Yet caught at the right angle the plant does not resemble so much the jaw of a tiger as that of an altogether alien creature, featured in a number of movies starring Sigourney Weaver et al.
The plants are freely available to buy online but do take some care in spring and summer when they need feeding every two weeks. Other than that they are fairly easy to grow and can be placed in a shallow pot on a windowsill rather than a greenhouse. Depending on where you live they can be placed outdoors in warmer months but will not survive the winter outside. Over feeding can also turn them to mush so it is best to read up and look after them carefully.
They flower too – once they reach the age of three or four. The flowers are a pleasing yellow color but nothing quite like the spectacularly visual metaphor of the leaves. They are very much cultivated for the leaves which, whether you compare them to a tiger or to the alien, nothing short of fascinating.
Careful, though. In the greenhouse, no one can hear you scream.
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