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Gibbaeum album Seeds

South African Indigenous Mesemb

Gibbaeum is a genus of 20 or so stone looking mesembs. Their characteristic is two unequal leaves closely pressed together. Their name comes from the Latin for "hump". Most of them originate from the Little Karoo desert in South Africa. They produce offsets, and some species form mats of succulent leaves. Propagation is mostly from seeds. In summer water them only when they start shrivelling, water more abundantly when they are growing in the fall and spring. Keep them rather dry at the cold of the winter. They will take a light frost if they are in dry soil. Gibbaeum album is a dwarf clump-forming plant with greyish-white united leaf-pairs. They originate from the Cape Province, Ladismith. During summer is has white to pink flowers. It is best sown in autumn. They prefer light shade.