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| syn. Ceropegia bosseri var. razafindratsirana (Rauh & Buchloh), Ceropegia bosseri ssp. razafindrasirana [wrong] |
| distribution:
Madagascar |
| This is one of
the dimorphic species from Madagascar. The stem is as thick as a finger and has a very unusual fleshy brownish pink colouration. It bears lancet-shaped, dark brown to almost black leaves, that look a bit like thorns. The flowers rise on long climbing stems and are quite large. The flower-tube is light beige coloured, the petals are strongly maize-yellow and have some reddish brown hairs. |
 left:Ceropegia razafindratsirana Foto: by courtesy of Cok and Ine Grootscholten Copyright Grootscholten Succulenta nursery, Honselersdijk, The Netherlands http://www.succulenta-kwekerij.nl |
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