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Ian Huntington
A rocky outcrop hosting these amazing succulents. The rocks allow a sunny spot above the surrounding chaparral. Dudleyas receive most of their moisture directly from the atmosphere, especially the ocean’s breeze. Their leaves are covered with a grey powder that filters the sun’s sometimes brutal intensity. In cultivation, I take care to not wash off that fine, glaucus powder with water or by my touch. The genus of Dudleya has only about 40 species. The species are found mostly in coastal Southern California and Northern Baja California. There are two species that survive in shady canyons as far inland as the Sonoran desert. Several species are endemic only to individual islands off the coast. Due to over-collecting, the island species are protected. Due to over-development, some mainland species are Threatened. Dudleya brittonii is pretty much limited to the area around my coastal village, La Misión de San Miguel. There are still some rural areas like this outcrop spared from bulldozing.
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Very beautiful natural environment... love to read your comments about plants and places that are little known to me... very interesting to learn that so many natural oases are falling victim to human...
Go PremiumGo PremiumPrasobh, you are too kind. Thank you. I enjoy your interest and plant enthusiasm. In that, perhaps, we are kindred spirits.
Go PremiumGo PremiumBeate, thank you for your kind comments which have encouraged me to write about my posts and provided a single outlet for this old man’s decades of plant geeking. I am deeply concerned with man’s hel...
Go PremiumGo PremiumThis is another great celebration of succulents that you have offered, seducing to a deeper appreciation of them and now stirring in us an educated disdain for those who disrespect the natural world… ...
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Go PremiumGo PremiumBeate, Wow! What an amazing concept! I had not heard of it before. Thank you.
Go PremiumGo PremiumClay, thank you for your thoughtful comment. Glad you appreciate succulent plants a bit more. 👍
Go PremiumGo PremiumSo beautiful in their natural surroundings. Hopefully they will survive mankind's thoughtlessness.
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