The Cutest Succulent Ranking: How Many Have You Grown?

Cuteness is a feeling, and it is also what I felt the first time I saw succulents. Succulents have always won people over with their cuteness, so who exactly is the cutest king in the succulent world?

First place: Monilaria obconica (Bunny Ears)

Monilaria obconica is a succulent in the family Aizoaceae, genus Monilaria, native to South Africa, drought-tolerant and shade-loving. Because its shape looks super like pairs of bunny ears popping out, it is also called Bunny Ears or Rabbit Ears. The leaves are fleshy, covered with a layer of fine fuzz, semi-transparent with a granular texture, mostly bright green, super cute. Monilaria obconica has branches, tends to grow in clusters, and grows relatively slowly. It takes 7 years from sowing to flowering, so domestically grown finished plants are also relatively small, and what is mostly sold on the market are also Monilaria obconica seeds.

Second place: Cotyledon tomentosa (Green Bear, White Bear)

Cotyledon tomentosa is a succulent in the family Crassulaceae, genus Cotyledon, also called Bear Paw. The plant is shrub-like, with thick fleshy leaves, ovate and opposite, with angles at the leaf tips, named for resembling bear paws. The leaf color is green, and after exposure to light the pointed tips turn red, with dense short white hairs on the leaf surface. The flowering period is in late summer and early autumn, with small red flowers.

Third place: Peach

Peach is a succulent in the family Crassulaceae, with plump fleshy leaves arranged tightly in a rosette. The leaf color is yellow-green with leaf tips, and with sufficient light the leaf tips turn red and the leaf color becomes peach pink, named for resembling a peach. At present, most are imported from South Korea. When watering, be careful not to water into the flower core to avoid rot.

Fourth place: Baby Fingers

Baby Fingers is a succulent in the family Crassulaceae, genus Sedum. The leaves are cylindrical, pink and tender in color, named for closely resembling the pink and tender look of a baby's fingers. Under strong sunlight, the leaf tips tan to a beautiful pink. Baby Fingers likes a warm, dry, and sunny growing environment. Except for high temperatures in summer, it can be cared for in full sun.

Fifth place: Peach Egg (Peach Ovum)

Peach Egg is truly very popular, and it seems no one can resist its plump appearance. Peach Egg, also called Peach Ovum, is a succulent in the family Crassulaceae, genus Graptopetalum. The stem is upright or semi-prostrate, and can grow to 30 cm, with ovate or spherical leaves, plump and fleshy, about 12-15 per single plant, arranged in a rosette. Side buds easily sprout from the base, and it can grow in clusters in a small shrub form. The leaf color is gray-green, and after exposure to light it becomes a lovely pink rose color, with a powdery coating on the surface, and it blooms with pale yellow flowers.

Sixth place: Lithops (Butt Flower)

Lithops is a succulent in the family Aizoaceae, genus Lithops, native to southern and southwestern Africa. Because it looks like a stone, it is also called "living stone." The greatest charm of Lithops is its contrasting cuteness: the body itself looks very much like a wrinkled stone, but the flowers it blooms are super beautiful. Generally, 3-4-year-old Lithops bloom in autumn from the gap between the opposite leaves, with yellow, white, pink, and other colored flowers, mostly opening in the afternoon and closing, then opening again the next afternoon, and a single flower can bloom for 3-7 days. When blooming, the flower almost covers the entire plant, very delicate and lovely.