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Can have a shorter growing season than other members of the genus. These are rooted cuttings, but they are well established and already starting to form a caudex at the base.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635099701528,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/adeniapechuelii_fd791422-ef9d-4d07-885a-b3c059ddd4fd.png?v=1759969459"},{"product_id":"adenia-pechuelii-2","title":"Adenia pechuelii large","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdenia pechuelii is one of the most sought after members of the genus, being rare in both cultivation and its Namibian habitat. Mature specimens look unlike anything else in the plant world with their thin branches and distinct foliage growing from the fat greenish-grey caudex. From Namibia, where it grows alongside other popular species like Welwitschia and some of the rarer Cyphostemma. 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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. Its name means “limestone-loving,” a nod to the nutrient-poor, mineral-rich soils it inhabits. 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In fall, proportionally large and conspicuous orange blooms rise quickly above the foliage, doing an impressive job recruiting nearby pollinators. The name fallax means “deceptive,” perhaps referencing a percieved similarity to other varieties of this species or even the Aloes of Madagascar in general. 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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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This is probably the most well-defended member, with the main attraction being the spiny growth that forms intermittently at the apex, emerging bright pink before hardening off. Aptly named “stellispina”, meaning “starred spines”. These seedlings are hard grown to enhance their slightly imposing character.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635106877720,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/stellispina_60cffbee-d8ee-451d-b2ff-47a39069d9f2.png?v=1759979102"},{"product_id":"euphorbia-tubiglans","title":"Euphorbia tubiglans","description":"\u003cp\u003eEuphorbia tubiglans is a modest species at first glance, but seed-grown plants like the one on offer form an impressive, rotund caudex with time and patience. 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The species is generally defined by broad, flat, smooth leaves of a particularly bright green, often mostly opaque. While many species turn dark red under stress, cymbiformis holds its green until nearly scorched, at which point it shifts to yellow. Like other members of the genus, it tolerates more shade than most succulents we offer and sunburns easily in full, unprotected exposure. 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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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As the name suggests, P. griquense is endemic to the Griqualand West region of South Africa’s Northern Cape Province. We grow a good number of these and put time into training them so the caudex develops a substantial fatness, closer to the wild-collected plants that used to circulate. 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T. valdezianus stands apart in the genus for its compact plumose (feathery) spines that cover the plant and obscure any touch of green, resembling many Mammillaria relatives except decidedly cuter. This adaptation to camoflauge itself amongst limestone rocks protects the plant all year, until the conspicuous bright magenta flowers larger than the plant itself send an enthusiastic signal to nearby pollinators.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635115299096,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/turbvaldezianusflower_a280408d-7264-46b8-83da-2c1cb0116a83.png?v=1780531414"},{"product_id":"whitesloanea-crassa","title":"Whitesloanea crassa","description":"\u003cp\u003eNice little seedlings of the highly coveted Somalian stapeliad Whitesloanea crassa, the sole member of its genus. Most closely related to Caralluma but often associated with Pseudolithos, a collector favorite from the same region, this species was found once in the wild and never rediscovered. It may now be lost forever, surviving only in a handful of specialized succulent collections. Some say local tribesmen revere the plant as a sacrament and keep remaining populations secret. To add to the legend, it was rediscovered completely by accident by the late botanist John Lavranos. He had been searching for it, but gave up for the day and went to relieve himself, only to find the plant directly in front of him. That was in 1986, and it hasn’t been seen in the nearly forty years since. All cultivated material in circulation today traces back to that single encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635115561240,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/1175\/9896\/files\/whitesloanea_346e9fb1-f2f7-4242-ae1b-63be69c27060.png?v=1759979282"},{"product_id":"haworthia-kotohime","title":"Haworthia \"Kotohime\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaworthia “Kotohime” is a good example of a nursery-produced hybrid that has become fairly widespread in the hobby yet still holds its own against current work from top breeders. This splendens-heavy hybrid, produced by the Japanese breeder Cactus Nishi, has broad, dark leaves marked with a constellation of tiny white-tinted windows, arranged tightly enough to apear almost intentionally designed. Part of its reputation also comes from its role in later generations of hybrids, where it appears repeatedly as a parent in plants now in the Haworthia hall of fame, including “Shinjukou” (also sold as “Forbidden City”) and “Hime Aoi.” Despite being in tissue culture for years and one of the more prolific offsetters in our collection, it hasn’t reached the ubiquity of the common green garden-center hybrids, and a well-grown example can still take a bit of searching to track down. 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The section name comes from the Latin “to come from a rock,” and in his Conophytum monograph Dumpling and His Wife, Steven Hammer notes that the choice is “not uniquely apt, but might have seemed so in 1920 when edaphic information was still scarce.” Dormant plants hold a thin papery sheath that splits cleanly when growth begins in early autumn, and the flowers are mostly nocturnal and restrained in color, ranging from white to cream or pale pink. Despite the consistency of the overall outline, the group shows considerable variation, likely tied to its more Namibian-leaning distribution, with the type species C. saxetanum reaching the farthest north. In cultivation these plants are generally cooperative, handle seasonal wrinkling without issue, and have shorter, more predictable dormancy periods than many of the rounder species, though they grow at a slower pace than the upright members of section Biloba.\u003cbr\u003e\nC. quaestitum var. rostratum develops longer, cylindrical bodies with lobes that can reach a substantial portion of the plant’s height. In a relatively short time, plants form firm cushions, though side-heads can be crowded out if not divided. 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In cultivation these plants are generally cooperative, handle seasonal wrinkling without issue, and have shorter, more predictable dormancy periods than many of the rounder species, though they grow at a slower pace than the upright members of section Biloba.\u003cbr\u003e\nConophytum hians is a distinctive species with widely fissured pale grey-green bodies covered in fine trichomes. In habitat it often sits nearly buried in quartzite pans, an indicator of its tolerance for more water than most members of the genus. Flowers appear in autumn, nocturnal and scented, with petal color ranging from white to soft pink or cream. 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