What is the difference between the succulent Luoqi and Laol? Teach you how to tell them apart

The difference between the succulents Luoqi and Laol has always been a lively topic. In fact, Luoqi and Laol are related by nature; you can also directly say that Luoqi is a selected form of Laol. In South Korea they are called the same name, so the controversy is especially great, and some even say Luoqi is just Laol in colored state. So are they the same variety or not? If not, how do you distinguish them? Below is an experience summary from a flower grower on how to distinguish the two.

How to distinguish the succulents Luoqi and Laol

The flower grower is from Shanghai and got into the hobby in May 2015. Not long after, they discovered this succulent, Luoqi, and really liked that red-and-yellow jelly color. Unfortunately, the first two plants I (the flower grower refers to themselves) bought were both Laol, and it was not until August that I bought a true Luoqi. But I have also been looking for the differences between the two.

Now many sellers, including those in South Korea, sell Laol as Luoqi. Only when they sell true Luoqi will you find the price is a bit higher, or they call true Luoqi Maruba Luoqi, Maruba Jelly Luoqi.

The most obvious differences between the succulents Luoqi and Laol are：

1. Laol has a very noticeable fragrance, while Luoqi basically has none.

2. Laol has especially large rosettes and especially many leaves, and the base of the stem also tends to sprout lots of small offsets, while Luoqi basically has one head per stem, with a very delicate leaf shape and not one big clump per head, and it rarely sprouts small offsets at the base of the stem.

3. When the temperature is high, Laol generally stays a dead green, while Luoqi is a relatively translucent jelly yellow-green, which is why it turns red when the temperature difference increases (while Laol mostly just turns yellow around the leaf edges and slightly red),In other words, Luoqi is more likely than Laol to not show its colored state！

Luoqi

How it looked when bought in mid-August this year:

In mid-October, after only a few days of sun, it immediately turned a translucent, delightful jelly color. Because it had been settling into the pot before, I did not dare give water, so it was rather thin. LZ is just an ordinary succulent enthusiast who has only been in the hobby for half a year, not some great expert. I just moved it outside and let it get sun for about a few days, and then as the autumn temperature difference increased, it turned into this lovely appearance on its own. This further shows that this state is entirely due to Luoqi's own excellent genes (Laol was also in the sun, and currently has no color, with only a few individual leaves turning dark red).