10+ Tylecodon pygmaea Seeds - Tylecodon pygmaeus - Caudiciform Succulent Natural Bonsai

Tylecodon pygmaea Seeds

Dwarf Butter Tree; Dwerg Botterboom

Tylecodon is a genus of succulent plants in the Crassulaceae family. Until the late 1970s all these plants were included in the genus Cotyledon, but in 1978 Dr Helmut Tölken of the South Australian Herbarium split them off into a genus of their own. The new name: "Tylecodon" was chosen as an anagram of the earlier name Cotyledon. Tylecodons generally lose their leaves during summer. From mid-autumn to early winter the new leaves are borne in spiral arrangements at the branch tips. The Tylecodon genus is very varied, ranging from dwarf succulents such as Tylecodon reticulatus to Tylecodon paniculatus, which may exceed two metres in height. They all well suited to being raised in rockeries and in pots. When grown in small pots their height can be controlled and they make interesting looking natural bonsai. Tylecodon pygmaea, previously known as Tylecodon pygmaeus and Cotyledon pygmaea and commonly known as Dwarf Butter Tree or Dwerg Botterboom is a South African endemic succulent that can be found growing in the Western Cape Province. Tylecodon pygmaea is a very nice caudiciform, which can be grown as a bonsai.