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Gasteria langebergensis
Plant... (Eng.); Langeberg-beestong (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG The plants are acaulescent, at first solitary but proliferating ... in the dappled shade of shrubs, termed nurse shrubs. When plants are damaged by porcupine or rock rabbit predation, ... nature of the nurse shrub also protects the succulent plants growing below its canopy from plant predators. Fig. 5 ...
Gasteria visseri
Plant... ox-tongue (Eng.); Visser-beestong (Afr.). Kirstenbosch NBG Plants are stemless, the rosettes up to 40 mm tall, ... The absence of herbivores in the cliff habitat allows the plants to grow undisturbed, and consequently the relaxation ... in shady south-facing cliffs. Gasteria v isserii plants when in flower at the Babylonstoren succulent house ...
Nicotiana africana
Plant... or in a container on a shady stoep (Van Jaarsveld 2010). Plants grow relatively fast. Outside of its habitat it is ... a greenhouse. The soil should be well-drained, sandy and plants fed with an organic fertilizer or compost. Plants can be propagated from seed sown in spring or summer. ...
Leucadendron thymifolium
Plant... Leaves are elliptic to oblong. The leaves on male plants are much smaller than the leaves on female plants making it hard to see that they are in fact the same species. This does make it easy if you are buying plants from a nursery and are looking specifically for male ...
Aloe omavandae
Plant... aloe (Eng.); omavanda-aalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Plants usually solitary, with pendent, leafy, succulent ... with 2–4 lateral branches in upper half, simple in young plants. Figure 2 . Aloe omavandae on a south-facing sandstone ... anchorage of the rootstock (coping with gravity). Plants of smaller size can cope better with heat absorption ...
... Grootrivier dwergaalwyntjie (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Plants dwarf-sized, neatly rosulate, prolific from base, ... dispersed by wind in summer and early autumn. Fig. 2. Two plants of the Grootrivier cliff haworthia ( Haworthia cooperi ... ) on a cliff along the Kouga River (Farm Hoerree). The plants grow in small to large, rounded clusters, on shady ...
Aloidendron pillansii
Plant... they germinate, making full use of the shelter and shade. Plants eventually outgrow these so called ‘nurse plants', killing them in the process. Tufts of grasses are the best known nurse plants for this species and provide excellent conditions for ...
... Add finely milled bark to the medium for container-grown plants, to improve drainage. Place the plants such that the roots and only the very base of the pseudostem are just below soil level. The plants perform admirably in large terracotta and plastic ...
Agave americana
Plant... shiny D-shaped, black seeds, 6–8 mm long. Century plants flower mainly in late spring to early summer (August to December). After flowering, the mature plants die. Agave americana is visited and likely pollinated ... mainly by wind. Owing to its suckering habit, these plants form large colonies that impact on the growth of other ...
Gasteria loedolffiae
Plant... (Engl.); Mzimvubu-beestong (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Plants single or dividing to form small groups. They are ... to 1150 mm long and with up to 6 branches, but younger plants bear an unbranched raceme. The inflorescence stalk can ... becoming detached, soon root, forming new plantlets. The plants grows on sheer cliffs where the larger herbivores ...