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ASCLEPIADS (STAPELIADS) - We are growing some many of members
of this group that we now list them seperately.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately many of the Stapeliads look so
similar that they can only be told apart when in flower. Additionally, they
hybridize readily. We do our best to make sure the plants offered are what they are
supposed to be. We cannot be sure that seedlings from open pollinated seed are pure
until they flower. Rooted cuttings are pretty much guaranteed to be correct.
Baynesia lophophora
- #8799 - 2¾"pot - $4.00 - seedlings, short, pencil thick reddish-green stems
clustering from the base, small red flowers with white center, no fragrance
Caralluma acutangula - #8193 - 2¼" pot - $4.00 - (=C. russeliana)
seedlings of one of the largest Stapeliads, 4-angled gray-green stems can grow to 2' tall,
baseball-sized clusters of small foul-smelling almost black
flowers when mature
C. schweinfurthii NEW - #5129 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - back in stock, low-growing gray-green stems, small yellow flowers
C. socotrana NEW - #5771 - 2"pot -
$4.00 - seedlings, attractive species mostly from Socotra, gray/green stems with odd
fragrance when touched, bright maroon/red flower smells close to fresh manure
Duvalia sp. aff.
elegans - #9155 - 2¾"pot - $4.00 - small tapering green stems with short teeth,
purple/black flowers covered with black hairs, open pollenated seedlings from RH533
Echidnopsis
cereformis - #9156 - 2¼"pot - $4.00 - pencil thin slightly knobby stems, open
pollinated seedlings, minute yellow, orange or brown flowers
Fockea edulis
- #7062 - 3¼"pot - $6.00 - vining stems with green leaves from warty white
tuberous caudex which can grow quite large in time, making
an attractive specimen
Hoodia gordonii
- #7186 - 4"pot - $8.00 - upright clustering spiny gray-green stems, light to
medium pink flowers, will form clusters to fill 8" pot
H. juttae NEW - #9228 - 2"pot -
$4.00 - seedlings, grey-green upright spiny stems, flowers should be pinkish disks
1"-2" across
H. ruschii NEW - #9230 - 2"pot -
$4.00 - seedlings, clustering grey-green upright spiny stems, flowers should be rusty,
about 1" across
Huernia aspera -
#9084 - 2¾"pot - $4.00 - thin shiny dark green stems, maroon flower with minute
teeth inside, open pollinated seedlings.
H. bayeri - #9063 - 3¼"pot - $6.00
- seedlings (Groendal, Uitenhage) light green clustering stems, small yellow flowers with
dark purple bits in the center, no fragrance
H. brevirostris - #8962 - 2¾"pot -
$4.00 - upright 4 angled green stems, large pale yellow flower with pale brown dots, open
pollinated seedlings
H. hystrix ssp. hystrix NEW - #8968 -
2¾"potRC - $4.00 - upright softly spiny stems, 1"+ flowers borne on the ground,
tan flowers with liver colored spots and lots of upright teeth, really neat
H. hystrix ssp. parvula - #9023 -
2¾"potRC - $4.00 - (RSA, KwaZulu-Natal) thin horizontal purple/green stems, ¾"
tan flowers with red dots and lots of raised teeth
H. leyvii - #8806 - 2"potRC - $4.00
- (Linden 85-1072) chunky brownish 4 angled stems, 1¼" long tubular purple flower,
tan with purple spots inside
H. procumbens - #9202 -
3¼"pot - $6.00 - South African species, light green stems tend to lay on the ground,
~1" flower with narrow petals and pink to red center
H. quinta - #9141 - 2¾"pot - $4.00
- green stems with some purple mottling and soft teeth, 1" white flower with purple
markings in center, open pollinated seedlings
H. saudi-arabica - #9029 - 2¾"pot -
$4.00 - purple mottled green stems with long soft teeth, 1" tan flower with small
purple dots and teeth, open pollinated seedlings
*H. somalica NEW - #8933 - 2"potRC -
$4.00 - low clustering light green stems, 1" belly-button-type flower, whitish petals
with raised pink center
SOLD OUT H. verekeri NEW - #9231 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - semi-upright light green stems, greenish flower with depressed pink
center (INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED)
