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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Kalanchoe bracteata
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
Stapelianthus keraudreniae
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Saturday, May 09, 2009
Stapelianthus pilosus
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Orthophytum gurkenii
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Kalanchoe grandidieri
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Plectranthus sp
This species 10249 collected by Lavranos & Horwood from Galgallo, Somalia fits the bill of great adaptability between two extremes of dry and wet. My plant above is "tortured" by underwatering because i enjoy its soft and flaccid look. A cutting given to a friend who has it grown under a sprinkler once a day becomes a monster overnight. It has outgrown its parental clone by 4 times in both width and height, carring its leaves erect and extended. In short, it has transformed into garden coleus!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Echidnopsis bihendulensis
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Other than American invasion of Somalia, Somali pirates threatening shipping in Red Sea area and other bad press... Somalia is actually a place very rich and diverse in succulents and xeric vegetation. Ecologically dry for eons, it is an isolated succulent desert sharing common flora with Northern Africa and Canary Islands and across to the Arabian Peninsular. Other well known stapeliads - Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Whitesloanea, Edithcolea also comes that area.
Nowadays, i try as much as possible grow succulents from equatorial africa where few succulents are to be found and the lowlands of sub-tropical africa mainly Somalia, Madasgacar. Other parts of 'tropical' africa is not really true, because they are way up above sea level most of East Africa is highland and plains above 1000 m.
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