ASCLEPIADS (STAPELIADS) - We are growing so many members of
this group that we now list them separately.
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.
Duvalia corderoi
- #8944 - 2"pot - $4.00 - (RSA) seedlings, dark green stems eventually form low
clusters with prominent teeth, large purplish brown flower, annulus covered with long
purplish hair
Duvalia sulcata
ssp. seminuda - #8917 - 2"potRC - $4.00 -
(Saudi Arabia by Tom McCoy) mottled green and white stems spread on the ground, shiny
brown flowers with hairs on the edges of petals
SOLD OUT Echidnopsis cereiformis (yellow
flowered clone) - #9027 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - dark green upright pencil-thick
stems with minute tubercles reminiscent of a corn cob, flowers borne near the stem tips
E. squamulata - #8923 - 2"potRC -
$4.00 - thin dark green stems, small shiny dark purple flower about the shape of a
Japanese eggplant, no smell
Edithcolea
grandis NEW - #8372 - 2¾"pot - $5.00 - Persian Carpet Flower, spiny purple-green
stems bear 3"+ tan flowers covered in bold maroon dots, fine hairs on edges of
petals, pretty smelly
Fockea edulis
- #7062 - 3¼"pot - $7.00 - vining stems with green leaves from warty white
tuberous caudex which can grow quite large in time, making
an attractive specimen
Hoodia juttae
- #9228 - 2¾"pot - $5.00 - seedling, upright spiny blue-green stems, will cluster
from the base, haven't seen the flowers on this batch
Huernia aspera
NEW - #9084 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - shiny dark green stems, reddish in strong light,
maroon flower hangs down
H. boleana - #8924 - 2"potRC -
$4.00 - (Ethiopia) 1" tan flowers mottled with purple and lightly covered with raised
bumps, green stems grow fairly long and hang down
H. concinna BAR11634 - #8964 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - light tan flower with small reddish spots
SOLD OUT H. erinacea - #7907 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - thin dark green stems with some red mottling, 1" yellow
flower mottled with red and covered with short red-tipped teeth
SOLD OUT H. hystrix ssp. hystrix -
#8968 - 2"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 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - (RSA, KwaZulu-Natal) thin horizontal purple/green stems, ¾" tan flowers with red dots and lots of raised teeth
H. insigniflora - #9028 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - thin gray-green stems, ¾"-wide flower with green petals and
pink center, slightly raised annulus
H. keniensis Barad11548 - #8969 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - (Lake Naivasha, Kenya) light green stems, 1" maroon flowers
with many 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. pendula - #8807 - 2"potRC -
$4.00 - ¼"-thick light green hanging stems with down-pointing dark maroon
¾"-wide flowers
*H. pillansii -
#8186 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - short upright green stems with lots of soft
"teeth", ¾"-wide liver-colored flower, may be a hybrid but is the clone
commonly sold as H. pillansii
H. 'Pink Eye' - #9307 - 2"potRC
- $4.00 - H. keniensis hybrid, 1"-wide light pink petals with bumpy surface, white
throat with red center, light green clustering stems
H. praestans IB7580 NEW -
#8946 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - (Joubestskop, RSA) low-growing green stems
bear 1"+ yellow flower with fine maroon dots, maroon hairs in throat shaped like
little uvuli
H. quinta NEW - #9141 - 2"pot seedlings - $4.00 -
short upright toothy dark green stems, almost 1" white flowers with purple markings
in throat
H. 'Red Belly' - #9359 - 2"potRC -
$4.00 - H. zebrina hybrid, yellowish petals with raised red belly button in the center
*H. 'Sea
Cucumber' - #9374 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - H. keniensis
hybrid, light red flower with raised teeth, petals curve back
*H. somalica -
#8933 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - low clustering light green stems, 1" belly-button-type
flower, whitish petals with raised pink center
H. somalica hybrids NEW - #9409 - 2"pot seedlings - $4.00 - open
pollinated and we don't know the father, these seedlings produce consistently 1"-wide
almost white flowers with the raised annulus of its mother
H. 'Speckled Jim' - #9308 - 2"potRC
- $4.00 - H. keniensis hybrid, ~1" tan flowers heavily mottled with brown, fine teeth
on recurving petals
H. 'Spiny Norman' - #9367 - 2"potRC
- $4.00 - H. keniensis hybrid, ~1" velvety maroon flower covered with short teeth,
black center, petals fold back
