| Description | A weird but lovable highly succulent plant. The stem is a bulb from which a long twinning flowering stalk grows. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Succulents |
| Hardiness Zone | 11-12 |
| Sunlight | Bright to direct but in hot climates it needs protection from the direct sun. |
| Moisture | When the plant is producing the long flower stalk keep it evenly moist to slightly dry. When it goes dormant keep it dry. |
| Growing Media | well drained |
| Temperature | never below 50 degrees F |
| Flowers | The flowers are found on a long, rapidly growing annual climbing inflorescence. The inflorescence branches (paniculate) and forms small (less than ½”) greenish flowers. The plant readily produces seed. |
| Leaves | The stem is a light green, spherical, perennial bulb and grows best above the soil surface. The bulb can reach 10 inches (25 cm), the stem can reach 8 feet (2.5 m). |
| Stems | bulbs |
| Dimensions | Bulb up to 20 cm, the stem and flower stalks over 8 feet. |
| Maintenance | The flower stalk becomes very long and will need a supporting structure. |
| Propagation | seeds, detaching offsets |
| Native Site | Native to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania |
| Misc Facts | (syn Bowiea kilimandscharica, Bowiea nana, Schizobasopsis volubilis) |
| Author's Notes | We grew this all the time in the greenhouse. |
| Notes & Reference | #05-Lexicon of Succulent Plants (Hermann Jacobsen), www.desert-tropicals.com |
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