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Hello! This small (just a few inches tall) plant is growing in a planter outside a window. The leaves have a thick, waxy feel. Any ideas on what it might be? Thank you!
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I realized I have a photo of the pink flowers, too!
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Greetings, welcome to the Forums.
This is Jewels-of-Opar (Talinum paniculatum) in the Talinum Family (Talinaceae). Also known as Fameflower, this somewhat succulent perennial herb is native to the warmer parts of the New World, from the southern United States, through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean into South America. It is often grown by succulent collectors and others that admire its colorful sprays of small pink flowers. The curious common anme for this plant is a reference to the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. In the Tarzan novels, Opar is a surviving colony of Atlantis found deep in the heart of Africa.
By the way, the second pic also shows that the Talinum paniculatum plant in question had an aphid infestation at the time it was photographed.
This is Jewels-of-Opar (Talinum paniculatum) in the Talinum Family (Talinaceae). Also known as Fameflower, this somewhat succulent perennial herb is native to the warmer parts of the New World, from the southern United States, through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean into South America. It is often grown by succulent collectors and others that admire its colorful sprays of small pink flowers. The curious common anme for this plant is a reference to the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. In the Tarzan novels, Opar is a surviving colony of Atlantis found deep in the heart of Africa.
By the way, the second pic also shows that the Talinum paniculatum plant in question had an aphid infestation at the time it was photographed.
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