Growing 12cm to 30cm with 2 broad leaves and pale blue flowers with red-brown markings
which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa
simple racemes of red buds open to yellow flowers in Spring
An ink is made from the juice of the fruit
Inflorescens may have 2 to 3 branches with orange coloured flowers that appear in late summer
Cheiridopsis Pillansii - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Shallotts Growing 12cm to 30cm withCheiridopsis is a genus that consists of 100 succulents, native to southern Africa. Most are clumping form, a few are shrubby. The leaves are opposite and triangular in section, rarely flattened, the surface more or less velvety, which makes them easy to distinguish from species of the allied genus Argyroderma. The name comes from the Greek, "cheiris" means sleeve. Each succeeding pair differs from the previous one in form, size, and relative unity of