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In the wild, much like cultiavtion, plants grow under shade coverage maintain the green trunk like cultivated plants while fully exposed examples are heavily corked and almost arborescent. We find this species to be easy to grow, and have been using it frequently for grafting other species of Adenia to stimulate early flowering. 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The striking dark green globose caudex, covered in large white warts, can reach impressive sizes in the wild, with some specimens measuring several feet across. Elephants are known to knock them over, not to eat the spiny plant, but while searching for water stored near the thick, tuberous roots. This species was collected heavily from the wild for years, and most of the giant specimens that circulated in cultivation were not grown from seed. The plant offered here is a rooted branch cutting. 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Despite the long presence of this genus in cultivation, “Adros,” as acolytes call them, have slipped back into relative obscurity, absent from big-box store productions and rarely offered by specialist nurseries. In bright light, this triflorus colors with especially vivid red spotting. Tolkien recorded it as the most common Adromischus in the Little Karoo. 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It never takes long for the experimenter to fall in love with the transient beauty of these plants from South Africa's Northern Cape, however. There's a reason why so-called \"cape bulbs\" are often the category that the most detail-obsessed collectors end up focusing on. Maybe we're biased, but there's something about the surprise appearance year after year that makes these plants particularly rewarding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635101307160,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/bulbinemesembryanthemoides_33af2b4e-40db-41fd-ada4-687a63d5cc23.png?v=1759972032"},{"product_id":"cheridopsis-peculiaris","title":"Cheridopsis peculiaris","description":"\u003cp\u003eCheiridopsis peculiaris lives up to its name with a growth form that looks a little mismatched even for a mesemb. 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This species is among the smallest and most compact, each pair of leaves clasping so tightly over the last that the stem takes on the look of a rattlesnake’s tail, a common name of doubtful authenticity that appears from time to time in print. In time, offsets emerge from the base to form a tidy stand of miniature towers, seldom more than a few inches tall. In its Namaqualand home, it grows between orange quartz pebbles and from cracks in steep, angled boulders. From a distance, it can be mistaken for the many Conophytum species that share its range. 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It differs from its more ubiquitous cousins in being poorly represented in collections, likely passed over in favor of faster-growing, mass-produced species like Crassula columnella or hybrids such as “Moonglow.” This is one of the most variable stacked-leaf Crassula and also among the most widespread, occurring throughout winter-growing Namaqualand, especially near the border with Bushmanland. Each population has its own slight differences in leaf size, shape, color, and especially texture. We grow two very distinct forms: one with a powdery blue coating, the other bright green and covered in a bumpy, almost crystalline texture. These were once treated as separate, still-variable subspecies, but microscope analysis showed the bumps to be tiny hairs rather than true papillae protruding from the surface. They are now recognized as a single, highly variable species, with some populations more disparate from each other than certain recognized species in the group. 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Through the turn of the century it was a fixture in florist shops and on country estates, valued for vivid midsummer flowers, though many growers found them more reluctant than promised, and by the 1930s it had slipped from common cultivation. Though it never fully disappeared from the trade, it has been kept alive in specialist collections with occasional appearances on the mainstream nursery circuit. As its long history suggests, this plant has always been easy to grow, even before the word “succulent” entered common use. 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The genus differs in its smaller seed, a trait that makes propagation more difficult. We find established plants slightly more forgiving in cultivation than Lithops, especially when watering during their cyclical “splitting” period when new growth emerges from between the old leaves. 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At first glance it is often mistaken for a particularly pale Lithops, yet the smaller seed of Dinteranthus sets the genus apart and makes propagation more difficult. Despite that, we find established plants slightly easier to grow than Lithops, particularly during its cyclical “splitting” period when the old leaf pair parts to reveal a new head, sometimes two, that will take over the year’s growth. 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The specific epithet of this popular, easy-to-grow species refers to a supposed fetid odor, but we’ve never found the white sap much different from the other members of the genus, not particularly bad but weird. Almost like a tropical-smelling sunscreen with a hint of wet compost. Unlike close relatives lavranii and horwoodii, this species is easy to propagate (if not extremely prolific), and can often make hybrids with other members of the genus through mysterious means. That doesn’t mean it’s a pest, though, as this species remains ever-popular and can actually be quite slow to grow into an impressive multi-branched specimen. 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The vivid purple and blue spots that make it so striking in pots likely help it vanish into the mottled leaf litter it grows among, perhaps a tactic to fool the porcupines known to dig up its bulbs. We think this is a standout among summer-growing bulbs, which often struggle to rival the strange forms of their winter-growing relatives. It has much of the same otherworldly appeal without the difficulty that keeps many winter bulbs out of reach. 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The original collections of this variety were cited in the original description by Susan Carter, who noted it might be distinct, like many regional variations of the species. At the time of description, the East African form, described as ssp. gamugofana, was separated on account of its shorter spine shields and spines, though in practice it remains very close to typical septentrionalis. The glaucous branches trail outward to make a low, spreading clump, and older plants adapt well to hanging-pot culture. 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Hoodia gordonii, in particular, became infamous after being promoted for losing weight, which led to overcollection and near-extinction in the wild. Much of the early work on stapeliad tissue culture was carried out on that species. These seedlings are hybrids of two species with strikingly textured stems but very different habits: parviflora, among the largest, reaching up to six feet, and flava, one of the smallest, topping out around six inches. 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