In a previous post, a lady commented on how dangerous the sharp thorns were.
I posted a plant that had more dangerous thorns than this one above.
It was a rainy day, and whenever it rains, we stay off the slippery roads, as there are always accidents waiting to happen. So, when it rains, I am anchored at home, but the garden gives me some outdoor relief.
We have many succulents in our front garden and in here I will show you some of them. Once again, I say that I don't know the names of the plants, bar two of them, but even if I knew the names, by now I would have forgotten them.
We pray for the hundreds of people that have lost their homes in the tornados and the floods across the country, and also for the bereaved families whose loved ones died in the storms.
Every now and again, the sun would try to emerge, but it had a no go, as the rain simply kept up doing its thing.
So, it was wet, but the succulents love the wet, as they store the water in their leaves. I think this one below is called a Happy Bean, but don't take my word for it.
This young one is a Jacob's Ladder bush that is now starting to grow, and the stem of the plant looks like a ladder that gave the plant its name.
Here's a look at some of the other succulents, and we have many more of them, but I have just selected this lot to keep the post within limits.
I mentioned the plant with the dangerous thorns at the start of the post and below I will show you that a little sunbird was not scared of the thorns.
Look how neatly the Southern Double-collared sunbird sits on a branch of the Christ Thorn plant.
The thorns got me in my hand and arm when we moved the plant, and it's sting is like a red-hot poker. Apart from the burn, it leaves a round red mark on the skin that lasts for about 3-4 days. Only later did I learn that one should handle the plant with thick gloves on.
Some people plant the Christ Thorn below their windows in order to keep the burglars away, and I would hate it to walk into that plant in the dark of night. Due to moving house quite often, we planted this succulent and the Jacob's ladder in two big pots when we bought them as small plants, and they have accompanied us from far up north of the country, down here to the extreme southern tip of the African continent. In the meantime, both plants have grown much bigger and now they turned out to be nice show plants.
I know two friends here on Hive that can identify the plants, as they are also succulent lovers, but I hesitate to tag them, as we are all busy people. So be it, as maybe they will see the post.
I hope you enjoyed the story and the pictures.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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The bird is familiar with the plant maybe the reason it is confident to be at the plant despite the thorns.😁
All of the smaller birds can sit on thorny plants, as they were designed with tiny feet that can easily sit between the thorns. However no big birds can sit on the thorns.
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That's a very well said.😊 Thank you for the additional information. 😊 Yeah, little birds have cute feet.😊
Thank you and yes, the little ones have tiny feet 😊
You're welcome. 😊 Greetings. 😊
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