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Felicia echinata

Plant
Common names: dune daisy, prickly felicia (Eng.), bloublommetjie (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... as Aloe arborescens and Aloe succotrina , pig's ears ( Cotyledon orbiculata ) and vygies, where they serve to soften ...

06/08/2001 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Carpanthea pomeridiana

Plant
Common names: carpanthea (Eng.); vetkousie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... and Euclea racemosa . Associated succulents include Cotyledon orbiculata , Tylecodon grandiflora and T. ...

13/05/2019 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pachypodium saundersii

Plant
Common names: kudu lily, rathbonia (Eng.); koedoelelie (Afr.); isihlehle, insema-yamatshe (isiZulu); sikhubakhuba, ligubaguba (siSwati).
Family: Apocynaceae

... as species of Adenia, Adenium, Pelargonium, Cissus and Cotyledon. All need full sun, lots of water (except during ...

20/05/2024 | | Pretoria NBG

Othonna retrofracta

Plant
Common names: none known
Family: Asteraceae

... makes an attractive subject in rockeries together with Cotyledon orbiculata (yellow flowers), Gazania krebsiana , ...

03/03/2014 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Curio ficoides

Plant
Common names: blue chalkstick, flat-leaved senecio (Eng.); blouharpuis (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... mitriformis , Lampranthus affinis , Ficus burtt - davyi , Cotyledon woodii , Crassula rupestris , C. pellucida subsp. ...

11/11/2019 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cephalophyllum alstonii

Plant
Common names: rankvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... this plant is used best with other succulents such as Cotyledon orbiculata (pig's ears), Dorotheanthus ...

09/07/2007 | |

Lampranthus tenuifolius

Plant
Common names: None
Family: Aizoaceae

... plants and/or succulents such as Crassula dejecta and Cotyledon orbiculata var . orbiculata. It is absolutely ...

25/03/2013 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Combretum molle

Plant
Common names: velvet bush willow, velvet leaf willow (Eng.); fluweelboswilg, basterrooibos (Afr.); mokgwethe (North Sotho); iNkukutwane (Siswati); xikhukhutsane (Tsonga); modubatshipi, moduba (Tswana); mugwiti (Venda) and umBondwe-omhlope (Zulu)
Family: Combretaceae

... are carried on separate stalks above the ground. When the cotyledon stalks cease to grow, the plumule develops below ...

31/10/2011 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Cordia caffra

Plant
Common names: septee saucer-berry (Eng.); septeeboom (Afr.); mududa (V)
Family: Boraginaceae

... and is relatively fast-growing. The seed with its pleated cotyledon germinates fairly quickly. Use a mixture of 50% ...

20/10/2003 | | Pretoria NBG

Oldenburgia grandis

Plant
Common names: Suurberg cushion bush, mountain hunchback, rabbit's ears, lamb's ears, donkey's ears (Eng.); Suurbergkussingbos, Suurbergse dikblaarlepelboom, bastersuikerbos, kreupelbos (Afr.); Isiqwane (isiXhosa)
Family: Asteraceae

... should be carefully potted into small individual pots at cotyledon stage; before the first pair of true leaves ...

02/02/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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