer

Fun experiment yes but there are alot if variables and time involved to really see what youve got

@Araceae · Answer

@TheConservator both succs are in the Crassulaceae family, and apparently they're not like aroids where they are only valid for crossing between a specific subgenera or section.

The genus of hybrids resulting from a Sedum x Echeveria cross is Sedeveria

@Araceae · Answer

Sedeveria 'Blue Elf' seems to be the most common representative

@Araceae · Answer

@SimpleSucc there's loads more succs that can cross breed. You can cross breed most aroids too, but it has to be within a genus [and within a section where applicable]. You can cross orchids within a subfamily too, but they need tissue culture to sprout

@TidyTigerpear · Answer

@TheConservator sedum & Echeveria, actually already have  a hybrids which would be “sedeveria”

@TheConservator · Answer

@TidyTigerpear yeah @Araceae showed that blue elf👍

Succulent cross-polination hybrids

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