(Qty - 10), Dioscorea elephantipes FRESH SEEDS! The species is dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required). Don't use full-strength fertilizer -- the Dioscorea will not like it. Water well around the edges, being sure not to get water into the point from which the vine will grow (usually there some pieces of old vine in the growing area). So they do not need to be potted in a deep pot but I feel they do not require a bonsai pot either. Feed the plant with a very dilute (25 percent of normal) fertilizer with each watering. Dioscorea elephantipes (Elephant’s Foot) A deciduous climbing vine, Dioscorea elephantipes is grown as much for the large woody caudex as it is for the foliage. Ipomoea albivenia, 3.5" pot, Forms caudex! Post by mikethecactusguy » Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:53 pm I gave it a stick on Monday to play with and it took a few days to dance around it until it started to warp itself yesterday. Nice fatty! It is a deciduous climber. These were taken off the vine on May 18, 2020, so ar…. As mentioned, I started my plant from seed. Overgrown in a 2" pot. Cultivation. The caudex can grow …, Freshly harvested Dioscorea elephantipes seeds! United States of America, © 2020 The elephant foot, Dioscorea elephantipes, is a perennial caudiciform deciduous vine of the family monocot yam (Dioscoreaceae). Young plants grow best with a topdressing of gravel covering most of the caudex. Dioscorea sylvatica is another cool Dioscorea that forms a very unusual caudex. Operculicarya decaryi 6" Pot - Fat and knobby plant with great bonsai potential. Vista, CA 92084 Can get really large.…, Trochomeria debilis is a member of the cucumber family. You will be purchasing this exact specimen. They flower in May/June, a pale green/yellow flower. (Qty - 100). Common name is Elephants Foot due the the cor Fockea edulis Large and old Specimen! When I tried to kill it with my nails , red stuff will comes out from the body. Common names include Turtle back and Elephant ‘s … Your email address will not be published. Dioscorea elephantipes is an easy to grow caudiciform, as long as you follow certain guidelines. You will receive a very similar plant to the one in the picture. It is in flower from September to October. Requires pruning. The plant needs a support in the form of a ladder or a grid. Wild yam elephantiasis (Dioscorea elephantipes) has a rest periodt from late spring to late summer (it is at this time almost no watering), and increases, on the contrary, since the beginning of autumn. In its natural environment it rests during the hot dry summer. Seedling care is mostly the same as mentioned above and in the video, but just be careful to keep it the soil consistently moist during the first growing season (water 1-2x/week with a soil that is very open and drains easily); if the soil dries out too much you can kill the newly-forming caudex. Cyphostemma juttae 6" Pot - Fat specimen! This summer-deciduous, geophytic climber in the yam family sports a unique, deeply fissured surface that resembles a fat pineapple or, to some people, an elephant’s foot. Trochomeria debilis 5" Pot, fat plant great character! Dioscorea elephantipes grows in the wet season. Dioscorea elephantipes, 3.5" pot, 1.5"- 2" wide caudex, rare!Dioscorea elephantipes is a very slow g… Out of stock. If you do this you can fertilize every few weeks when the vine is growing. Dioscorea elephantipes / 5 seeds (Elephant's foot, Turtle back plant) UnusualSeeds $ 5.75. It may or may not be blooming at the time of your purchase. Dioscorea elephantipes can live for 70 years in cultivation. Dioscorea elephantipes 6" Pot, Flawless with amazing form! Botanic Wonders | Fast growing plant that produces a white caudex with green vine. Great caudiciform! Name: Dioscorea Elephantipes Seeds 2pcs : Quantity: 2 pcs Other name: Turtle Back,Elephant’s Foot Germination temperature: 15-25C Growth temperature: 15-30C Plant height: 10-600cm Germination days: 5-15 days The best sowing seasons: spring, summer, autumn Flowering time: 9-12 weeks Transportation: Free shipping Pest control: Leaf spot, scale insect,whitefly Do not over-water during the summer months, as this will shorten its life span by at least half. Dioscorea elephantipes is