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ADROMISCHUS HEMISPHAERICUS (L.) Lem.
(A.
hemisphericus in error; rotundifolius
(Haw.) C.A. Smith)
Section: 1 Adromischus
DISTRIBUTION
Vredendal to Table Mountain to Greyton.
CHARACTERS
Flat leaves on stout stems, with or without red spots.
CULTIVATION
Robust and easy.
COMMENTS
More variable in size than A. alstonii, with nice
dwarf forms towards the western coast. Widespread and difficult to
justify its separation.
Bryan
Makin wrote article about searching for this species on the Cape
Peninsula, which is reproduced here from The
Cactulent 1960.
This is the type species for the genus
Adromischus and is typified by the engraving "Cotyledon Capensis, folio semiglobato" (.pdf file, slow to load, t.95, fig.111,
second un-numbered page, between text on pp.112-113) in J.J. Dillenius'
Hortus Elthamensis from the 1732 Edition.
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A. hemisphaericus growing above
Sea Point, Cape Town. Photo: Chris Rodgerson.
A.
hemisphaericus growing high on lichen encrusted sandstone
rocks in winter at Katbakkies, NE. Ceres.
And
again, nearby in the Swartruggens on the Blinkberg, showing summer dessication & colouring, photographed
by Bruce Bayer. |
