Dorstenia ellenbeckianaEngl .
Family : MoraceaeTribe : DorstenieaeGenus : Dorstenia
Dorstenia ellenbeckianais a caudiciform plant life with a subglobular tuber and a very short one-year stem , sometimes present . The caudex grows up to 2 inches ( 5 cm ) in diameter . Leaves are ovate to ovoid , with 5 to 8 sidelong vein and finely toothed margins . They are up to 7.2 inch ( 18 cm ) long , up to 3.8 inch ( 9.5 centimeter ) astray , and attached to the theme by an up to 3.2 in ( 8 cm ) tenacious petiole . Both surfaces of the leave of absence are covered with lilliputian hairs , specially on the veins and often also near the margins .
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This flora is monoecious , having both manlike and distaff flowers on the same industrial plant . The efflorescence are engraft in a disc - determine , reddish - chocolate-brown flower social system called receptacles . The receptacles are up to 1 inch ( 2.5 curium ) in diam , with 8 to 10 long , awl- to banding - shaped appendages orient backward , and appear on up to 5.8 inches ( 14.5 centimetre ) long stalks .
Dorstenia ellenbeckianais native in the first place toSomalia , but it is also recorded inEthiopiaandKenya .
The specific name " ellenbeckiana(el - len - bek - ee - AY - na ) " honorsDr . H. Ellenbeck , a German physician who amass plant during Baron Carlo von Erlanger ’s expedition to East Africa in 1900 - 01 .
USDA hardiness zones10b to 11b : from 35 ° F ( +1.7 ° nose candy ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
Dorstenias are warm - have it off plant life , and they demand a bit more body of water than steady succulents . They need awell - drained potting premix , and their water system needs change depending on the season of the year . Waterregularly to abundant from springiness to fall . provide the soil to dry out more or less between watering , but verify that they never dry out whole . During the wintertime month , these plant be given to go at least partially dormant . During this period of time , water very little . Giving plants a warm , gay spatial relation can leave in beautiful compact growing plants . Fertilizingplants once in a while during their growing period with a high caustic potash and phosphorus fertilizer is recommended .
The outflow weather with a high - temperature jive between the day and nighttime hour and jolly frequent rains can favor the development of fungus diseases , which should be treated preemptively with a systemic fungicide .
Dorstenias are loosely propagate by seed . Many specie are self - prolific . Their seed are expel explosively from the mature come heads and liable to populate skunk several feet away . They can also be propagated by cuttings .
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