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Among them we can find the largest flowers on earth and some of the tiniest, blooms of such incredible textures and colors as to put our pampered orchids and camellias to shame. And the succulents offer color not only in their Howers, but in their stems and leaves, so often tinged with an iridescent bloom of frosty white, rich purple, or red . Even the feared teeth and spines intrigue us by their varied colors and intricate patterns. But perhaps the thing that really seals the attraction between succulents and those who love them is the quiet lessons they teach of endurance and faith in life.
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A curious plant made up of oyerlapping borny tubercles COyered with a tough. leathery skin through which the underlying green shows fainlly. The top of the plant is 4Ued with gray wool out of which spring lovely pink blossoms_ Along ·;mjl. Iar lines, yet dUlincl. arc the Pine €oue Cac&llB, JlII~ ifI: ,• ,1, ... , CAC II AND OTHER SUCCULENTS carpus strobiliformis (en'-sef-ah-loh-kar'-pus), with violet-pink blooms; Obregonia denegrii (ob-bre-goh' -nee-ah), with lovely white flowers; Strombocactus disciformis (strom-bob-kak'-tus), and Azrekium ritteri (as-tek'-ee-um).