Daily Botanical: Ceropegia Flower

I bought this strange, vining succulent, Ceropegia linearis ssp woodii, back in August at the Montreal Botanical Gardens.
I’ll have to take some pictures of the leaves as well — they are interesting in their own right. The plant has suffered a bit of legginess over the past few months as I’ve grown accustomed to its light and water needs, but I think it’s in the right spot now. I think the watering issues I’ve been having are on account of the undersized pot it came in. I am not looking forward to the balancing act required to repot this gnarly thing. It’s a disaster in the making.
Despite a rocky start, it has been flowering regularly since I brought it home, and has even produced seeds! I’m curious to see if anything will come of them.



October 21st, 2009 at 10:20 am
Just looked this up, it’s in the Asclepiadacae family. Which means it’s related to Milkweed. Does that sound right ? Do the seeds have fibres like Milkweed?
October 21st, 2009 at 10:28 am
Yes!! Very interesting. I did not look up the family but clearly should have. It explains a lot.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Looks like a flamingo!