a choice Caudiciform Succulent that produces seasonal twining vine from the top of the caudex. This plant has super bumps on caudex! Don't miss out! The vine that grows out of the plant bulb prefers full sun. Forms a cool caudex that looks like molten or flowing lava! The beauty of Dioscorea elephantipes lies in its beautiful above-ground caudex (stem). The plant is shipped in its pot to prevent any damage to the roots). Early spring every year. The volume of the pot is not necessary to increase, just replace the soil. Dioscorus needs close enough pot, as it will grow better. For Dioscorea ivory requires larger the pot, the old plants should be repotted rare, but is required to pour the soil annually. Wait for the soil around caudex to dry completely, and then water it with a larger amount of water. Dioscorea elephantipes (This plant comes in a 3.5 inch pot. Withhold fertilizer and water sparingly during the plant's dormant period, when the vines turn yellow and die back. Dioscorea elephantipes is summer deciduous and is a perennial geophytic climber. The apical cuttings in spring (covered with polyethylene) in a mixture of peat and perlite or earth with sand.It is possible to multiply seeds that are sown in March-April in a mixture of leaf land and sand and germinate at a temperature of 59 ° F, periodically watering. The grown shoots dive. Young plants are then transferred to a larger pot. | Suggested uses. $18.00. The vines reaches 2 m and grows rapidly during the growing season ( from Autumn to Spring) but usually dies back in the summer, leaving the caudex to survive the hot, dry season. It is hardy to zone (UK) 5. It is used to extreme heat (above 40°C), but it can also take low temperatures (-4°C). The caudex can grow to 9 feet. Dioscorea sylvatica, 3.5" pot. If you enter just a plant name, you will see results from the old RHS Plant Finder and Selector databases. It is affected quite rarely by red spider mites. With a lack of moisture and dry air, the leaves turn yellow and fall off. • Elephant foot/turtle back (Dioscorea elephantipes). The exposed, enlarged tuberous base is an organ that stores water, called a caudex. About 1mm large . Excel…. * Currently without vine*, Dioscorea elephantipes FRESH SEEDS! Dioscorea elephantipes Dioscorea elephantipes lose their leaves in summer so that they can conserve energy. Free shipping eligible Dioscorea elephantipes (large) LAsucculents $ 65.00. Growing Dioscorea elephantipes from Seed. Fockea crispa fc002 6" Pot! The caudex can grow … Out of … Get outdoors for some landscaping or spruce up your garden! Perfect Euphorbia symmetrica specimen! Dioscorea elephantipes, 3.5" pot, 1.5"- 2" wide caudex, rare!Dioscorea elephantipes is a very slow g…, Dioscorea sylvatica is another cool Dioscorea that forms a very unusual caudex. Dioscorea elephantipes, the elephant's foot or Hottentot bread, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Dioscorea of the family Dioscoreaceae, native to the dry interior of South Africa Description. Watering: Irregular watering is the most common cause of this plant’s demise. . Euphorbia symmetrica Specimen 1 - Almost cylindrical-shaped with great markings! Keep in a warm area and wait for the first shoots of the vine to appear. From spring to autumn every 2-3 weeks with liquid fertilizer. In summer the leafless plant conserves energy by dropping its leaves, just before the onset of the summer heat. Dioscorea elephantipes likes light fertilizer when its vine is actively growing. The mother plant it came from had a three foot diameter caudex. Post by A_G_R » Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:57 pm elephantipes I got with a seller on Facebook, and hemicrypta from Plants for the Southwest here in Tucson, I got lucky because it was the only one on a tray of other plants Conservatory, Containers, Desert garden/Xeriscaping, Drought Tolerant, Greenhouse. Most commonly, the caudex reaches 60-90 cm in diameter, but often 3 (or more) meters and is coated in rough Cyphostemma juttae seedling with double trunk! Use dilute (25 percent of normal) fertilizer with each watering. Re: Cultivation of a Dioscorea Elephantipes. Dioscorea elephantipes (Elephant's foot) will reach a height of 1m and a spread of 1m after 2-5 years.. Required fields are marked *. 