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This one instead grows as a loose, many-branched shrub with thin green stems that remain photosynthetic after the leaves drop. In the dry season it can look like a tangle of pale green sticks dotted with short spines. It lacks the imposing architecture of its relatives but makes a distinctive potted specimen that often draws the curiosity of those seeing it for the first time. These are seed-grown, not taken from cuttings like most of what you see offered for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635100324120,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/alluadiadumosa_3aff443d-ddd9-46f6-8b06-9ade0633db97.png?v=1759969562"},{"product_id":"aloe-calcairophila","title":"Aloe calcairophila","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most sought-after aloes, Aloe calcairophila is confined to a few limestone outcrops in southern Madagascar. 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The name for the group refers to the thin, grass-like leaves but could just as easily describe their grassland habitat, where they blend in cryptically among surrounding blades to avoid grazing. As with many in the group, A. cooperi is relatively hardy and tolerates frost, often shedding much of its foliage to protect itself. Some growers report it being able to handle down to 10°F, potentially making it a good candidate for cold-hardy drought tolerant gardening. 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This uncanny renewal is a finely tuned adaptation to one of the strangest habitats on earth, where the plant remains hidden for most of the year and shows itself only briefly with a single bright yellow bloom, often larger than the head it came from.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635103240472,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/dinteranthusvanzylii_b356876d-29c3-4d42-8a03-e6d8d7918338.png?v=1759976906"},{"product_id":"dorstenia-foetida","title":"Dorstenia foetida","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the more charming succulent members of Moraceae, the family most famous for fig trees. The large, disc-like flowers of Dorstenia are essentially inverted figs, displaying their reproductive organs externally rather than hidden to entrap the famous fig wasp. 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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We have had the pleasure of seeing these plants in the wild. The first, and most well known population of these plants grows in a mountain pass south of the capital Hadibo, in the Haggeher Mountains. The second population, which occurs on Jabal Ma'alah, is a miniature form known as Dorstenia gigas f. bullata. The sale plant is a seedling of the larger growing form, which will get fatter than any cutting-grown plant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635103633688,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/dorsteniagigas_0aa82923-baf0-409b-b344-b5dbed7a3088.png?v=1759977166"},{"product_id":"dorstenia-gypsophila","title":"Dorstenia gypsophila","description":"\u003cp\u003eDorstenia gypsophila is one of those plants that’s been at the top of many seasoned collectors’ wish lists for years. 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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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These plants are confined to Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with some of the most striking diversity concentrated in the botanical wonderland of Socotra. 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Before dissipating midday, this fog can be dense enough to saturate the upper layer of the acidic granite substrate, providing just enough moisture for growth. In nature, this species differs from its more upright relatives and is sprawling in habit, sending out long, drooping stems armed with golden spines that often weave between the grey boulders, forming an impenetrable thicket. The plants offered here are the spiral form, a novel and naturally occurring mutation in which each segment swells into a distinct ring, at times stacking neatly and at others winding upward in a tight twist. This form has been in cultivation for years, but never common and never losing its appeal. One reason for that may be the time it takes to mature, visible in the corking and scars of older plants which show their many seasons of slow growth. 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One reason for that may be the time it takes to mature, visible in the corking and scars of older plants which show their many seasons of slow growth. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635105534232,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/eulychnia2_c7fa0323-573b-4da9-af1f-2df12194828b.png?v=1760469923"},{"product_id":"euphorbia-brakdamensis","title":"Euphorbia brakdamensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eEuphorbia brakdamensis is one of the more unusual medusoid Euphorbia with mature plants having a slightly uncanny appearance, almost resembling a weird vegetable. The club-like central stem is covered with punctuated branches and long thin leaves. Eventually, the main head offsets and form a dense mat of tapered branches which cluster into a large mound. A very seldom offered species, especially as a seed grown plants like the ones offered. The closest relative to this species is likely multiceps which remains an extremely coveted species. We think brakdamensis deserves some of that same appreciation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635105599768,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/brakdamensis_8ad04a3a-49fc-469d-98a9-e7672d1e1c41.png?v=1759986790"},{"product_id":"euphorbia-clivicola","title":"Euphorbia clivicola","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis species is native to Limpopo Province in South Africa, where its proximity to the urban center of Polokwane has led to extensive habitat loss and a Red List status of Critically Endangered. 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Our plants are grown hard and exposed to cold, thriving alongside more resilient South African Euphorbia, making this a tougher counterpart to the similar-looking dwarf spiny species that come almost exclusively from Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635105829144,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/Euphorbiaclivicola_1e718adb-b775-4d01-b1cf-4539c73dc79c.png?v=1759977845"},{"product_id":"euphorbia-decepta","title":"Euphorbia decepta","description":"\u003cp\u003eEuphorbia decepta is among the most sought after of the numerous medusoid species from South Africa. It looks like very little, besides E. suppressa and astrophora which are almost indistinguishable as young plants. 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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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Across the genus the blooms vary in texture, from toothy to glossy, and show ornate patterns and colors that verge on psychedelic. Even out of bloom the plants have plenty of appeal, forming pots of upright stems covered in flexible tubercles or “spikes,” which can stress into gradients of purple, red, green, blue, and everything in between. The specific epithet \"hystrix\" is from the latin name for porcupine, and the flowers of this species really embody it well. “Among the finest in the genus, the flowers can easily make you lose track studying their intricate textures and patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635107336472,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/Huernia_hystrix_68a3a245-c4cd-4ebe-beca-207de33922e8.png?v=1759978069"},{"product_id":"huernia-mccoyi","title":"Huernia mccoyi","description":"\u003cp\u003eHuernia have a wide range in nature, occurring across much of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Certain species, like Huernia zebrina, are extremely common in cultivation, mass-produced and even found in dollar stores. We have a fondness for these ubiquitous ones as well, which still rank among the wildest flowers in the entire plant kingdom. 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It produces large deeply pigmented flowers throughout the growing season, typical if not exceptional for Convolvulaceae, to eagerly coax what few pollinators tolerate the harsh environment. In cultivation it can be appreciated more fully for its satisfyingly rotund caudex, which can be raised above the soil line with little stress to the plant. The contrast between the stumpy tuber and the compact bundles of grass-like leaves gives it the look of a human silhouette on a bad hair day, an impression quickly replaced when the blooms open in a startling pink-purple, vivid enough to be mistaken in the desert for a mirage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635107565848,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/ipomoeaholubii_9681810f-4f30-43ad-9bc6-dd98aa668eb4.png?v=1759978099"},{"product_id":"kleinia-obesa","title":"Kleinia obesa","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's a wonder this species has made it this far existing in the wild, being as conspicuous as it is and also slightly delicious-looking, at least to fans of cucumbers and their brined companions, which the common name \"pickle plant\" is clearly inspired by. Often incorrectly reported as growing on the southern coast of Yemen, this species was actually described at a high elevation on the mountain Jabal al Arus just inland near the historic city of Taizz, where it’s reported to be very rare. We find it to be forgiving in cultivation and capable of handling cooler, wetter winters than its location would suggest, possibly indicating close relation to similar Senecio species thousands of miles away in South Africa like stapeliformis. 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