Ceropegia

[jk]

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.




Here's a flower that just bloomed.




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.




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.




Here's a flower of another plant, Ceropegia ampliata.



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

[Khoas]

It looks like living rope

[marvin1997]

The seed looks like dandelions.

[jk]

Here's a recent photo of Ceropegia ampliata.

[funkychips]

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

[TranMinh]

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

[han]

JK, very nice plant indeed . 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.

[jk]

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.

[shawnintland]

Well JK, I ended up here from a google search after our discussion - man I love that C. ampliata! How old is that plant and what kind of scale are we seeing in that picture? Thanks, that's by far the best looking one I've seen in the first 4 pages of Google images!

[TS]

I missed the later posts on Ceropegia ampliata. OMG, this really killing me. So nice looking plant! Thanks for sharing.