Babies' toes
Botanical name: Fenestraria
Babies' toes
Botanical name: Fenestraria
Description
Babies' toes are a genus of succulents containing just one species, Fenestraria rhopalophylla. These dry-climate specialists are found only in Namaqualand, Namibia. The common name Babies' toes comes from these plants' small toe-like stems which store water to help them survive in habitats with extremely low rainfall. 
Species of Babies' toes
Babies' toes
The babies' toes has a unique form, with leaves that are columnar, but with transparent "windows" at the top. To raise a babies' toes well is not an easy thing, requiring you to be familiar with its habits. This is a plant that needs a lot of light; when light is insufficient, its leaves will compete to grow taller, making them look untidy and inconsistent in length. However, overly intense light could make this plant's leaves turn gray and dark, losing their luster. When watered too often, the leaves of the babies' toes may also fissure, due to too much water absorption.
Baby toes
Baby toes leaves are cylindrical and topped with transparent "windows". The plant prefers a gently yet brightly lit environment; too much light can cause its leaves to lose luster and turn from emerald green to grey. When it receives insufficient light, its leaves grow unevenly, affecting its overall appearance. It has a weak root system and takes a while to adapt to a new pot. Therefore, repotting should be kept to a minimum in its care.
Baby toes succulent
The baby toes succulent tends to grow caespitose easily, and has transparent window-like areas at the obtusely rounded ends of its leaves. In the heat of the summer, the baby toes succulent stays in a state of dormancy and stops growing. Its leaves lose water and shrink, leaving only a layer of dry skin. When the weather gets cooler, new leaves sprout and emerge from the inside of the old leaves, breaking the dried skin and leaving the old leaves to molt off. The "new plant" is then exposed, and continues to bloom and flourish.
Care Guide for Babies' toes
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Vascular plants Class
Dicotyledons Order
Pinks, cacti, and allies Family
Fig-marigold Genus
Babies' toes 
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