Ceropegia humbertii   (H. Huber)


 
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distribution:

Madagascar

 
This species is quite rare in cultivation. It can be found in the forests of Madagascar and belongs to the species with a subterranean tuber (?).

It is a twining plant and has large fresh green leaves.

The flowers are coloured quite inconspicuous, light yellowish beige to almost white, the petals are dark brown in the upper half, almost as if the flowers would have been dipped into liquid chocolate.

 
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Ceropegia humbertii


Photo: by courtesy of Jean-Noel Labat

http://www.mnhn.fr

 
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