Description: This plant grows in semi- desert conditions. It has haired leaves that appear silver, with black tips. When the plant reaches a certain stage it forms a stem; kind of like a small tree. The leaves form clusters at the tips of each branch. Reproduction of the plant is unknown to me; except that, when one of the leaves fall to the ground it makes new roots and starts its life-cycle all over again.
Description: These plants grow in between a thick moss carpet on a flat rock in the shade. The under-side of the leaves is distinctly pink-purplish in colour. The stems are about 50 mm long and white. The size of the plant can be compared with the moss on the photo.
The surrounding area is more Asbosveld. The location is in a sheltered kloof.
Description: It is Redlisted as Rare. This was growing on a steep rock face. The veg surrounding the rock face had elements of renoster and sandolien. Difficult to decide on a veg. type.
Description: Would prefer to post this as var. spuria because the flower shape is slightly bulging imo as well as being too long for var. orbiculata. But this observation and this one - both from nearby localities - have made me change my mind...
Description: Leaves shorter (50mm), not crowded at base, inflorescence (50mm) denser than other observations I have seen. But I think I have got it. Plant (500mm)
Description: Some baby botterboompies have fuzzy leaves. The leaves on this one are also unusually long and narrow. Maybe because it is growing in fairly deep shade.
Description: Delicate herb growing on forest floor. Spread petals 3mm tip to tip. Needed a macro lens to make any sense of the flower.
No latex evident.
Turgid stems snap cleanly when bent.
Description: Erect succulents up to about 600mm amongst grass on coarse and shallow granitic soils near riverine forest. None to be found in the nearby alluvial soils.
Leaves obovate at the base but somewhat toothed and more elliptic higher up the stem. Urn-shaped flowers, the corolla becoming twisted.
Description: Inspired by Brian KD2's Gamka tecta, here is the same species in cultivation in wall niches. First two pics are 10 months apart, the third is an established leaf cutting.
