February 12, 2010
5 Comments
Daily Botanical

Charming Little Hearts

Photo by Gayla Trail All Rights Reserved

Here’s another adorable succulent from my tour of Erika’s apartment, Conophytum blandum. Don’t they look like lots of little hearts?

On first glance the Latin blandum (blandus) seems wrong — these plants aren’t bland! To be sure I looked the word up in Gardener’s Latin and it turns out that blandus translates to pleasing or charming. This I think we can agree on.

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Related Posts

No related posts.

5 Responses to “Charming Little Hearts”

  1. Sarah from Toronto Gardens - February 12, 2010 at 10:07 am

    Or little green bunny heads. Cute. I always want to squish them. But usually control myself.

  2. Gayla - February 12, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    Yes, definitely bunny heads!

  3. Crowxjane - February 13, 2010 at 1:10 am

    Ooo!They look like teeth!

  4. Sheryl at Providence Acres Farm - February 14, 2010 at 9:41 am

    I think they look like teeth too. Cute!