My desert plant

Reshma Khatun 9.2 - Beautiful Rosette

This plant is specially designed to have a long life cycle so that it can survive in the desert. This beautiful but unusual plant is called ‘beautiful rosette’. The plant grows only slowly, surviving from one rainstorm to another. The plant has special features. The bright petals on the flowers are to attract insects for pollination. The flower also has a stem to store water, the plant needs to store and save water to stay alive when it is very dry in the summer. The plant has small, waxy leaves as small leaves do not lose much moisture whereas big leaves do. The waxy leaves help to keep water in and prevent water from going out. This plant also has roots that spread sideways. He roots need to spread a long way to get at any rain water. The roots also help the plant to stay upright as the roots anchor it in the soil.