#succulentsquad Here's the thing about succulents: they a...
#succulentsquad
Here's the thing about succulents: they are complicated. The other side of that is that they are full of surprises and quirks.
That aloe used to be bright green. The Astrophytum flowers resemble bird plumage and do three different billboard displays of color before/during/after a bloom. One of the grey nubs grew a second arm. The surprise with the Bear Paw is that it loves a little intense sun; no surprise that it's finicky and basically got its own special grow light.
Here's the thing about succulents: they are complicated. The other side of that is that they are full of surprises and quirks.
That aloe used to be bright green. The Astrophytum flowers resemble bird plumage and do three different billboard displays of color before/during/after a bloom. One of the grey nubs grew a second arm. The surprise with the Bear Paw is that it loves a little intense sun; no surprise that it's finicky and basically got its own special grow light.
4ft to light, direct
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 week ago
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Cool!
I can only remember the science with the Aloe. The pigment responsible is anthocyanin, the same antioxidant in blue, red and purple fruit. It's the main pigment for reds, blues and purples in leaves, flowers and other plant parts too. What it does is acts as a sunscreen. Helps to protect the plant from intense rays by reflecting the more intense red wavelengths while letting the blues in. It's something similar in plants with red undersides ie Begonia maculata, where any red light that passes through is reflected back into the leaf.
The colour changing flower, that dunno. But i know that lots of flowers do the same thing [ie. certain water lilies]
I can only remember the science with the Aloe. The pigment responsible is anthocyanin, the same antioxidant in blue, red and purple fruit. It's the main pigment for reds, blues and purples in leaves, flowers and other plant parts too. What it does is acts as a sunscreen. Helps to protect the plant from intense rays by reflecting the more intense red wavelengths while letting the blues in. It's something similar in plants with red undersides ie Begonia maculata, where any red light that passes through is reflected back into the leaf.
The colour changing flower, that dunno. But i know that lots of flowers do the same thing [ie. certain water lilies]
I love that Astrophytum cactus with the bloom sticking straight up!