Delosperma lydenburgense (100 seeds)

Delosperma lydenburgense (100 seeds)

Family: Mesembryanthemaceae

Common names: Lydenburg vygie, klipvygie, rotsvygie

It is a small shrub or ground cover that grows flat on the ground, sometimes with curving tips, and produces small tubers from the rootstock. The leaves are usually soft and tender and highly variable in shape, from triangular to cylindrical. The purple flowers are borne from spring to summer and are followed by the fruit capsules, which have four to six locules and pale-coloured wings on the valves and no covering membrane.

Sowing instructions: The small seeds can be sown in pots of fine, well-drained sand, any time during the summer months when temperatures are warm. Cover the seeds with a very fine layer of grit and water from below with a fungicide to prevent damping off. For the first 3-4 days cover the pots with a sheet of glass/clear Perspex to keep the humidity levels high. Remove the glass and replace it with light shade cloth and mist once or twice a day for the next two weeks after which most seeds should have germinated. From then on misting can be reduced to every second and then every third day as the little plants grow.

Locality: Lydenburg. Harvest: May 2024