Sarcocaulon l'heritieri Seeds - Indigenous Succulent - Combined Shipping, NEW

Members of the genus Sarcocaulon, which is placed in the Geraniaceae family, are spiny, fleshy shrublets with delicate white, yellow, salmon-pink or pink petals ('flowers'), confined to South Africa and Namibia. The name Sarcocaulon alludes to the Greek words for fleshy, sarkos, and stems, caulon. Sarcocaulon is a genus of succulent, spiny shrublets with short stems, branching just above soil level. The fleshy branches are prostrate, semi-erect or erect, covered with waxy, translucent bark. The Geraniaceae family is widely distributed and consists of mainly annual or perennial herbs and shrublets, comprising about 700 species.

Members of Sarcocaulon are mainly found in the western part of South Africa and Namibia. The most widespread species is S. salmoniflorum and S. vanderietiae is the species with the most easterly distribution. One species, S. mossamedense, also occurs in Angola. Members of the family Geraniaceae have long been widely cultivated for their horticultural value. Members of Sarcocaulon are much sought after by succulent lovers! The fleshy branches, covered with wax, are flammable and can even when wet be used as a kindling to light fires.

Sarcocaulon l'heritieri forms an erect shrublet, up to 0.75 m high. The branches are usually less than 10 mm wide. The leaf blades are broadly obovate to flat with a ± circular outline (orbicular), 3–11 mm, pale bluish green and hairless. The spines are thin and straight and form 2–4 blunt stalks in axils of spines. The flower petals are 16–26 mm long and are yellow to lemon yellow. This species is indigenous to South Africa’s Northern Cape Province.

All Sarcocaulon species require direct sunlight when in full growth. Seedlings need to be regularly watered whilst they are in active growth and occasionally during dormancy.