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Photo by Hildor Hoffmann, who tells;
This plant is sold as C. p., but it might be something else.


Photo by Chris Moore.


Photo by Hildor Hoffmann.


Photo by Hildor Hoffmann.

Author: Karl Moritz Schumann, 1893
Family:  ASCLEPIADACEAE*
Origin:  Angola, Botswana, Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium - Maximum
Thickness:  6 Centimetres
Height:  2-4 Metres
Flower:  Purple / Crème Coloured
Propagate:  Seeds
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Ceropegia kwebensis N.E. Br. 1902.
Ceropegia kaessneri S. Moore.
Ceropegia thysanotos
Werderm.

This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Karl Moritz Schumann in 1893. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, and the vines reaches two or even four metres.

The genera name is from the Greek word keropegion meaning 'candelabrum', because Linnaeus thought that the flowers looked like candles. The species name after the colour of the flowers; purple.

*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.


Photo by Hildor Hoffmann.


Photo by Hildor Hoffmann.