Last October when we went to Sparoza, on the plant exchange open day, I came away with three succulents. The person in charge of selling the plants kindly wrote their names in my notebook. Flipping through the book a couple of days ago I came across said list
Crassula tetragona, which I re- potted and which is doing very well.
Stapelia variegata, which I re- potted and which died an immediate death.
Yes, have guessed,
Senecio fulgens, which I didn’t re- pot as it looked a bit straggly and I thought I would do something with it in the spring.
Not many days later there was a hail storm which caused not the slightest damage to any of the other succulents on both balconies but centered all its force on this small plant. The fleshy leaves had a round white spots where the hail stones had hit. A few days ago I was looking at the plant, saw all the damaged leaves had dried up and the plant is even more straggly so I thought I might start again from the beginning and chop off the ends of the stems and plant the fresh tips, then I saw the flower bud and wondered what sort of flower it would produce.
Now that everything has come together finding the written list again, identifying the plant, the discusion on the Forum and the photos I have from Madrid I am excitedly looking forward to a bright red flower. I also have realised that it is in its nature to be straggly.