In my latest video, mesemb expert Steven Hammer gives perspective on the psychological appeal of succulents. I love how his mind works. Wait 'til you hear him compare Japanese haworthia collectors' preferences to how beauty was perceived in Jane Austen's England.
Steven is an erudite delight. His clever metaphors and tongue-in-cheek comments make listeners (or readers) do a double-take. In the video he says, poker-faced, that prominent leaf veins might be perceived by some collectors as "too intimate."
In Part One of this series featuring the San Diego Cactus & Succulent Society, Oakes Austin, also of the Sphaeroid Institute, says that what he likes most about conophytums and lithops are "their bodies." Now in Part Four, Steven clarifies his associate's off-the-wall observation.
HOW ABOUT YOU? Maybe at first you might say that you like color, shapes and patterns equally. Well, that’s what I thought, until I realized I like nothing so much as symmetry, both in form and pattern. I love color in leaves but am fairly indifferent to flowers.
Do share your own preferences and other factors you feel are worth considering in the Comments.
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