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| Unfortunately there are
always some plants in trade which are misnamed, sometimes this naming is
made 'in bad faith' but by far much more frequent this is an unintentional
error. Some examples are shown here. |
 left:This plant is called Ceropegia calyi, a name whose origin I cannot determin, it may be a cultural hybrid of Ceropegia denticulata and Ceropegia radicans. Photo: by courtesy of Friedericke Hübner & Ulrich Tränkle Asclepidarium Rauher Burren 9 89143 Blaubeuren www.asclepidarium.de |
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| above: Two different plants can be seen here, both are in trade under a wrong name, one of them very badly misnamed. The flowers belong to a hybrid, most likely of Ceropegia africana ssp. barklyi and Ceropegia rendallii, but they are in trade under the name Ceropegia barkleyi. The spotted leaves belong to Ceropegia linearis ssp. woodii, this plant was and still is in trade under the name Ceropegia bulbosa, which is inexplicable. |
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| above: Another example, the two larger flowers above belong to a plant which is in trade as Ceropegia juncea. In fact it is a horticultural hybrid, the parents are most likely Ceropegia sandersonii and Ceropegia stapeliiformis (P. Bruyns, 1985 / British Cactus and Succulent Journal 3(1): 8-9 ). Identical plants can be found under the name Ceropegia 'Uranus'. Both Photos: by courtesy of Ute Schmidt |
 left:This is, depending on the source, Ceropegia 'Mars'; Ceropegia 'Uranus'; Ceropegia radicans var. smithii or Ceropegia radicans x sandersonii. Actually the shown plant is a 'problem case', because in fact this is Ceropegia radicans var. smithii, but this name is wrong because the so named plants are hybrids between Ceropegia radicans and Ceropegia sandersonii. So the real name of this plant must be Ceropegia radicans x sandersonii ! Photo: by courtesy of Cok and Ine Grootscholten Copyright Grootscholten Succulenta nursery, Honselersdijk, The Netherlands http://www.succulenta-kwekerij.nl |
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This plant is traded under the name Ceropegia rendallii, but it is most likely a crossbreed of Ceropegia linearis ssp. woodii and C. rendallii. Photo: by courtesy of Jürg Vogel |
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The same plant, some of the leaves are like those of C. rendallii others show the typically colouration of C. linearis ssp. woodii. Photo: by courtesy of Jürg Vogel |
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The same plant, the flower is similar to those of C. rendallii, but it also shows some characteristics of the other parent. Photo: by courtesy of Jürg Vogel |