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 !

[plantlover]

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

[bactrus]

Pretty plant. Thank you for sharing.

[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.