Caralluma umbellataHaw .
Umbelled Caralluma
Boucerosia umbellata , Ceropegia umbellata , Desmidorchis umbellata , Stapelia umbellata
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Family : ApocynaceaeSubfamily : AsclepiadoideaeTribe : CeropegieaeSubtribe : StapeliinaeGenus : Caralluma
Caralluma umbellatais native toIndia(Karnataka , Kerala , and Tamil Nadu ) .
Caralluma umbellatais an attractive succulent with tumid , branched stem and flowers arranged in terminal umbel . It can grow up to 12 inches ( 30 centimetre ) tall . The stems and branches are green and 4 - angle . The leaves are accept along the Angle , pass off and leaving scars . They are asymmetrical , long - pointed , and have a specialize stem .
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The flowers are purple with cross stripe . The fruit are cylindrical seedpods , green with small blue office , hooked at the apex , and pair . The seeds are flattened , broadly margined , with silky white hair .
USDA hardiness zone10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
Stapeliads are relatively loose to grow . However , they should be treated as outside plants as they will well rot indoors and can not flower without exposure to outside temperature variation . They should be grown under cover so that watering can be curb . They require a reasonable amount of sunlight to advance flowering and maintain a well - shaped plant . Very shady emplacement will bring on very poor florescence . Stapeliads follow from clime that live passing gamey temperature in the summertime months , so most increment is in saltation and fall , with flowering in fall when the weather condition cools down .
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The easy and best elbow room to circularise Stapeliads is by stem clipping , which can be take almost throughout the class . Seed is also a method of multiplication . They all demand supernumerary beneficial drainage . Stapeliads are shallow - rooted , and a collection of them can be establish up nicely in a broad , shallow stadium . When planting , it is a salutary idea to allow the root to be eat up in soil and then put consummate gravel or sand around the base of the plant to foreclose rot .
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