Brachystelma Thailand (new species?) Mesemb giving a wet paint look

giving a wet paint look

The color of the plants also depends a lot on light with higher light giving more purple

Aloinopsis rubrolineata Family: Aizoaceae

It produces a blue stem that is woody below and branches in time but stays small

but keeping it underpotted and growing it "hard" will maintain the desired growth form indefinitely

Brachystelma Thailand (new species?) Mesemb giving a wet paint lookBrachystelma sp. nov.? Family: Apocynaceae. A rare, possibly undescribed species from Thailand related to Stapeliads. The plant forms thin vining stems with very narrow leaves. It produces lots of tiny (<1cm), hairy dark brown to black flowers with a yellow center. It seems that in some plants the petals reflex all the way back while in others they open like a normal flower. Stems emerge from an underground tuber 1 2" diameter. Plants grow from late