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I began collecting Ceropegia a couple of years ago. They are difficult to find, but they grow well in my subtropical climate, and a couple of them have actually bloomed. Here's Ceropegia stapeliiformis.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/...ab6ce112_b.jpg

Here's a flower that just bloomed.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/...966ef698_b.jpg

I was lucky that one of the flowers got pollinated. I didn't take a photo of the seed pod, but it was long and skinny. One day I noticed some cotton-like stuff on a nearby plant and soon realized that the seed pod had opened. I don't know how many seeds flew away, but here's one that didn't.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3506/...b477f06e_b.jpg

I planted the seeds that I could gather, not expecting them to grow. But a few of them actually germinated, and it took only about a week. Here's a seedling that is a few weeks old. It's about an inch tall.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/...328a084f_b.jpg

Here's a flower of another plant, Ceropegia ampliata.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/...d2020d74_b.jpg

I hope a few more people are now interested in Ceropegia.

It looks like living rope

The seed looks like dandelions.

Here's a recent photo of Ceropegia ampliata.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/...6842ba10a7.jpg

Hi JK, great specimen plant there!
It actually reminds me of Christmas tree lights with the bulbs on :laugh:

Weird but I like it ! Looking like light buds lol !

Very weird but pretty. It really look like light bulbs.

Pretty plant. Thank you for sharing.

JK, very nice plant indeed :1thumbup:. Sometimes back I got a chance to grow the Ceropegia. But the growth decline day by day and finally it died back. Not sure if it is not suitable for tropical climate or I used a wrong growing method.

[QUOTE=jk;14754]I began collecting Ceropegia a couple of years ago. They are difficult to find, but they grow well in my subtropical climate, and a couple of them have actually bloomed. Here's Ceropegia stapeliiformis.

Han, Maybe I made an adequate growing medium just by chance. It is quite free draining, about 3 parts lava cinder and 1 part commercial compost. The plants are in bright shade. Like you, I live in a topical climate, so I hope you have another chance to grow ceropegia.