| Habit | cacti-succulent
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| Height: | ⇕ | 1.8 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.8. to 4 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 50 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Origin: | ✈ | S Africa |
| Bloom: | ❀ | late fall |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
|---|---|---|
| Water: | ◍ | dry, less when dormant |
| Features: | ✓ | evergreen, flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 8 to 10 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
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calcarea > |
They are small plants, with rosette up to 10 cm high.
Leaves are up to 3 cm with truncate tip and rough little tubercles at the apex of the leaves. They look like limestone and are hard to be seen in the wild.
Yellow flowers with 2 cm diameter appear in late fall.
Cultivation
The plants are calcicole (=they appreciate calcaire soils)
The plants need well drained soil and sunny exposure. Few watering in summer and not at all in winter
Division of larger clumps is the easiest way of propagation. Seed is also possible.
Cultivation is difficult because they fear watering excess.
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
Gallery
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References
External links
- w:Titanopsis calcarea. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Titanopsis calcarea QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)