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Ceropegia is a family of intriguing climbing or drop succulents , easy grow but regrettably little known .
The ceropegias are generally qualify by the following :
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Some ceropegias climb up , some clamber while some dangle indolently .
Some make infant genus Tuber at musical interval along the stem and soil , while others do n’t .
Some have leaf over an inch long . Some have only stubs — or none at all .
Planting Dangling Ceropegia Varieties
The dangling varieties are most effectual in small-scale pots or hanging containers , not in large plantings .
The bow fall straight down for several feet , creating a lace - curtain effect with fancywork of intricate leaf and blossom patterns .
To plant them , you may do the following tips :
If you do n’t offer the support , the stubborn stem will most in all probability climb upon itself .
Seldom are such witching plants so certain to be successful .
Ceropegias will adapt to full sun or faint nicety .
They like sandy ground , keep moist in summer but on the juiceless side in wintertime .
quick air is okay , and so is average humidity .
Most smorgasbord do n’t die down for winter quiescence , but those that do will have wilted
stems and leaves , or may even dry up .
but hold back on lacrimation until the flora comes back to new living .
cutting of fore pourboire or surgical incision take root easily in hardly moist sand , so do baby tubers from the grime or along the stems .
Seeds , when available , grow as easy as cacti .
Different Varieties Of Ceropegia
Ceropegia Barkleyi
Umbrella flush , a climbing specie with bulb-shaped roots .
Pairs of dark - immature leave of absence , like pointed wings , show off a feathery connection of argent veins .
The dark-green flowers are veined with over-embellished and chocolate-brown , like the rib of an umbrella .
Ceropegia Caffrorum
Impudent green heart - regulate leaves stand up out in pair from the stringy stems .
Flowers are green , marked with violet - red .
Ceropegia Debilis
Trailing stanch to 4 ’ feet long , with narrowest , pencil - point dull - green leaves mark off with a thin silver medal telephone circuit down the center .
flower are light-green , purple , and purplish - disgraceful .
Ceropegia Radicans
Thicker staunch are more creeping than trailing .
Pointed - oval folio are heavy but sparsely space .
Green - white , purplish - spot flowers attend like an unopened parachute .
Ceropegia Rendalli
The Cactus and Succulent Society first mention this South African species in 1960 .
It is reported “ ally to Ceropegia woodi , with a tuber and silver - score leaves .
Flowers more salient , a chute like to Ceropegia sandersoni with a flute , scallop green ceiling .
stalk go bad back to tuber in winter . Withhold water until growth resume in fountain . ”
Since this one does not give ear freely , it should be school on a little treillage .
Ceropegia Sandersonii
Ceropegia sandersonii has stiff twining , climb stem with tough leaves and unbelievable 3 ” column inch flowers , funnel - shaped , the erupt top joined in the center — startling resemblance to the eyesockets in a skeletal system head .
The plants are sometimes shipped shorten back and will come up from the root .
Ceropegia Stapeliaeformis
Stout climber to 6 ’ feet , with thick , unretentive - jointed stems and nubbins where leaves might be .
funnel shape - shaped milklike heyday have purple marking .
Ceropegia Thorncrofti
Like a grievous variant of Ceropegia woodi , with wavelike - edged leave .
snowy balloon flush spattered with purplish redness .
Ceropegia Woodii
FavoriteCeropegia Woodii aka rosary vine , a popular name inspired by the beadlike bulbs on a regular basis spaced along the stem ; or sweetheart vine , a string of hearts , pith snarl , for the pure green essence - shaped leaf with dainty argent mosaic pattern .
This is a trailer with a lavender - pink pipage or urn - shaped flowers .
