Origin: South Africa.

Plant Description:  About 4 cm of diameter with leaves that are superposed adopting with time a form of cylindrical column. Normally solitary, although in culture it is possible to found it branched.

 
 Flowering stem

Flowers: The plant takes about 10 years in blooming, using all its energies in the emission of a flowering stem that finishes in a inflorescence with clusters of very small flowers with variable colors, normally reddish or oranges ones. They emit a pleasant sweet scent.

Growth:  Slow.

Culture:  Ph 6.  Full sun or slight shade. Moderate irrigation, does not support the excesses of water. It is necessary to protect it of the frosts. It vegetates without great problems with a basically mineral substratum.

Phytosanitary Cares:  Preventive treatments.

Photos: By Drs. Ballerio & Isabel