That is some cool plant Elena, thanks for sharing the pic!

Oooer! That looks like a gymnastic pose if ever I saw one!

Gill

Too funny!

this is why she deleted all the yoga emails from her server ...

It needs a name!

Wouldn't it be fun to have a name contest for her? "Betty Bo". ;>

mary lou … as in mary lou retton ...

I know that the question was probably at least partially rhetorical, but I can't help myself.

I've seen the technique before. They dehydrate the adenium for a set amount of time (the larger it is, the longer it has to go), usually taking it out of the soil. When the trunk and caudex have lost enough turgor pressure to become soft and pliant, they literally bend it into the shape they want. The things you learn...

Actually, it reminds me a bit of the impossible nail trick.

except in reverse.

Zom: I should make a bunch of those and sell them as curiosities at farmers market … *impossible nail trick* that is ...

Yeah, they're great. My grandfather made the first one I ever saw.

Nothing quite like good old wooden puzzles. I knew this one guy who would only tell you how to do it if you bought the puzzle.