The succulent plant has been a popular variety for quite a while now and this doesn’t seem to be changing. Succulent plants come in a wide array of shapes, sizes and colours and are quite a low maintenance species of plant, making them attractive to many. Succulents are a collection of plants that use their thick and fleshy leaves to store water, which means they are able to generally thrive in hot and dry climates. The word succulent originates from the Latin word ‘Sucus’, which means sap or juice.
Graptopetalum Paraguayense
This succulent, known as the ‘Ghost Plant’ (along with a number of other non-succulent plants, so specifying that it’s a succulent is important), originates from Mexico – not Paraguay, as its species name might suggest.
The Ghost Plant, like many of its peers, is shaped like a rosette. However, separating it from its peers is its intriguing star-shape. Each leaf on the Ghost Plant is pointy, but very thick, somewhat resembling the small pebbles one might use for skipping across water. They are an extremely pale (ghostly) green, with a few pink undertones.
The Ghost Plant’s care epitomises that of the generic succulent: a succulent-oriented soil with a weekly watering (except in winter), filtered bright light, and temperatures above freezing.
Plant Care
Medium to light indirect light
Moderate water, weekly will be fine
Gritty porous soil with excellent drainage, succulent or cacti mix
Non toxic, but please don’t eat me
The trophy of the succulents, this little gem produces the best thick leaves forming rosettes with star-shaped flowers from white to pink on long stems. When I droop, you droop, we droop.
