Titanopsis calcarea

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

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
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Water: dry, less when dormant
Features: evergreen, flowers
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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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.

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