what is this plant

[bazza7777]

could someone tell me what this plant is?also it has some sort of infection white spots on the leaves.

[Newt]

Hi Bazza,

Unfortunately the picture is too small to be sure, but it appears to be some type of succulent.* Please resize it to 800 by 600 or larger.*

Also, where does this grow?* Is this a houseplant or growing outdoors?* What country are you in?* If in the US please let us know what state.

Newt

[bazza7777]

how the the do i resize,every time i try the photo gets to big,and it wont let me upload

[Newt]

Gosh, I'm not much of a computer whiz.* You would need to resize it on your computer, most likely with the edit feature.* Then upload that one.* Does that help you out?

If not, maybe you could post your picture to a free site such as photobucket.com and post a link here to the photo.

Newt

[bazza7777]

I*cant get it to resize,no its not a house plant,its like a shrub and i think its from the med,spain maybe.it flower daisy type flowers once or twice a year.ps iam in the uk.

[bazza7777]

Ive found out what it is,its a Lampranthus.what do you think the white spots on the leaves could be?

[Newt]

Wow, glad you found out what it is.* Lampranthus aka iceplant is a succulent.* At least I got that part right.* :?* Lampranthus can suffer from powdery mildew.* I tried enlarging the picture on my computer but it blurrs out when I get it large enough to try and see what's going on.* If you can rub off the white spots then it's powdery mildew.* If not then there is a new leaf rot disease I read about that effects these plants in the UK.* (It helps to know where a plant is grown), but I can't seem to find too much info about it.* it's called Pythium aphanidermatum.* I can't seem to find pics of it or what to use against it.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t0g3166m61605r52/

If it's powdery mildew you can use milk to get rid of it.* Do not water at night and make sure there is good air circulation.* Clean up all fallen leaves and debris as best as you can.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/tv/mildew.html

Check to see if it's the powdery mildew, if that's not it, I'll do more searching.* Just let me know.

I decided to look just a little further and found this UK site about associated fungi for Lampranthus falcimoris.* I did a search of the below site but they only have this one species of Lampranthus listed.* Do you know which species of Lampranthus you have?
http://www.ecoflora.co.uk/search_all...t_no=520070029

Newt

[bazza7777]

COULD IT BE DOWNY MILDREW,IT WONT RUB OFF

[Newt]

Bazza, most of powdery mildew should rub off.* Here's what it looks like on other plants as I can't find a picture of it on ice plant.* You can click on the pics for a larger view.
http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/deta...imgnum=1233234
http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/deta...imgnum=1436120
http://www.ipmimages.org/images/768x512/1402006.jpg


Though this isn't the newly discovered pythium aphanidermatum, it is some strain of pythium.* Does what you see look more like this?
http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/deta...imgnum=1436159
http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/deta...imgnum=1402006

Newt

[bazza7777]

no looks nothing like either,its just small spot of white on the leaves like spots on humans