April 29, 2002
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Burro’s Tail Succulent
Photo by Chris Duffy . . . . . . . . . . Click on picture, then F11 key to see a larger image.
I’d never seen this type of plant in any of the nurseries before so when I saw it in an antique store, of all places, I asked the shop keeper exactly what it was. I knew it was a succulent, but thought it might be some variety of seedum, or even a cactus. It was not a cactus, she said, and not seedum, but was a type of succulent called Burro’s Tail. We bought it because it was so different from all the other plants we have in our house. . . mostly philodendren and nephytis. I like it’s chubby little bulbous leaves, and if you look carefully in the upper right hand corner of the picture you can see there are little pink flowers. I’ll have to be careful with this one because all my OTHER house plants get watered every Saturday whether they want to be watered or not, and this one supposedly likes to be watered only every OTHER week.
Comments (8)
What a healthy looking plant! Through the looking glass! @-}-}— Enjoyed my visit!!
What an interesting plant.
With my track record, I’d kill it inside of a week! 
Thanks for sharing your photo’s! 
nice healthy-looking donkey’s tail, and more compact than most I’ve seen. I have some — smaller specimens. I put them on the sunporch in the winter and together in a whiskeybarrel with other succulents and cacti during the growing season. Did you know that you can start a new plant by simply gently twisting off one of the leaves and laying it on the ground? rather like sedum in that way.
That’s a great looking plant. I haven’t tried succulents (except for Aloe) before but I’ve noticed them the last several times I’ve gone to the garden center. My Aloe plant has thrived here under my haphazard care so I’m thinking that may be the way to go.
The chubby little leaves (or buds) fall off quite easily if you touch them. I think I heard mine say . . . “look but don’t touch”.
Looks to me like the kind of plant that will tell you when it’s darn good and ready for water. :=)
It’s quite common here in The Netherlands. It needs a quiet place.
Looks healthy!
Oh my1 that is gorgeous. When I was 14, clear back in1959, I bought my mother a wee plant of burro’s tail at a school carnaval. That plant grew to fill the seal of her kitchen window. Many people got slips off the plant over the years. Mom has a green thumb, as does my daughter. I don’t have quite the nak they have, I humbly admit.