August 2015 - Genus of the Month - Dorstenia

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August 2015 - Genus of the Month - Dorstenia

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Re: August 2015 - Genus of the Month - Dorstenia

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Such nice succulents Dorstenia's. For me they have a lot of character with their strange flower structure and knarled Bonsai like appearance. Here are two of mine. the first D. foetida I have grown for over a decade and the second D. hilderbrandtii ssp. crispum I have grown for one year aquiring it from David Neville at the Exeter Convention.
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D. hilderbrandtii
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D. hilderbrandtii flowers
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Re: August 2015 - Genus of the Month - Dorstenia

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Here's one of my Dorstenia gigas, this is an ISI plant, only started flowering recently and not many hypanthoides (SP.??), I would still like to grow my own plants from seed.
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Dorstenia lavrani, there are some dodgy hybrids that I have seen exhibited at shows that really have the wrong growth habits & should be relabelled sp. or binned ( IMHO :roll: ).
Dorstenia lavranni aridlands 8_15.jpg
Dorstenia zanzibarica, I may have the spelling wrong as I have lost the label.
Dorstenia zanzibarica fl 8_15.jpg
and finally Dorstenia gypsophila I find this the most challenging Dorstenia to grow, even my seed grown plants at 4 years old are still hard work to keep & get them to grow every year.
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Dorstenia gigas in 3D
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Both still small:
Dorstenia foetida
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Dorstenia crispa
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Re: August 2015 - Genus of the Month - Dorstenia

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few Dorstenias in California
Dorstenia crispa.jpg
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Dorstenia crispa
Dorstenia foetida show winner SG 13 flash better.jpg
Dorstenia foetida
Dorstenia gigas flash intercity11.jpg
Dorstenia gigas smaller plants but still large Petra.jpg
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Dorstenia gigas massive 1.jpg
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Dorstenia gigas monster Petra again.jpg
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Dorstenia gigas branches Petra.jpg
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Dorstenia gigas
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Dorstenia gypsophila
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Dorstenia lacifolia
Dorstenia lavaranii H 14.jpg
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Dorstenia lavaranii
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