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| syn. Ceropegia schlechteriana (Werderm.) |
| distribution:
Congo Malawi Tanzania: Uluguru Mountains / Morogoro District Zambia |
| This species bears flowers which are very unusual, even for a Ceropegia. These flowers are cup-shaped, clear and striped in reddish brown, the brown petals are not close-knit but straddle far apart, almost like the tentacles of a sea anemone. |
 left:Ceropegia ringoetii, flower Photo: by courtesy of Cok and Ine Grootscholten Copyright Grootscholten Succulenta nursery, Honselersdijk, The Netherlands http://www.succulenta-kwekerij.nl |
| References: - F. Malaisse: Recherches sur les Asclepiadaceae du Shaba (Zaire) 1. Nouvelles observations sur le genre Ceropegia L.. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. / Bull. Nat. Plantentuin Belg. 54 (1/2) 213-234 (1984) |