Something like a 'snake plant'

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by A. Urban, Nov 17, 2004.

  1. A. Urban

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    English is not my first language and I apologize for the mistakes.

    I have bought the plant in the attached photo in a Garden House.

    Some time latter a friend give to me another specimen of the same plant very dammaged. I cut the plant in many pieces (about 10) and put them in pots. About 6 grow-up.

    The first plant flowered. A beautiful red corolla with little yellow flowers about 5 centimeters of diameter.

    Because the original plant grow-up about 80 cm and fell-down it's very difficult to photograph it. Then I make only a photo of the flower.

    The plant in the other photo is one of the pieces of the dammaged plant that grow-up.

    The attached photo have the plant embossed and a pasted photo of the flower of the original plant.

    I thank you for any tip for identification of the plant
     

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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Kleinia stapeliiformis or a similar species (there are ~40).
     
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    Thanks!

    Thanks to Ron B.

    It's really a Senecio stapeliaeformis G.D. Rowley, syn. Kleinia stapeliformis.

    Now I can call the plant by it's real name and not a 'snake plant'...

    Thanks again.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    I think if you look into it further you may find it's the other way around.
     
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    It's desert-tropicals a reliable fount?

    I found in the above address the confirmation of Ron B. sugestion.

    http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Asteraceae/Senecio_stapeliformis.html

    I hope that desert-tropicals is a reliable fount.

    If there have another information about the identification of Mr. Senecio stapeliaeformis (no more simply 'snake plant' in spite of it's shape) I would to know it.

    Thanks.
     

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