H. whitesloaniana - #9153 - 2¾"pot
- $4.00 - low clustering green stems, 1/2" wide purple/red flower with short teeth
inside, open pollinated seedlings
Orbea
albocastanea NEW - #8929 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - robust grey/green stems with heavy
purple mottling, 1" flowers are white with little red spots
*O. caudata
NEW - #8949 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - soft light green stems with long soft teeth, some
purple mottling, 2" yellow flowers with a few purple hairs on margins
*O. comutata
NEW - #9011 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - gray/green stems mottled with purple, ¾"
velvety red/brown flowers
O. dummeri - #8932 - 2"potRC -
$4.00 - thin light green stems with darker green mottling, ¾" green flower covered
with long soft spines
O. lutea ssp. vaga NEW - #8931 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - hanging light green stems, clusters of 2" rusty-red flowers
with an amazingly intense dead fish odor
*O. melanantha
- #7433 - 2"pot - $4.00 - seedlings, chunky light gray-green stems, clusters of
1¼" maroon flowers with little hairs on the margins wiggle in the breeze, strong
carrion fragrance
O. semitubiflora NEW - #8930 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - upright purple mottled gray-green stems, clusters of small velvety
purple flowers borne at stem tips
O. semota ssp. orientalis NEW - #8952 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - (Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Prov.) stems with long soft teeth, light
purple mottling, 1" brownish-red flowers with hairs on edges
O. verruculosa hybrids - #9157 -
2¾"pot - $4.00 - toothy green stems cluster heavily, 1.5" purple and tan
mottled flower with small dark hairs on edges, until now these were thought to be pure O.
verruculosa but now that many have flowered they are clearly hybrids, very uniform and
quite nice ones at that, we will hope to offer pure O. verruculosa from cuttings in
the spring
Petopentia
natalensis - #7659 - 3¼"pot - $7.50 - vining African caudiciform,
teardrop shaped brown caudex, vining stems with long pointed shiny green leaves with
purple petioles, can eventually grow to the size of a football
Piaranthus
punctatus - #9154 - 2"pot - $4.00 - thin purple mottled green stems, white
flowers with dense purple bands covered in fine hairs, open pollinated seedlings from
PVB6077
Raphionacme
flanaganii - #6965.3 - 3¼"pot - $6.00 - & -
#6965.4 - 4"pot - $8.0 - vines with dark green leaves from underground
caudex which can become quite large and be raised for effect
Rhytidocaulon
ciliatum RH265 - #9005 - 2¾"pot - $6.00 - discovered in 1996 in Al-Barh,
Yemen, 50km west of Taizz, pencil thick upright brown stems, >3/8" wide greenish
flower with purple hairs along the petal edges
R. ciliatum x R. macrolobum ssp. minimum
- #9174 - 2¾"pot - $4.00 - those pesky fruit flies made this hybrid, hand
sorted seedlings, pencil thick brown stems, <3/8" wide flower, petals with purple
hairy tips, inner 1/2 of petal is white with purple bands, flower >3/8" across
R. macrolobum ssp. macrolobum - #7671 -
2¾" pot - $4.00 - seedlings, wrinkled brown pencil thick stems form upright
branching plant with minute lemon scented black and white flowers
R. macrolobum ssp. macrolobum x R. macrolobum
ssp. minimum - #9175 - 2¾"pot - $4.00 - more pesky flies, wrinkled brown stem,
flowers almost as large as R. mac. ssp. mac. but hairy purple petal tips and white center
with fine purple markings
Stapelia asterias
NEW - #9229 - 2"pot - $4.00 - seedlings, upright fuzzy green stems, flowers should be
about 2" across, liver colored with hairy petals
S. paniculata ssp. scitula - #8735.2 -
2¾"pot - $4.00 - seedlings, upright stems become quite thin when mature, flowers
typically purple-red flowers are occasionally pink or yellow in this batch, light carrion
scent
S. schinzii - #8988 - 2¾"potRC -
$4.00 - thin purple-green stems, 2"+ foul smelling purple flower with purple hairs on
petal edges
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