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Ceropegia crassifolia var. crassifolia

Plant
Common names: leathery-leaved ceropegia
Family: Apocynaceae

... and listed in the Kirstenbosch Gardening Series on growing succulents. The genus name Ceropegia is derived from the ...

18/02/2019 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Astroloba genus

Plant
Common names: astrolobas, starlobes (Eng.); astrolobas, kleinaalwyne, koedoekos, steekaalwyntjies (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... erect to leaning or even creeping, perennial, leaf succulents. Plants divide from the base to form small to ...

18/09/2023 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Ceropegia sandersonii

Plant
Common names: giant ceropegia, Sanderson’s ceropegia, Sanderson’s canopy flower, parachute flower, trumpet flower, fountain flower (Eng.); sambreelblom (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae

... and listed in the Kirstenbosch Gardening Series on growing succulents. Ceropegia sandersonii grows best in tropical or ...

16/12/2019 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Aeollanthus rydingianus

Plant
Common names: Omavanda rock-sage (Eng.); omavanda-klipsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... propagation backup has been found in many cliff-dwelling succulents and bulbs. Fig . 9. A mature plant of Aeollanthus ...

02/11/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Stapelia gigantea

Plant
Common names: giant stapelia, giant carrion flower, carrion flower (Eng.); reuseaasblom, aasblom, duikershoring, haasoor (Afr.); ililo elikhulu, isihlehle, uzililo (isiZulu); bohatsu (Sesotho); tililo (SiSwati); bandaulu (TshiVenda)
Family: Apocynaceae

... and 1 to 5 flowers develop successively. Flowers have a strong, unpleasant scent. They are large, 12–40 cm in ... upper side. (Photo Karin van der Walt) The flowers have a strong smell of decaying flesh (hence carrion flowers), which ... in the garden. Plants are reasonably drought-resistant succulents, ideal for rockeries, and suitable as container ...

12/04/2021 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Crassula expansa

Plant
Common names: Fragile crassula (Eng.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... Ice’ Crassula expansa subsp. pyrifolia : Perennial succulents with scrambling stems and pear-shaped to ... a perfect nursery to facilitate the germination of other succulents and arid region plant species which find refuge ... as a filler or ground cover amongst rocks or other larger succulents, both in the garden and in containers. This ...

24/07/2023 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Drosanthemum aasvoelbergense

Plant
Common names: Aasvoelberg mesemb (Eng.); Aasvoelberg-douvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... easily grown in containers or hanging baskets but best in strong light. Snails and tiger moth caterpillars can be a ... inspect the cliffs as part of his survey on cliff-dwelling succulents (Van Jaarsveld 2011). Access to the top of the ...

25/03/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus phillipsiae

Plant
Common names: bell-nenta (Eng.), klokkiesrosie, klokkiesnenta (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... Adromischus phillipsiae plants are dwarf-sized, rosulate succulents, prolific from the base, solitary at first, with ...

30/01/2023 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Tylecodon ectypus

Plant
Common names: Steinkopf tylecodon (Eng.); Steinkopf krimpsiektebossie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... treated as belonging in the genus Cotyledon, a group of succulents widespread in Africa (Toelken 1978). Helmut ...

16/01/2023 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula tetragona

Plant
Common names: kerkei, miniature pine tree, mini pine (Eng.); karkai (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... full sun or semi-shaded position that is out of the way of strong winds as the leaves and stems will not withstand ... they are fragile and are broken off easily. Although succulents can survive without fertilizers, one can apply ...

30/10/2023 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

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