What plant is Buddha's Seat Lotus? A brief introduction to Crassulaceae succulents

Other names for Buddha's Seat Lotus

Buddha's Seat Lotus, of the genus Sempervivum in the family Crassulaceae. Also called Hen and Chicks, Guanyin Lotus, and Guanyin Seat Lotus.

Morphological characteristics of Buddha's Seat Lotus

Buddha's Seat Lotus is loved by everyone mainly for its special leaf shape. It is relatively small in size, and multiple leaves combine to form a blooming lotus, with star-shaped, pink flowers.

The leaf color of Buddha's Seat Lotus is rich in variation, including gray-green, dark green, yellow-green, red-brown and other colors. The leaf tip colors also differ, including purple-red, green and so on. There are many varieties, and the diameter of the leaf rosette ranges from 3 cm to 15 cm, with fine dense serrations along the leaf margins.

A well-developed Buddha's Seat Lotus will produce a ring of small rosettes beneath the large rosette, and at the end of each spring it will also send out red stolons similar to those of a spider plant from the lower part of the leaf cluster, with rosette-shaped plants growing at the tips of the stolons.

Landscape value of Buddha's Seat Lotus

Buddha's Seat Lotus can be planted on its own as a small potted plant to beautify the environment.

Buddha's Seat Lotus is often planted indoors together with Cobweb Houseleek, and can be planted beside rocks and stone walls.

Buddha's Seat Lotus is not large in shape, has many varieties and different colors, and the differences between leaf tip and leaf blade colors make it even more eye-catching. Many succulent enthusiasts like to collect different varieties and grow them together, each showing its own charm.