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> Though altogether unremarkable as far as flora goes, Dudleya farinosa has captured the hearts of Chinese, Korean and Japanese collectors, some of whom are wil
by apo 8y ago
> Though altogether unremarkable as far as flora goes, Dudleya farinosa has captured the hearts of Chinese, Korean and Japanese collectors, some of whom are willing to pay upwards of $50 for a single plant, officials said.
The article doesn't mention it, but when flowering the plant is spectacular. I've seen the biggest stretches along the coastal section of Route 1 south of Big Sur. Around June is the time IIRC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudleya_farinosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudleya_farinosa
- mikekchar 8y agoWow! I've seen these in my neighbours yard in Japan...
- s0rce 8y agoI've also seen really amazing flowering D. Cymosa in the Santa Lucia mountains around big Sur and some stonecrops I haven't identified in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains.
- klenwell 8y agoI think I've got one of these in a planter on my back balcony. There is something alien and amazing about the flowering of succulents. If you're in Southern California (or planning a visit), I highly recommend the Huntington Library and Gardens (near Pasadena), where they have a magnificent collection. On that topic, I'm going to take this opportunity to quote one of my favorite passages from Walter Pater, from the beginning of his essay on Michelangelo, since I don't know when I'll next have the opportunity to do so (at least here on Hacker News): Critics of Michelangelo have sometimes spoken as if the only characteristic of his genius were a wonderful strength, verging, as in the things of the imagination great strength always does, on what is singular or strange. A certain strangeness, something of the blossoming of the aloe, is indeed an element in all true works of art; that they shall excite or surprise us is indispensable. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2398/2398-h/2398-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2398/2398-h/2398-h.htm