DORSTENIA FOETIDA
I shall be discussing today an uncommon rare succulent from Central Africa. It's a small succulent with a caudex, the stem is wide. It is a stem succulent that may be single or branched. the branching happens at the base. My plant at present has a single branching from the base. This plant loves bright light but not direct sun, so I have kept it near a window where it gets some morning sun and indirect light throughout the day. As this plant belongs to the central part of Africa, where the climate is not so dry, more tropical, this plant loves moisture in the weather. I potted it in a small earthen pot with a humus mixed soil containing vermicompost, coarse sand, and pumice stone. I need to water it every 2 days so that the delicate roots don't become too dry. The leaves that come out from the apex, are green to brown in colour. The most interesting part is the flowers, also called shield flowers. They have small shield shaped inflorescences, and tiny flowers come out around the inflorescence, which is also known as hypanthodium. In nature,
they can grow up to 30 cm and caudex can be 15 cm in diameter.
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