seems my little collection is growing by the day. i managed to convince a coworker and co-succulent obsessionist to buy a lovely little overloaded potted Succulent Jungle (in case you haven't noticed, i'm very persuasive) so that i could have this sweet little pink and green star-shaped plant. well, she wanted one of the plants and i agreed to trade her a cutting of the aloe-gastera-worthia-whatever-that nobody can identify from my last post, so it wasn't just for me. i'm not completely evil for goodness sake. (thanks again, Val) i originally thought it was a dyckia but of course, as has become the premise of this blog, i can't find a match. the closest i've come is another wondrous species called a cryptanthus whose varieties seem to go on for hundreds. maybe i should consider renaming the blog 'Desperately Seeking Succulents' or 'Unnamed Oddities'. perhaps making a game of it. yea. yea. that's the ticket. either way, i end this post with my constant companion signoff, "Somebody Help!"
update: my fabu friends Val, Julie and Rosemarie were all over this before i got it posted good. seems what we have here is sometimes referred to as an Earth Star. its proper name is Cryptanthus bivittatus 'Pink Starlite'. an updated photo of her in her new habitat. isn't she lovely?
