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| syn. Ceropegia distincta var. haworthia [wrong], Ceropegia distincta ssp. haygarthii ((Schltr.) Huber), Ceropegia haygarthii 'Haworthii' [wrong], Ceropegia tristis (Hutchinxon) |
| distribution:
Angola Mozambique South-Africa: Eastern Cape; Gauteng; KwaZulu-Natal; Mpumalanga; Northern Province |
| The flowers of
this species are among the strangest in the whole flowering world ! There
are several clones, of which the flowers can differ very much from
eachother. But all have this strange elongated 'aerial' which makes the
flower so bizarre. This species is one of the easy to cultivate plants. It needs relatively much water, because the leaves are not succulent. From time to time it likes a bit fertilizer, this can be a 'normal' fertilizer from the garden-market. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In my opinion this species is identical with Ceropegia distincta. |
 left:Ceropegia haygarthii (syn. Ceropegia distincta ssp. haygarthii) Photo: by courtesy of Cédric Basset http://www.asianflora.com |
| several
clones: Ceropegia haygarthii 'Clown' Ceropegia haygarthii 'Green Dragon' Ceropegia haygarthii 'kiss me' Ceropegia haygarthii 'large flower' Ceropegia haygarthii 'Makhathini Flats' Ceropegia haygarthii 'Mozambique' Ceropegia haygarthii 'small flower' |
| References: - E. Geiger: Ceropegia haygarthii Schlechter. Avonia 23. 25-28 (2005) |