{"id":1222,"date":"2008-07-03T17:05:21","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T00:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/03\/cobweb-cactus-flowers\/"},"modified":"2008-07-03T17:07:33","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T00:07:33","slug":"cobweb-cactus-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/03\/cobweb-cactus-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobweb Cactus Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/cobweb-cactus.jpg' title='cobweb-cactus' ><img src='http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/cobweb-cactus.jpg' alt='cobweb-cactus' width='240' class='right' \/><\/a>Some succulents, such as the Cobweb Houseleek, have fine spiderweb-like filaments that grow naturally from leaf edge to leaf edge, forming a white cover on the top of the plant, while others have fine hairs that cover the entire plant structure.<\/p>\n<p>This interesting specimen is related to the &#8220;hen and chicks&#8221; succulents which produce clusters of offspring around their perimeter. Upon maturity (usually around 3 to 4 years old) this plant will send up a single stalk that can reach 5-15 cm tall. The head of the stalk is a cluster of star-shaped flower buds 1-2 cm in diameter, which range in color from dark pink to yellow and that flower for several weeks. After blooming, the plant will die. Usually by this time it has produced many offsets (&#8216;chicks&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p>This image is from the cobweb currently going through maturity on the patio. Click on it for a nice close up view.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia provided the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hens_and_chicks\">details on this item<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some succulents, such as the Cobweb Houseleek, have fine spiderweb-like filaments that grow naturally from leaf edge to leaf edge, forming a white cover on the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pretty-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}