I would appreciate some growing tips and I would like some information where to buy any new plants and some fresh seed to propagate. Are there any books written about these plants!
Tylecodon Singularis
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Costas
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Tylecodon Singularis
A geophyte from Namibia, single leaf, purple underside, velvet hairy green top and concave resting horizontally on a few milimetres high stem.I assume that the hairs filter the water from the rolling mists and channel it through the slit by the stem down the top of the tuberous root. It flowered over the last few years but the leaf never grew more than 7 cm. At the moment the leaf stands at 14 cm ie 5.5 inches and it is beginning to flower again. Is it on its last legs like its mate last year!
I would appreciate some growing tips and I would like some information where to buy any new plants and some fresh seed to propagate. Are there any books written about these plants!
I would appreciate some growing tips and I would like some information where to buy any new plants and some fresh seed to propagate. Are there any books written about these plants!
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Dirk Everaerd
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
I lost my large one , here is how he was ( this and 10 other pictures):
https://picasaweb.google.com/ex4roses/T ... 7436273714
https://picasaweb.google.com/ex4roses/T ... 7436273714
With regards from Belgium,
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Hedge
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
google gives this site as a seed source http://www.succulentseeds.com/tylecodon ... s?vmcchk=1
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
I found an article which may be of help, remember to change the summer months.http://www.plantzafrica.com/veldflora/1 ... akkie1.htm
Sue
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
Yes, there is: Cotyledon and Tylecodon by Ernst van Jaarsveld and Daryl Koutnik (2004, Umdaus Press). A very nice book with nice pictures and a lot of information on e.g. dustribution and ecology and on cultivation.Are there any books written about these plants!
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
It looks good!!! 
I grew these a few years ago, this was an "honorary mesemb" on the MSG seed list. They do have ridiculously tall flower stalks though, 
I grew these a few years ago, this was an "honorary mesemb" on the MSG seed list. They do have ridiculously tall flower stalks though, Ever hopeful, trying to grow plants from arid sunny climates in the UK!
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
Mine's grown 2 leaves this year!
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
Seedlings/young plants can do this. I'd rather have a happy healthy 2-leafed T singularis than a moribund single-leaferralphrmartin wrote:Mine's grown 2 leaves this year!
They do go dormant in summer... if I remember correctly, the leaf can shrivel independently of the flowering time, so, keep watering while the leaf/leaves is/are active.
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Costas
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
Dear all,
I would like to extend a big thank you to every one and to say that I am very impressed by your response and information together with the array of excellent photographs posted. I shall look at all with care and respond to each one of you soon as well as let you know of each outcome.
Many Thanks
Costas
I would like to extend a big thank you to every one and to say that I am very impressed by your response and information together with the array of excellent photographs posted. I shall look at all with care and respond to each one of you soon as well as let you know of each outcome.
Many Thanks
Costas
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Aloenut
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Re: Tylecodon Singularis
Yup, Ernst's work on this genus is up to his usual high standard.Wiebe wrote:Yes, there is: Cotyledon and Tylecodon by Ernst van Jaarsveld and Daryl Koutnik (2004, Umdaus Press). A very nice book with nice pictures and a lot of information on e.g. dustribution and ecology and on cultivation.Are there any books written about these plants!
Wiebe