Tylecodon bodleyaevan Jaarsv .
kin : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : KalanchoideaeGenus : Tylecodon
The specific epithet " bodleyae(pronounced BOD - lee ) " honorsElise Bodley(1921–1997 ) , a well - known South African illustrator of succulents . She has illustrated the most known Tylecodon and Cotyledon species .
Photo byMeinolf Stützer
Tylecodon bodleyaeis native toSouth Africa(Northern Cape ) .
Tylecodon bodleyaeis a smallsucculentwith a tuberous base and erect , white-haired - green arm with dark longitudinal band . It can grow up to 4 inches ( 10 cm ) tall . The stock is covered with yellow - brown peeling bark and can reach up to 2.4 inches ( 6 cm ) in diam . The leaves are sarcoid , glandular - hairy or tranquil , green to pallid fleeceable , oval , and can grow up to 0.6 column inch ( 1.5 cm ) prospicient and broad .
The flowers appear in blossoming that can develop up to 1.6 column inch ( 4 cm ) long when the plant cast off its leaves in mid - summer . They have a xanthous - honey oil thermionic vacuum tube measuring up to 0.6 inch ( 1.5 cm ) long and white-hot petals with long hair on the inner surface .
Photo byJuan Ramón Alonso
lighting : This succulent can permit direct sun without problems , but it will also develop beautifully in partial shade .
Soil : A well - drainingsoil mixis a key to healthyT. bodleyae . Poor drainage and overwatering most normally induce root waste in both indoor and outside plants . Indoors , it is essential to employ pots with at least one drainage hole at the bottom .
Hardiness : Like allTylecodons , this succulent is highly kind of high temperatures and also patient of to dusty , frost - free conditions during the winter . T. bodleyaecan withstand temperature as low as25 to 50 ° F ( -3.9 to 10 ° C),USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b .
Photo byJuan Ramón Alonso
Watering : As a winter grower , T. bodleyaerequires careful watering during winter and fountain . Get the grime wet , and then wait until it is ironic before watering again . In summertime , reduce watering to once per calendar month .
feed : Use liquid fertilizer for cacti and other succulents in winter .
Repotting : You do not necessitate to repot this flora often . you may do it when the container becomes too small or shallow .
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Propagation : T. bodleyaecan be cultivated either by seed or by carving . Sow the seeds in gloaming and winter . The best meter for taking cuttings is the nightfall .
Learn more atHow to Grow and Care for Tylecodon .
T. bodleyaeis adapted to quash creature predation being vicious . Therefore , keep it away from children , dearie , and farm animal .
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