Crassula streyiToelken
Pondo Cliff Crassula , Pondoland Crassula
Septimia streyi
In cultivation, Wateringen, Netherlands. Photo byCok Grootscholten. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
Crassula streyiis a modest , meagerly branch succulent with reddish , decumbent to set up branches and attractive non-white green leaves with easy spots principally along vein and a sensational red Bordeaux colour on the undersides . The branch can grow up to 12 column inch ( 30 cm ) long ( without inflorescence ) and 0.4 column inch ( 1 cm ) in diam , often sprawling and sprouting roots . The leaves are flat , elliptic , somewhat recurve , without leaf stalks , and measure up to 2.6 column inch ( 605 cm ) long and 1.6 inches ( 4 centimeter ) widely . The colouring material on the undersides of the leave is most intense when the plant is grown in nicety .
The flowers are star - shaped , 4- or 5 - merous , greenish - clean to yellowish - green with a flushed central vein on the outside . They appear in a rounded or slightly elongate thyrsus with several dichasia from former fall to mid - wintertime . The dehiscent fruits are follicles with cum spontaneously free and dispersed by flatus .
Crassula streyiis related toCrassula multicavabut is distinguish by its less vigorous nature and large , mottled leaves . Crassula multicavais often wrongly betray asCrassula streyi .
Crassula streyiis aboriginal toSouth Africa . It turn in shallow soil among folio litter on shady rocky ledges , often in the tincture of cliff - dwelling shrubs in southerly KwaZulu - Natal and into the contiguous northern Eastern Cape at raising from 165 to 820 metrical foot ( 50 to 250 m ) .
The specific name " streyi(STREE - eye ) " honorsRudolf Georg Strey(1907–1988 ) , a German farmer and phytologist , curator of the Natal Herbarium and scientist at the National Botanical Research Institute in Durban , who first collected this species near Port Edward in 1963 .
USDA hardiness zone10b to 11b : from 35 ° F ( +1.7 ° coke ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° vitamin C ) .
Crassula are easy to grow but susceptible to mealy bug and fungous diseases . Overwatering is sure to be fatal , as with all succulents , so err on the side of too ironic rather than too wet . Never let yourCrassulasit in H2O . If you irrigate from beneath by letting the industrial plant sit around in a saucer of water , ensure to pour off any supernumerary water after a few minutes .
Crassulas are broadly speaking jump by division , outset , or leaf cuttings . flora can be easy disseminate from a undivided foliage : sprout leaves by placing them into a succulent or cacti premix , then covering the sweetheart until they sprout .
Repot as needed , preferably during the fond season . To repot a succulent , guarantee the soil is ironic before repotting , then gently remove the pot . ping away the old soil from the root , remove any rotten or dead root . Treat any cuts with a fungicide . point the plant in its newfangled pot and backfill it with pot soil , spreading the roots as you repot . Leave the plant teetotal for a calendar week or so , then start to water supply softly to reduce the endangerment of root hogwash .
See more atHow to Grow and Care for Crassula .
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