Where are they from? - 5 
WHERE SUCCULENTS ARE FROM 
The thousands of plants known as succulents* include those 
strangely unique forms which, through evolution, have adapted 
themselves to resist or survive long periods of drought. Most cacti, 
in the distant past, had leaves and flourished as do other plants 

Do not try to grow the Giant Cactus of Arizona (Carnegiea gigantea) on 
your window ledge. It would take you a hundred years to get a flower and 
there are many other kinds which are better suited to cultivation. 
*From now on “‘succulents’” will include cacti. The “other succulents’ will 
exclude cacti. 
