Fuzzy succulents

in #succulents6 years ago

Having hairy leaves is another way that succulents can conserve water: leaf hairs trap moist air, increasing humidity and slowing diffusion of water vapour from the stomata. It's said that the hairs also protect against sunlight but I find that my fuzzies can get sunburned easily and very few of them can take full sun. Hairs are also a barrier against sap-sucking insects

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Sempervivum arachnoides is a pretty little spider web connecting all the leaves to each other.

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Kalanchoe beharensis gets really big over time.

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Kalanchoe beharensis "Fang" is a hybrid cultivar of the plant above and grows "teeth" on the underside of its leaves

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Kalanchoe tomentosa or Panda plant likes full sun. Echeveria Doris Taylor is in the background.

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Echeveria pulvinata "Ruby Slippers" in the bottom centre of the picture

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Another Echeveria pulvinata. The bottom leaves are showing the effects of too much sun, I moved this one to a shadier spot. These echies have thick stems and can look like a bonsai tree if they get old. That's my aim with this plant, so I'm trying not to burn it again. I outright killed another one last year by not moving it in time during a very hot sunny spring period

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Beautiful!
Nature is intelligent, has enabled flowers, animals and people to protect themselves and to survive.

This is Africa. Very characteristic photos. They are good at conveying the conditions of the local climate.

It is strange, but none of these succulents are native to Africa. They survive here but our native succulents mostly are not hairy

Fuuzzies :D Love them all!

Your Sempervivum looks so nice. When do they grow? I got mine few months ago and it is still the same. Very small and more closed than yours.

They are native to Austria and other Alpine countries so I suppose they will grow best in spring and autumn. One day, she will surprise you by busting out a whole lot of babies all at once

Looks like another google search for me to find out the mechanism that a plant uses to produce the webbing. Very interesting thank you. I love learning about new plants.

They are just trichomes of a particular type that seem to start out frizzy and stretch as the leaves move apart. You can see that more clearly on the picture I posted today

Fascinating how plants develop different attributes. I don't know enough about succulents to tell, but it would almost seem like some of that delicate fuzz were designed to capture dewdrops and possibly fog drip in arid areas... and maybe they take on moisture via the leaves, not just the roots.

=^..^=

These grow high in the mountains in Europe and these hairs are more likely to act as insulation. Tiger jaws mesembs use their "teeth" to direct dew and condensation in the way that you are thinking of

Hermosas fotos. Felicitaciones

Thank you

Beautiful shapes and forms! This is quite new to me!!
Very interesting plants! But we cannot eat them!