Tylecodon schaeferianus is a small succulents. This dwarf, highly branching plant makes a clump of interwoven, thin gray-green stems up to 4 in tall, arising from a tuberous root. The small (one quarter to half inch), leaves are green, egg-shaped, up to 0.6 inches (1.5 cm) long, and up to 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) in diameter. Near to the tips of the branches have a prominent groove on their upper surface. Flowers are pink or white glabrous rarely with a few papillae. Calyx 2-3,5 mm long, with a few club-shaped hairs or glabrous, green, calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate, acute.
How to Grow and Care
Tylecodon are not difficult plants to grow and are realatively free of diseases and pests. They can easily be cultivated outdoors in warm to temperate, winter rainfall regions where frost are not severe. The dwarf species, however, are better cultivated indoors, containerised and kept in a greenhouse where water and temperatures can be controlled. Plants are best cultivated in a well-drained, sandy, mineral-rich soil. Water them sparingly in winter and less to almost nothing in summer.
Soil: Well-draining soil mix is the key to healthy Tylecodon. Poor drainage and overwatering most commonly cause root rot in both indoor and outdoor plants. Indoors, it is essential to use pots with at least one drainage hole at the bottom.
Light: Tylecodons can survive direct sunlight exposure without any problems, but they will grow beautifully when in shadow.
Water: This plant belongs to a type of succulents that can withstand the heat in a good way. You should water it only when the soil around the plant is dry for a couple of days. It demands a good substrate drainage because the lack of it represents the most common problem and cause of rotting root.
Origin: Native to Namibia and the Northern Cape.
Propagation
Propagation is easy and can be done from seed, steem cuttings or division.
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- Scientific Name: Tylecodon schaeferianus (Dinter) H. Tölken
- Synonyms: Adromischus hoerleinianus, Adromischus keilhackii, Adromischus schaeferianus, Adromischus schaeferianus var. keilhackii, Cotyledon hoerleiniana, Cotyledon hoerleiniana var. schaeferi, Cotyledon schaeferi, Cotyledon schaeferiana, Cotyledon sinus-alexandri,Tylecodon aridimontanus
- Family: Crassulaceae
- Genus: Tylecodon
How to Grow and Care
Tylecodon are not difficult plants to grow and are realatively free of diseases and pests. They can easily be cultivated outdoors in warm to temperate, winter rainfall regions where frost are not severe. The dwarf species, however, are better cultivated indoors, containerised and kept in a greenhouse where water and temperatures can be controlled. Plants are best cultivated in a well-drained, sandy, mineral-rich soil. Water them sparingly in winter and less to almost nothing in summer.
Soil: Well-draining soil mix is the key to healthy Tylecodon. Poor drainage and overwatering most commonly cause root rot in both indoor and outdoor plants. Indoors, it is essential to use pots with at least one drainage hole at the bottom.
Light: Tylecodons can survive direct sunlight exposure without any problems, but they will grow beautifully when in shadow.
Water: This plant belongs to a type of succulents that can withstand the heat in a good way. You should water it only when the soil around the plant is dry for a couple of days. It demands a good substrate drainage because the lack of it represents the most common problem and cause of rotting root.
Origin: Native to Namibia and the Northern Cape.
Propagation
Propagation is easy and can be done from seed, steem cuttings or division.
- ALSO READ some more info HOW TO GROW AND CARE Tylecodon
