Ceropegia cimiciodoraOberm .
Family : ApocynaceaeSubfamily : AsclepiadoideaeTribe : CeropegieaeGenus : Ceropegia
The specific epithet " cimiciodora(sim - ih - see - oh - DOR - uh ) " mean " experience a smell of bed bug " and refer to the peak of this mintage that smell like the bed hemipteran .
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Ceropegia cimiciodorais a succulent climber with thick , mottle twining stem that can originate up to 3.3 feet ( 1 m ) long . The leafage are rudimentary , produced on widely space nodes on the stem , and last for a very brusk metre .
Although of untempting habit , the efflorescence are rather prominent . The corolla is blotch gray and speckled with purple maroon . The top of the bloom is an open star soma , and the petals are ciliate on the edge .
USDA hardihood zones10b to 11b : from 35 ° F ( +1.7 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
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A mettlesome compost is suitable , and clay pots help with drainage , specially for the species with white thickened roots , which are the most susceptible to rotting , and for coinage forming large tubers . Ceropegias appreciate water and a small fertilizer during warm weather , although some watering concern is required for the more hard specie . The vine - like species can brook from prolonged drouth .
Typically , many of these species grow and go up naturally among bushes , which supply nicety and humidity to the base , while the vegetative growth is in the light . Where tubers take place , they are best engraft on the compost surface , and the vegetative growth allows them to intertwine around financial backing or trail down from a hanging pot . The latter growth mode has the vantage of not using valuable bench place . Small tuber formed at joints in the tenuous stem of some species can be used for propagation . If the tuber rots or dries out , do n’t panic . If some top growth is still in reasonable condition , it may salve the plant by re - rooting stems in damp gravel .
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Ceropegia cimiciodorais native toSouth Africa , Swaziland , andZululand .
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