Thursday 5th February 2009 - Daphne and Bruce seem to have an aversion for anything that can be seen with the naked eye! Today Ruhan and I are out with them again, this time looking for different varieties of Haworthia (Marginata, Minima and Mirabilis) - a type of succulent. They are flowering at the moment, which is probably the only way you are going to spot them out in the veld. Although saying that the flower is the equivalent size to a grain of rice, and the stem stands about 10cm high! Needle in a hay stack comes to mind!
Proving me completely and utterly wrong, we do find these species growing in several areas of the veld. The succulent plant itself covers the surface area of a twenty pence piece and is poking about 5mm out of the ground! Hallelujah for flowering season!
