Exomis microphylla var. microphylla colours and shapes

Togetherness is big among Exomis microphylla var. microphylla leaves, or competition for space is intense caused by the shortness of the petioles. Many stem-tips in picture, also cohering as if it’s cold, have leaves of different sizes, the bigger leaves flatter. Flattish blades of varying thickness grow haphazardly next to nearly barrel-shaped and ellipsoid ones, apart from many smaller ones ballooning into irregular succulent shapes.

The fact that the leaves are alternate on the stems is impossible to see in the photo, unless deduced from leaf-shape dissimilarities and leaf positioning. 

Some stem-tips differ in leaf colour overall from adjacent tips. The leaf colours include several greens, from whitish green, yellowish and greyish green to blue-green. There are also several shades of red, pink and orange among the leaves in picture, but mainly on upper parts and upper margins (Curtis-Scott, et al, 2020; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000).