Ogun

Photographs

My own pictures of this plant, taken in the yard.

• Enlarge An Ogun cutting held up cut-face first and backlit by low sun: a seven-pointed star, one whole side of the flesh yellow and the other green, with a pale ring showing in the middle. — The yellow runs right through the flesh, not just the skin.

  The yellow runs right through the flesh, not just the skin.

• Enlarge Held close in warm backlight, a smooth few-ribbed cutting with lemon-yellow running up two ribs in ragged patches and green holding the rest; the spines are tiny, and a rough pale boulder fills the left of the frame.
• Enlarge A cut Ogun segment held out flat in a hand, wide blocks of bright yellow running through the green along its ribs and white areoles carrying only tiny spines, with bark mulch and a terracotta pot far below out of focus.
• Enlarge A cutting held over the edge of a lawn and a concrete path, one side blocked out in bright yellow along the ribs and the other plain green, a large red-and-white toadstool ornament at the top right.