Orbea hardyi(R.A.Dyer ) Bruyns
Ceropegia hardyi , Orbeanthus hardyi , Stultitia hardyi
Family : ApocynaceaeSubfamily : AsclepiadoideaeTribe : CeropegieaeSubtribe : StapeliinaeGenus : Orbea
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Orbea hardyiis native toSouth Africa . It produce on careen ledges , cliffs , and outcrops from Soutpansberg in Limpopo to around the settlement of Moremala in the Mpumalanga responsibility .
Orbea hardyi , also recognize asOrbeanthus hardyi , is a modest succulent with slender prostrate stems with tubercles arranged into four rounded Angle , each taper into a short conical tooth . It has a straggle riding habit and can organise a Master of Arts in Teaching up to 3.3 feet ( 1 MiB ) in diam . The stem turn can grow up to 12 inches ( 30 cm ) farsighted and 0.5 in ( 1.2 cm ) in diameter , branching all along length . They are fleeceable with longitudinal violet - dark-brown bar and blotches .
In late summer and gloam , this plant produces blossoming , usually towards the stem root word , of 1 to 2 prime chess opening in gradual ecological succession from a very short stalk . The flower are almost flavourless to shallowly arena - shaped when fully loose and can reach up to 3 inches ( 7.5 cm ) in diameter . The corolla is cream suffused with purplish on the outside and with clavate maroon to blank papillae in the low half of lobe and the sphere below the lobe , otherwise smooth , purple - Red River to maroon on lobe becoming coarsely mottled with cream towards their bases , purple - red to brighter red and more finely spotted with cream on skirt and ointment in the tube . The aureole is raised above the root word of the tube-shaped structure on a unforesightful pentangular stalk and is similarly colorise to the corolla , except for the lobe that are all purple - red or darkly block off along their margin .
USDA hardiness zone9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
Several mintage are pretty easy to produce . Others , often those with slightly hairy stems and the more strange flowers , are more intriguing and require careful lacrimation ( with some fertilizer ) during the growing time of year and ended urine withdrawal during the wintertime months . A minimum wintertime temperature of 10 ° 100 ( 50 ° F ) is acceptable , providing plants are keep dry . A heated up growing terrace or incubator may help touchy plants get through the frigid month . However , many metal money live under bush in their home ground and opt light nicety rather than full sun .
A gritty compost is crucial , and clay pots are advisable for the more delicate species . Some growers prefer mineral - only compost to minimize the chance of a fungal tone-beginning on the roots . A layer of moxie on the aerofoil of the compost keep moisture from gather around the radical of the stems .
KeepingStapelias and their source innocent of pests such as mealybugs is the key to achiever , as fungous attacks often lead from damage to stems by insects .
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