About Curio talinoides (DC.) P.V.Heath
Curio talinoides is the bluest species among curio plants. It grows to around 50 to 70 centimeters tall. Its leaves are 4.5 to 9.5 centimeters long, thick, alternately arranged, densely packed along stems, and spaced approximately 0.3 to 0.5 centimeters apart. The leaves are linear, ascending, sickle-shaped, and narrow at both ends. It is often compared to the similar-looking Curio repens: the leaves of C. talinoides are much narrower and more elongated, while C. repens has shorter leaves that are typically boat-shaped, making the two species easy to distinguish. C. talinoides is also easily confused with Curio ficoides, which shares a similar growth habit, but their leaf cross-sections differ: C. talinoides leaves are rounded-cylindrical in cross section, while C. ficoides leaves are usually somewhat knife-like and flattened laterally. A hybrid between C. talinoides and C. repens, named Senecio 'Trident Blue', exists.
