othonna succulent Buy Othonna lepidocaulis hybrid Online

othonna succulent Buy Othonna lepidocaulis hybrid OnlineThe epithet lepidocaulis is Latin for scale stem, one of those very literal names that makes the species easy to distinguish from the rest of the genus. Othonna lepidocaulis itself is rare in both cultivation and habitat, and very few members of the genus display anything close to its distinctive, reptilian stem surface. One complication in working with the species is its tendency to hybridize. Whether it produces an excess of pollen or simply a more

The epithet lepidocaulis is Latin for “scale stem,” one of those very literal names that makes the species easy to distinguish from the rest of the genus. Othonna lepidocaulis itself is rare in both cultivation and habitat, and very few members of the genus display anything close to its distinctive, reptilian stem surface. One complication in working with the species is its tendency to hybridize. Whether it produces an excess of pollen or simply a more appealing version of it is unknown, but a few illegitimate love children are almost guaranteed in any seed batch. Even with mixed parentage, the stem character of lepidocaulis asserts itself reliably, suggesting a dominant trait that carries through most crossings. The remaining features vary from plant to plant, and part of the appeal is seeing which influences appear. In this batch we suspect retrorsa or cremnophila as the most likely partners.