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| syn. Ceropegia armandii var. petignatii [wrong], Ceropegia petitgnatii [wrong] |
| distribution: Madagascar |
| This is one of the malagasy
crocodile Ceropegias, a name that refers to the reptile like appearance of
some of those species. The stems are highly succulent in the beginning, about as thick as a finger, but do have nevertheless quite respectable leaves. Later the stems begin continuously to become slimmer and start to wind. The flowers are quite large and have a wonderfull citron-yellow colour. Ceropegia petignatii is now critically endangered in the wild by overgrazing. |
 left:Ceropegia petignatii Photo: by courtesy of Frauke Berger http://public.fotki.com/samsine/ascleps_-_collection/ceropegia |
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