Succulent plants are those which survive periods of prolonged drought by storing large amounts of water in their stems, leaves, or roots. The Succulent Garden at Lotusland was created for Madame Walska in the 1940's, and features many interesting forms such as caudiciform succulents like Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei), which have unusual enlarged stems. Other succulents planted in this garden include Aeonium, Fouquieria, and Kalanchoe. Mass plantings of Echeveria and Haworthia act as groundcover. Other featured genera are Yucca and Sansevieria.