Persian Carpet Succulent

The glabrousstems are 4 or 5 angled and armed with regularly placed hard and acute spinelike teeth ortubercules.

Persian carpet succulent.

Edithcolea grandis is a succulent plant with leafless richly branched perennial and decumbent stems with a diameter of 3 4 2cm up to 1 1 2 4cm at a multi branched stem and up to 12 30cm in length. When it blooms you will enjoy pale yellow flowers. The sharply toothed 4 or 5 angled stems are grey green to red in color with brownish spots and up to 30 cm in length and 2 4 cm in diameter. The genus edithcolea only contains this species and is found in warm dry areas.

The flowers with hairy margins are approximately 12 5 cm in diameter. Edithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species edithcolea grandis persian carpet flower once classified in the family asclepiadaceae it is now in the subfamily asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family apocynaceae it is native to africa and to the arabian peninsula. Edithcolea grandis persian carpet flower is a succulent with leafless richly branched stems and attractive pale yellow flowers with red brown spots. The glabrous stems are 4 or 5 angled and armed with regularly placed hard and acute spine like.

This plant can measure up to 30 cm long and approximately 4 cm in diameter. The stems have sharp green to red teeth. Persian carpet flower origin. The flowers are pale yellow with red brown spots.

General care for edithcolea grandis persian carpet flower this succulent type is a unique one that blooms in the spring. Edithcolea grandis is a succulent plant with leafless richly branched perennial and decumbent stems with a diameter of 2 to 4 cm and up to 30 cm in length. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about ceropegia species persian carpet flower ceropegia sordida supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden. The genus is named after edith cole 1859 1940.

The remarkable flower is at times described as the persian carpet flower. This page contains affiliate links. Edithcolea grandis is a succulent perennial with leafless richly branched stems. They are bait flowers so that these are pollinated by flies in nature.

The five angled stems are 2 3cm in diameter more or less branched and armed with hard brown very acute spinelike teeth. The flowers of this succulent from africa have a very distinct look resembling the pattern of a persian carpet and can be 13 cm large. Edithcolea grandis persian carpet flower edithcolea grandis is a succulent with no leaves. She collected the type material for this plant with lort philips in.