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This striking succulent is known for how the light green, round, fleshy leaves stack beside each other. They look like small paddles or flapjacks, hence the plant’s common names.
An albino corn plant with no chlorophyll (left) beside a normal plant (right) In botany, chlorosis is a condition in which leaves produce insufficient chlorophyll.As chlorophyll is responsible for the green color of leaves, chlorotic leaves are pale, yellow, or yellow-white.
Since CAM is an adaptation to arid conditions, plants using CAM often display other xerophytic characters, such as thick, reduced leaves with a low surface-area-to-volume ratio; thick cuticle; and stomata sunken into pits. Some shed their leaves during the dry season; others (the succulents [13]) store water in vacuoles. CAM also causes taste ...
Succulent plants have thickened stems, or leaves, such as this Aloe. In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word succulent comes from the Latin word sucus, meaning "juice" or "sap". [1]
Succulents are the ultimate indoor plant—if you can manage to keep yours alive. For all their purported ease, it always seems that you’ve watered yours too much or too little, put it in the ...
Regardless of the cause, most succulent damage can be corrected and you may even be able to grow new plants from broken stems and dropped leaves. This step-by-step guide will help you assess the ...
Variegation of fruits and wood in Ficus carica 'Panascè', a bicolor (yellow-green) common fig cultivar. This Italian cultivar is a chimera. Chimeric plants contain tissues with more than one genotype. [further explanation needed] A variegated chimera contains some tissues that produce chlorophyll and other tissues which do not. [7]
Houseplants which survive in conditions similar to a homeowner's living space will have a higher probability of survival. Tropical houseplants which grow under high thresholds of heat, for instance, will grow sun leaves which contain fewer chloroplasts. Plants which grow in the shade will grow shade leaves, containing more chloroplasts.