Names are very important to me! Unfortunately many names escape descriptive qualities for the sake of someone's ego! Now the name "pentan...Read Moredrum" is at least mostly explainatory. I know that "pentandrous" means 5 stamens.
Need help. How -drous becomes -drum? or is an additional meaning?
Aside from that...I find this is a spectacular species! Also...and yet I may be way our of line here...I have found that if you carefully view this plant from above it seems to me that the leaves are arranged in groupings of five as well! However it is a lot more subtle but it seems that you may (or not) find groupings of leaves of proportionately similar size progressions of size in approximate groupings of five in a spiral formation.
Regardless as to whether this is actually a fact...it must be remembered that nature is overflowing with amazing mathematical realities that we as yet do not fully understand. In spite of our arrogant hold of cyber-space as well as the suppression of many other animal and plant species other than ourselves at least some of these realities still exist! Yet daily hundreds of species of life still disappear from our planet just so that we can continue indulging in our excesses. Hopefully we will be humble enough when nature slaps us in the face to recognize that in spite of everything we are still an imperfect animal species...still evolving along with the millions of species of this planet!
This is one of my favorite Crassulacea species. It has fleshy, thick, and wonderfully lavendar leaves. Rosettes up to 5" in diameter an...Read Mored have a flattened 'face'. Suckers profusely and easy to grow from cuttings. Great plant for landscaping in southern California, particularly rocky areas, and one of the best pot succulents. Seems to always stay compact if given plenty of sun (handles full, hot sun fine). But if allowed, will make hanging rosettes (as it does in nature), so great for hanging pots, too. Not prone to rot, either, if accidentally watered too much. EASY!!
Names are very important to me! Unfortunately many names escape descriptive qualities for the sake of someone's ego! Now the name "pentan...Read More
This is one of my favorite Crassulacea species. It has fleshy, thick, and wonderfully lavendar leaves. Rosettes up to 5" in diameter an...Read More
These plants are easily propagated from leaf cuttings.
Introduced in 1987