As of: February 10, 2024, 5:00 p.m
By: Ines Alms
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Some succulents don't look like plants, but rather like life forms straight out of a science fiction world.
But that makes the plants popular plants.
1 / 10Black is beautiful: The rosette thick leaf (Aeonium arboreum atropurpureum) with its red-black leaves forms an interesting contrast to the bright yellow flowers.
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2 / 10The succulent turtle plant (Dioscorea elephantipes) is likely to outlive you: its trunk, the so-called caudex, is over 100 years old and up to one meter tall.
During the growth phases, a delicately leafy, climbing shoot sprouts as a beautiful contrast.
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3 / 10 “Hello, here I come!” shouts the strawberry cactus (Gymnocalycium Mihanovichii), which is a succulent.
If you don't notice it, you're probably color blind.
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4 / 10Lithops, Living Stones, are survival artists that can exist in very extreme locations.
And they even bloom.
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5 / 10The sophisticated striped royal agave (Agave Victoriae-Reginae) has a big name, but in contrast to many outdoor agaves it only grows to around 20 centimeters high.
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6 / 10The succulent Crassula Kimnachi is also called 'Buddha's Temple' because of its unusual pagoda-like shape.
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7 / 10The moonstone (Pachyphytum oviferum) is no stranger, but no less attractive with its pink-blue thick leaves.
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8 / 10The thick baseball spurge (Euphorbia obesa) flaunts like a crown in its pot.
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9 / 10Neither coral nor alien: Spurge (Euphorbia lactea 'Cristata') is very easy to care for, but also poisonous.
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10 / 10The spots of the short-stemmed lapwing egg (Adromischus cooperi var. festivus) resemble the egg pattern of the lapwing bird.
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When it comes to succulents, the first association that comes to mind is often the rather inconspicuous green plant specimens with thick, fleshy leaves.
Easy to care for, but not exciting.
The definition of succulents encompasses a huge, diverse world that could take your houseplant inventory to a whole new level.
Succulents are plants from numerous plant families that can survive under extreme conditions.
They have also adapted their often very unusual appearance to them, for example to store water or to ward off predators.
These include cacti in bright colors, lush flowering thick leaves or ice plants camouflaged like a chameleon.
The succulents in this picture gallery are so extravagant that some of them might soon find a place in your living room.