H. stapelioides - #8947 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - upright dark green 4-angled stems, ¾" tan flowers with dense
red bands and dense short raised teeth
H. zebrina hybrids NEW - #9024 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - selected H. zebrina hybrids with 1"
shiny rusty red and yellow flowers, always popular
SOLD OUT Matelea cyclophylla NEW - #5767 - 2¾"pot
- $9.00 - (=Gonolobus cyclophyllus) Mexican caudiciform with corky
tan caudex similar in appearance to Dioscorea, vines in summer with heart-shaped
leaves and green or purple flowers
Orbea comutata -
#9011 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - light green stems mottled with red, ¾" brown flowers
that smell a bit of kalamata olives
*O. dummeri -
#8932 - 2¾"pot - $5.00 - thin light green stems with darker green mottling, ¾"
green flower covered with long soft spines
O. halipedicola NEW - #9358 - 2"potRC -
$4.00 - thin toothy light green stems, dark yellow flower with bold maroon dots, maroon
hairs on margins, flower often borne on the ground, smells of fish flakes
SOLD OUT O. hardyi PVB3504 - #8994 -
2"potRC - $4.00 - thin blue-green stems mottled with purple lie on the ground,
2" mottled white and purple flower
O. lutea ssp. vaga - #8931 - 2"potRC
- $4.00 - light green stems, clusters of 2" maroon flowers with some yellow speckles,
incredibly foul smelling
O. paradoxa IB11011 NEW -
#8950 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - (foot - Cecil Macks' Pass, RSA) thin soft light green
stems, 1" light yellow flower with bold purple dots and purple hairs on margins,
smells of fish flakes
O. 'Ranch Vista' -
#9108 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - O. variegata hybrid, finger-thick soft light green
stems, 2½" yellow flowers heavily mottled with maroon, very smelly
O. semitubiflora -
#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 - #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. speciosa DP3912 NEW -
#8975 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - (clonotype) KwaZulu-Natal, soft toothy light green
stems, yellow flower with maroon dots, maroon hairs on edges of petals, petal heavily
reflexed, smells of fish flakes
*O. wissmannii - #9390 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - soft light
green stems mottled with purple, ¾" flowers with narrow light green petals, purple
in the center
Piaranthus
comptus NEW - #8934 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - low rounded dark green stems, yellow
flower with lots of fine white teeth and speckled with purple dots
Rhytidocaulon macrolobum ssp.
macrolobum - #7671 - 2¾"pot - $5.00 -
seedlings, wrinkled brown pencil-thick stems form upright branching plant with minute
lemon-scented black and white flowers
Stapelia
asterias NEW - #9229 - 2"pot seedlings - $4.00 - upright fuzzy green stems,
2"-wide shiny purple-brown flowers with white hairs on edges, pretty stinky
S. 'Berlinensis' NEW -
#8077 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - unknown hybrid origin, short upright dark green
stems bear 2" blackish-purple flowers
S. cedrimontana DP4631B NEW
- #8986 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - thin, upright fuzzy green stems, flowers borne low on
stems, 1½" maroon flowers with bands of yellow running across the petals
S. erectiflora (DP6885) NEW
- #8987 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - (Pakhuis Pass) upright thin fuzzy green stems,
small flowers borne on tall stalks, brown petals covered with minute white hairs and
heavily reflexed, no fragrance
S. flavopurpurea NEW - #8456 - 2"potRC and seedlings - $4.00 - soft upright pencil thick
green stems mottled with purple, flower with light green bumpy petals and white to pink
center, smells like honey
S. rufa PB2540
NEW - #8990 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - (43km NW Ladismith) plump upright funny dark green
stems, 1" rusty red flowers borne low on plant, smell of dirty socks
S. schinzii - #8988 - 2¾"potRC -
$5.00 - thin purple-green stems, 2"+ foul-smelling purple flower with purple hairs on
petal edges
S. schinzii (large clone) - #8991 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - (Khamashochland, SWA) finger-thick mottled
green and purple stems, very stinky 3"+ brown flower with purple hairs on edges
*Tavaresia
barklyi x Orbea variegata 'Purple
Nurple' - #9288 - 2"potRC - $4.00 - ½"-thick olive green slightly
spiny stems, 2" bell-shaped flower with a purple throat with black spots fading to
yellow on the petals with purple spots