Adromischus filicaulissubsp.marlothii(Schönland ) Toelken
Adromischus mamillarissubsp.marlothii , Adromischus marlothii , Adromischus tricolor , Cotyledon marlothii
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : KalanchoideaeGenus : Adromischus
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Adromischus filicaulissubsp.marlothiiis native toSouth Africa . It occurs mainly in the Little Karoo and adjoining areas from Worcester to the east of Oudtshoorn but seldom also on the Knersvlakte west of Vanrhynsdorp and grows on dry , jolting slopes , normally in the shade of rocks or other plant .
Adromischus filicaulissubsp.marlothiiis a midget , sparingly branched succulent with sarcoid , green leafage arranged along accumbent or bow down stems . It can grow up to 3.2 inch ( 8 cm ) tall and 6 inches ( 15 cm ) in diameter . The stems are fleshy , grey - green with grey flaking bark , and can attain up to 0.3 inches ( 0.8 cm ) in diameter . They get numerous aerial roots along their distance , rooting down into the soil where they touch . The leaves are dark-green to reddish and rarely with purple patch . They are lancelike , oviform to loosely elliptic , measuring up to 2 inches ( 5 cm ) foresightful and 0.4 inches ( 1 centimeter ) in diameter .
The flowers are narrow , about 0.5 column inch ( 1.3 cm ) long , and appear on a spike that can grow up to 14 column inch ( 35 curium ) magniloquent in mid - summer . The corolla tube is yellowish - green and red - tinged towards the hairless pharynx . The flower petal are snowy or tinged pinkish and generally triangular .
USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
Many species are easy to grow in any free - draining , gritty compost . Their compact habit allows a collection to be assert in a small space , and they grow well on any sunny windowpane shelf or the top shelf of the glasshouse . Watermostly from springtime to fall and let them dry out out between watering . Adromischustolerates coolheaded , frost - free conditions during the winter if kept wry . It is also important to keep water off the foliage during the wintertime . Mealybugsand vine weevil can be warn with a systemic insecticide .
Adromischuscan be circulate from a exclusive leaf , which should be range against the pile ’s side so that the stem end allude the compost . Some species drop their leaf well , and although each leaf will form a Modern plant , it can be gainsay to grow a large specimen . In other cases , leave of absence for propagation must be cautiously come away with a knifelike knife .
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