Sceletium tortuosum

So this flower I really think. The truth is that when I started to sukulentům, I was convinced that I was not mesembria alone. I prefer the succulent naducánky such as gray or elegant echeverky. Well ... odříkaného. We have several faukarií and more of the same family is also Sceletium tortuosum, I got a gift from Joe Gratias. From the first moment I liked seedlings. Unusual form of leaf growth and no where did the first flowers, beautiful.

Sceletium tortuosum is one of the oldest known mesemb. It was first discovered in the 17th century colonialists and by 1732 it had grown in England. Species first described in 1753 by Carl von Linné. The incidence ranges from Namaqualand to Montagu to Aberdeen. Commonly grown in quartz gravel resorting to a slight shade of low bushes. Nature is very good breed samovýsevem, seeds from parent plants are washed into the rain, so the seems to be less vulnerable than other species growing in Africa Succulent Karoo.

Nature is indeed very easy pěstovatelný. Ideal habitat is sunny windowsill in a low bowl of slightly clayey, gravelly sbustrátem. In a free culture, plants do not mind a slight shade as well and even thrive in full sun. In summer, when plants bloom, going through a period of growth recovery. The main growth is from autumn to spring. Nor multiplication is not difficult. Cuttings root easily in sand and seeds germinate very well.

Sceletium tortuosum is ideal for beginning growers plant succulents.

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