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  • A Huernia schneideriana plant in a pot. It has long spiky stems that are upright to recumbent. It has a single five-pointed deep red flower with a dark red center.
  • Detail of a flower on a stem instead of the base of the succulent. The flower is lined with small hairs.
  • The plant with its flower illuminated in light, showing the surface has a bumpy texture. The stems are wrinkled as if thirsty.
  • Detail of the flower, with a bumpy surface and a red-and-yellow stigma. There is a small point halfway between each point of the flower.
  • A close view of a fly temporarily trapped by a flower of the plant.
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Huernia schneideriana "Red dragon flower"

Huernia schneideriana "Red dragon flower"

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Type

Family Apocynaceae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Tribe Ceropegieae

Genus Huernia

Species schneideriana

Common name(s) Red dragon flower

 

Huernia schneideriana is one of the more common stapeliads in the hobby. It is a robust fast grower and the tips of its bright green stems can take on beautiful orange-yellow stress coloration. The stems grow upright until their weight pulls them over and they begin to trail or hang.

Schneideriana flowers readily once established, producing buds off and on from the spring through the fall blooming season. It has deep red star-shaped flowers that fade in color at the tips. The scent is subtle but unpleasant, fishy like a fishtank that needs to be cleaned. Like other stapeliads, flies are the pollinators and will leave maggots in blooms. The flowers can temporarily "trap" flies as part of the pollination process (as was the case with the fly in the images).

Options: The "parent" plant you will receive a cutting from is pictured. You will receive a single-stem cutting measuring at least 2.5" (rooted or unrooted), or a rooted multi-stem cutting with at least three stems.

Growth habit Columnar stems semi-upright, will begin to trail and hang as they grow longer. Mature stems will begin to branch.
Size Stems about half an inch thick with upright growth for several inches before leaning, then can reach feet in length as a trailing plant
Light Filtered sun, under a tree or shade cloth
Water Occasional water in growing season, allow to dry between waterings; leave dry over winter
Overwintering Tolerates 40°F, does best overwintering in a greenhouse
Flowers Blooms in the summer and fall
Scent profile Unclean fish tank 
Native to Tanzania
Conservation risk status  Not protected, unlisted
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