I have zero proof, and this is only an observation after keeping these goobers for a year and a half. Really, no opinion is expressed here other than S. Africa produces some miraculous green lumps. First, peep the new one, which is twins. Twins! I got really excited last year when I read about this phenomena in mimicry plants. Second, I saw a tiny mite on the twins, hence why they’re currently drying out after a scrubbing. The observation is this: the colors of the flowers on these were yellow for weeks - a month in one case. I got two new plants of the same species and placed them all within “sight” of each other. The color of some parts of the flower changed drastically over the course of two days. It wasn’t a case of the flower crisping or changing color in different light. Do they sense each other and feel safe? Do they feel the need to change color to stand out from a crowd to get a pollinator’s (is that a word?) attention? Is it just a weird world and they know something I don’t? 👽👾🛸
