| Author: |
Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1866 |
| Family: |
ASCLEPIADACEAE** |
| Origin: |
South Africa, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
20
Centimetres |
| Height: |
25
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Brown |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Might be:
Ceropegia barberae, Bruyns, 2017.
Dichaelia barberiae
/ barberae Bullock 1953.
Also seen as: Brachystelma barberÍae |
First described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1866 and later in 1866, given
this genera name by William Henry
Harvey. Belonging to the Asclepiadaceae*
family, and found in South Africa and Zimbabwe. It preferring a well-drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex will
get 20 cm in diameter, and the branches 30 centimetres long. It can only be
reproduced by seeds. I bought mine in Llandilo, Australia, 2002.
The genera name from Greek; brachys
meaning 'short', and stelma means 'crown, garland, wreath'; alluding
to the short staminal corona of some species.
The species is named after Mary Elizabeth Barber (born in 1818 as Bowker).
It's probably most famous/feared for its flower, which smells like rotten meat!
As far as I remember, all of the branches will fall of in autumn. It can't
stand frost (need above 10 C).
**)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.
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