PlantFiles: Ceropegia
Ceropegia haygarthii

This is a very easy grower for me - indoors in a very bright, sunny south window.
It takes very little water.
It defoliates during the winter and reappear in the spring when new growth also begins.
This Ceropegia has 'twining' stems.

From South Africa's Cape Province, Ceropegia haygarthii is a semi-evergreen climbing succulent reaching a height of about 6'. It bears oval leaves and a profusion of small white to pinkish white flowers in summer. Each flower has a purple-spotted tube that widens towards the top and terminates in 5 abruptly narrowed segments whose fine tips are twisted together into a long, stalk-like structure with a hairy knob at the end.
Zones 9-12
CULTIVATION:
Requirements vary according to origin and growth habit. Nearly all Ceropegia species are warmth-loving plants, requiring protection from frosts, and must be grown indoors in cool climates. A few are easily grown in any well-lit position, for example the well-know Ceropegia linearis, but the more highly succulent species demand a perfectly drained, open soil mix with good humus content which should be kept fairly dry in winter. The more vigorously twining species need supporting wire. Propagate from seed, cuttings or stem tubers.