Hi, This is a normal phenomenon called guttation, in which the plant gets rid of the extra water it doesnt need. It can happen naturally with many plants, and also means your plant could be getting too much water. It doesnt harm the plant at all. Jen

I've seen this on some of the plants we had where I used to work; it is slightly sticky but doesn't seem to be associated with any insects. It's a weird location for guttation; most of the time when I've seen plants guttate, the water's been at the leaf margins, though Ficus benjamina and F. binnendijkii get something that I've been assuming was guttation at the spot where the petiole attaches to the leaf. Which is roughly analogous to the location on the Dracaenas. Whatever it is, guttation or not, it doesn't seem to hurt the plants any, or indicate any problems. I've also only ever seen it on very big plants (more than 3 feet tall), though that could be coincidence.

No Carol, there wasn't a tutorial for it.These are the settings I used. No of ripples 1 Height 94 Width 100 Ripple speed 100 Ripple decay 4 Crests 7 Perp.30 Blur 1 Tex. 0 Trans.100 Wave 91 It is Hit or Miss. New Programme, I think I jumped in with two feet, I like the water effect better than Squirlz, and the animation of waterfalls is smashing. All music has to be converted into PCM format, I have done this and it does work. Weather effects and animated objects will not show in a gif file. This programme is marvellous for making screensavers. The creators have asked for my comments, I have sent them a long detailed list. Oh why didn't I do my homework, still its something else to play with.

I guess I've either never paid enough attention before, or my other Haworthia just weren't big enough. :) (This is at least twice as thick as the flower stalks on my other plants, maybe more.)