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|genus=Fenestraria
|genus=Fenestraria
|species=rhopalophylla
|species=rhopalophylla
|common_name=babies toes, window plant
|habit=cacti-succulent
|habit=cacti-succulent
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|Max wd metric=in
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|origin=S Africa
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|exposure=part-sun
|exposure=part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|water=dry
|features=flowers
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|flowers=orange, yellow
|flowers=orange, yellow
|Min Temp Num=32
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|min_zone=8
|max_zone=11
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image=Fenestraria_rhopalophylla.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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Fenestraria rhopalophylla is an unusual plant from the deserts of South Africa. Each leaf has a translucent window at the tip, where sunlight is filtered to enable photosynthesis throughout the leaf. Grows to 2 inches tall.
Fenestraria rhopalophylla is an unusual plant from the deserts of South Africa. Each leaf has a translucent window at the tip, where sunlight is filtered to enable photosynthesis throughout the leaf. Grows to 2 inches tall.
'''''Fenestraria''''' is a [[monotypic]] genus of succulent plants in the family [[Aizoaceae]]. The species is also called '''babies toes''' or '''window plant'''.
On each leaf there is transparent window-like area at the top, it is for these window-like structures that the genus is named (Latin: ''[[Window#Etymology|fenestra]]''). In the wild, the plant grows mostly buried by sand. The transparent tips are often above the sand and allow light into the leaves for [[photosynthesis]]. ''F. rhopalophylla'' is native to [[Namibia]] and [[Namaqualand]] in southern Africa. The plants are generally found growing in sandy or calciferous soils under low < 100 mm rainfall.
''F. rhopalophylla'' appears very similar to ''[[Frithia]] pulchra'', though the leaves are a slightly different shape and
''F. rhopalophylla'' has yellow flowers, compared to the pink flowers of ''F. pulchra''.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Species==
==Varieties==
Subspecies:
* ''F. rhopalophylla'' subsp. ''rhopalophylla''
* ''F. rhopalophylla'' subsp. ''aurantiaca'' (=*''F. aurantiaca'')
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Fenestraria rhopaliphylla rhopalophylla.jpg| Large stand of ''F. rhopalophylla'' subsp. ''rhopalophylla'' seedlings
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Fenestraria rhopalophylla.jpg| ''F. rhopalophylla'' in flower
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
Image:Fenestraria_rhopalophylla.JPG| photo 3
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