Mulch Love
A couple of months back, Sonya posted a photograph of a succulent with an interesting flower. I have a succulent with a similar leaf structure to Sonya’s and with an equally interesting, but different flower. Any suggestions as to what it is?
I picked up this succulent from Evita Bezuidenhout’s house in Darling. It was growing in a pot outside the theatre and I broke off a small piece, as big as a five rand coin. Over the past year or so it has grown into this many stranded, unusual plant. It has flowered once (yellow and fluffy) but I have no idea what it is. Anyone seen it before?
This is a really cool little plant with some really interesting uses. Traditional healers in South Africa use the sap of the plant to treat eczema and similar skin conditions while the tuber of the plant is used to quell vomiting and diarrhoea. I think it is also being investigated to determine if it has … Read more
