Can anyone name this succulent ?

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    I'm growing this succulent from a stolen chick in a coffee shop.

    Can anyone help me pinpoint the variety ?? 20140724_123215.jpg
     
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    Could be one of the Echeverias perhaps, so many different ones though, I don't think it is a Sempervivum..
     
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      I hereby name this succulent 'Nigel'! Sorry, I'm hopeless at succulents.
       
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      I would agree that it is probably an Echeveria.
      I reckon the potting mix could use a fair bit more sand or grit though.
       
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      It looks like Graptopetalum or 'Ghost plant' to me.
       
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      I agree with Marley, I'm scared not to, as soon as I started typing this reply a page asking for a donation came up.
      Scary.:biggrin:
       
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      It could even be a Graptoveria - an intergeneric hybrid of Graptopetalum and Echeveria.
       
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        I used a straight cactus compost from B&Q. Would you have mixed this with grit??
         
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        I was fairly certain myself it was an Echeveria but was hoping someone mixed know the variety, seems they are very hard to differentiate between.
         
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        To my eyes it just looks a little heavy. I could well be wrong though.

        There are just so many. A better chance will come when it blooms.
         
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