Pleiospilos compactus ssp. canus (magnipunctatus, dekenahi) (100 seeds)
Family: Aizoaceae.
Common names: Dog Quaggafig, Kwaggavy, Klein lewerplant, Lewerplant, Lewervygie, Klipplant.
It is a mesemb that forms rounded clusters of branches, each branch having 1-3 pairs of pale green speckled leaves looking like split rocks. It is a free-flowering species with showy daisy-like flowers that appear between the paired leaves in summer-autumn. It distinguishes from the standard species for having 12 ovary-cells in most flowers and capsule shortly stalked.
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: De Rust. Harvest: December 2023