Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Cotyledon tomentosa...

Cotyledon tomentosa...  From BPotD, of course!  As usual, click on the photo to embiggen it. 

In the mid-'90s, my work took me to South Africa for a couple of days.  I didn't have time to do much while I was there, but I did get to take a day hike through the wilderness there.  I saw these or their close relatives (slightly more orange than the photo), growing in profusion on a rock pile that didn't look like it would support a lichen...