Crassula subaphylla var. subaphylla reaching the light

These Crassula subaphylla var. subaphylla branches found their way through the woody stems of its shelter shrub; a growth adventure aimed at seeing some sun.

Tall and dense vegetation may inhibit smaller plants, allowing them limited space until the seniors die, or a fire levels all for a new parade to start from the ashes. During the countless, milder ecological microhistories forever surging and declining in the bush, the sagging of an overhead bush to one side brings light and growth incentives to minor members and underlings of the local plant community.

Making a living in the veld is predicated upon the use of one’s opportunities. The prospects of one species are the obstacles of the next, as the bread and poison idiom for people. Breaks arrive in a myriad of forms, for each species to do what it is best at, in accordance with attributes and capabilities. This complex process results in the ongoing, biodiverse miracle that is life in nature.