Do you know all the slang and jargon of the succulent world?

Today I'll give a little introduction for succulent lovers who have just gotten into the hobby,

those you've heard of,

and those you haven't heard of - the specialized terms of the succulent world.

01

Single head:The plant's stem grows on its own, without producing branches.

02

Clumping:Three or more single heads growing on the same stem.

03

Old stump:A plant that has grown for many years, with an obvious woody main stem or branches.

04

Leaf scar:After the leaves of a perennial plant have formed, after a certain period, a layer differentiates at the base and the leaf falls from the stem. After it falls, the mark left on the surface of the stem is called a leaf scar. The arrangement order and size of leaf scars can serve as a basis for identifying plant species, and the density of leaf scars, like the annual rings of a tree, can be used to infer the growth conditions of a succulent.

05

Window:Many succulents, such as Haworthia cooperi and Haworthia truncata in the genus Haworthia of the Liliaceae family, have a transparent or semi-transparent part at the tip of the leaf surface, called a "window," and the texture of the window surface is also a basis for variety classification.

06

Variegation:During cultivation, factors such as temperature differences, growing environment, and light cause variation, that is, a variant combination of genes, causing the original color to change, similar to albino varieties in the animal kingdom. Albinism in animals is a disease, but variegation in succulents is not a diseased state, just another form.

07

Full sun:The plant can be hit by the sun from sunrise in the east to sunset in the west, roughly eight hours of sunlight duration.

08

Growth point:The place where a plant grows new leaves; for succulents this is generally the central point of a single head. In addition, the part at the base of a leaf that can produce adventitious roots and adventitious buds is also called a growth point.

09

Cristation:Some varieties of succulents, when subjected to external stimuli of unknown cause (watering, sunlight, temperature, chemicals, sudden climate changes, etc.), have their apical growing tip abnormally divide and double, forming many small growth points, and these growth points develop laterally and connect into a line, ultimately growing into a flat fan-shaped or cockscomb-shaped banded body.

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Dormancy:A succulent is in a state of natural growth stagnation, and phenomena such as leaf drop, leaf wrapping, or death of the aboveground part may occur, often happening in the cold winter or the hot summer.

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Summer-growing type:Refers to succulent varieties that do not go dormant in summer and grow vigorously.

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Winter-growing type:That is, succulents that go dormant in summer and grow in winter, spring, and autumn.