Ceropegia stapeliiformisHaw .
Serpent Ceropegia , Slangkambro , Snake Creeper
Ceropegia stapeliiformissubsp.stapeliiformis
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Family : ApocynaceaeSubfamily : AsclepiadoideaeTribe : CeropegieaeGenus : Ceropegia
Ceropegia stapeliiformisis native toSouth AfricaandEswatini . Ceropegia stapeliiformissubsp.stapeliiformisoccurs in areas of karroid scrub from Uitenhage and Willowmore to Graaff Reinet and King William ’s Town in the Eastern Cape state .
Ceropegia stapeliiformisis a lush plant with decumbent or tracking , cylindric , tuberculate stems with smooth , dull green branches mottle and often tinged with purpleness . The stems are fleshy and contact up to 0.6 column inch ( 1.5 cm ) in diameter , rooting in liaison with soil . The branches are constricted at the junction , sharpen and sometimes rise towards inflorescences . The underlying leaves arise from a tubercled base and shortly diminish off the root word .
The flower appear in outpouring and other summer . The corolla is up to 2.8 inches ( 7 cm ) long , pale greenish - white , spotted with maroon , divided intimately halfway , with an testis - shaped radical expanded into a funnel shape - shaped mouth and five commonly pass around recurve lobes . It is white with purplish - purple , greenish - yellow , or empurpled - brown margins and tips and cover with unretentive hairs on the lower part of the privileged face . The fruits are grey - green , generally fusiform , tuberculate follicle that can reach up to 4 column inch ( 10 curium ) in duration .
USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
A gamey compost is suitable , and clay slew help with drain , especially for the species with white thickened roots , which are the most susceptible to waste , and for coinage forming large tubers . Ceropegias apprize water supply and a small plant food during warm weather condition , although some aid withwateringis required for the more unmanageable species . The vine - like species can suffer from prolonged drought .
Typically , many of these species grow and climb naturally among bushes , which cater specter and humidity to the pedestal , while the vegetative increase is in the light . Where tubers pass off , they are best planted on the compost control surface , and the vegetative emergence is allow to twine around supports or trail down from a hang up pot . The latter increment modality has the advantage of not using valuable bench space . little tubers mold at roast in the sparse stems of some mintage can be used forpropagation . If the tuber putrefaction or dries out , do n’t panic . If some of the top growth is still in fair condition , it may be potential to save the plant by re - rooting stems in damp gravel .
See more atHow to Grow and Care for Ceropegia .
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