Tylecodon florentiivan Jaarsv .
class : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : KalanchoideaeGenus : Tylecodon
The specific name " florentii(FLOR - nut - football tee - oculus ) " honors Florent Grenier , who discovered the species in 2015 , a Gallic botanist , a medical specialist in the pollination environmental science of Namaqualand xerophytic plant , and writer of the book " Secrets of Namaqualand Succulents . "
Photo byFlorent Grenier
Tylecodon florentiiis aboriginal toSouth Africa(restricted to the upper to the south - face reddish sandstone drop of the Kookrivier , Northern Cape ) .
Tylecodon florentiiis a humble succulent with heavyset offshoot that grow from a tuberous alkali . The caudex is subglobular with flake greyish barque and can reach up to 1.6 inches ( 4 cm ) in height and 2.2 inches ( 5.5 atomic number 96 ) in diameter . The branch are fleshy and densely cover in short greyish - browned phyllopodia . They can grow up to 10 column inch ( 25 cm ) long and up to 0.15 ( 0.4 centimetre ) in diam . The leaves are green to dull William Green and cover in little translucent glandular hairs . They are rounded or heart - shaped , measure out up to 1.6 inches ( 4 cm ) farseeing and 1 in ( 2.5 cm ) wide .
The flowers are tubular , white to brightness pink , and seem when the industrial plant sheds its leaves in summer .
Light : Tylecodons can survive unmediated sun exposure without problems , but they will develop attractively in phantasm .
grease : A well - drainingsoil mixis a tonality to healthyT. florentii . Poor drainage and overwatering most unremarkably cause root decompose in both indoor and outdoor plants .
Hardiness : These plants are extremely tolerant when it comes to in high spirits temperatures and also tolerant of cold , frost - free condition during the wintertime . T. florentiican withstand temperature as low as 25 to 50 ° F ( -3.9 to 10 ° C),USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b .
Watering : T. florentiirequires careful lachrymation from winter until spring . Get the territory wet , and then wait until it is dry before watering again . In the summertime , come down lachrymation to once per month .
Fertilizing : Use liquid fertilizer for cacti and other succulents in winter .
Repotting : You do not require to repotT. florentiioften . However , you may do it when the container becomes too small-scale or shallow .
Propagation : These succulents can be cultivated either by seed or by cuttings . Sow the ejaculate in fall and wintertime in a seedbox with a well - draining potting mix . The proficient time for taking cutting is the fall .
Learn more atHow to produce and handle for Tylecodon .
Tylecodonsare adapt to avoid animal predation being poisonous . Keep them out from children , pets , and livestock .
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