Ceropegia simoneae is a curious Malagasy succulent Ceropegia with a most remarkable flower, especially when still in bud with the fine, feathery, corolla-lobes coiled together. Kept for its unusual growing pattern, with long long twisting stems with multiple leaves it only truly shows its beauty in summer when it pops with dozens of small flowers along each stem. The flowers are alien-like in appearance and really are wonderful to grow.
The vegetative stems of C. simoneae are quadrangular, oddly warty, compressed on two opposed sides, and then again staggered on the other 2 sides, etc. and look like lizards. Some people would call them “like dead branches”, but don’t be fooled; they are obviously not dead.
The stems are soft to the touch grey-green or grey-violet (depending on sun exposure), green stemmed clones (a.k.a. green form) and very warty clones (a.k.a verrucose form) are known in cultivation.
Given enough neglect, it will thrive in a small pot for years - truly a plant that wants to be left alone.
Available as a tubestock or potted in 70mm pot. Plant will be posted semi bare rooted.