70 years in cultivation, if it is looked after. Dioscorea elephantipes - Elephant's Foot Seeds x 10 （龟甲龙种子） Packet contains 10 Fresh seeds of Dioscorea elephantipes This is a summer deciduous climbing or scrambling shrub which develops a huge corky basal stem which can reach up to nearly 1 metre across after many years. This is a plant active during summer, so you need to water it (carefully) the most during that period. Your Elephant’s Foot plant will also need some feeding to grow healthy and to live up to seventy years. Plants often go dormant during the summer, but there is no set pattern or time schedule. New roots grow from the outer edge of the caudex, so they are best protected with a well drained layer of gravel. Powered by BigCommerce Fockea edulis 8" Pot 6"+Caudex, Great Form!Easy to grow succulent. From spring to autumn every 2-3 weeks with liquid fertilizer. Remember it drops its leaves in late November. Dioscorea elephantipes needs a rest period. They are found in South Africa. It makes a most interesting container plant. A bright place, a bright diffused light. A window that faces west or southwest is best suited. Sunlight: The caudex requires shade/partial sun. Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa 6" Pot - Large knobby caudex! Trochomeria debilis 5" Pot, old and fat specimen kept dwarfed for staging! Though it grows slowly, it is a favorite of caudex collectors. Feed the plant with a very dilute (25 percent of normal) fertilizer with each watering. Your email address will not be published. Dioscorea elephantipes has a deeply fissured surface, resembling an elephant's foot, hence its common name. See more ideas about Succulents, Fat plants, Unusual plants. The above ground caudex is protected by elephantine bark while it rests. The shape looks like mealy bugs . Water regularly from that point on. Great plant for a beginner. Dioscorea batatas is a PERENNIAL growing to 3 m (9ft) by 1.5 m (5ft). I have been growing this Dioscorea elephantipes for 16 years from a small plant in a 3 inch pot to this beauty in a 10 inch Azalea pot. The ideal soil for Dioscorea is Cactus soil. We recommend using a balanced fertilizer at one-quarter strength about once a month when the plant isn’t dormant. Dioscorea elephantipes will live for approx. If you select any attributes with or without a plant name, you will see a much narrower selection of results taken only from the old RHS Plant Selector database. Fast & Free shipping on many items! Sitemap. It grows an underground cudex that can…. The vines reaches 2 m and grows rapidly during the growing season ( from Autumn to Spring) but usually dies back in the summer, leaving the caudex to survive the hot, dry season. Reproduction The apical cuttings in spring (covered with polyethylene) in a mixture of peat and perlite or earth with sand.It is possible to multiply seeds that are sown in March-April in a mixture of leaf land and sand and germinate at a temperature of 59 ° F, periodically watering. Flowering in the summer, groin like inflorescences 6-8 cm long, flowers small greenish-yellow. The plant is not self-fertile. Shop great deals on Dioscorea. Being summer deciduous this is a drought tolerant plant that actually requires a dry summer. If you use a liquid fertilizer, dilute it by 50% or more. Plants often go dormant during the summer, but there is no set pattern or time schedule. Vine will be trimmed before shipping. Hello, I didn’t water my small D.elephantipes for 3 weeks. Feed the plant with a very dilute (25 percent of normal) fertilizer with each watering. Beautiful seedgrown Operculicarya decaryi that has been trained throughout its life with bonsai in m…, Botanic Wonders In some cases these caudexes can grow as much as 3 m in height and are divided into angled, corrugated fissures. Shop a huge online selection at eBay.com. You will receive the plant in the picture. Withhold fertilizer and water sparingly during the plant’s dormant period – when the vines turn yellow and die back. Extreme warty genetics! The stems are climbers and the leaves are heart shaped. Plants often go dormant during the summer, but there is no set pattern or time schedule. Importantly, it is deciduous and loses its leaves in the summer. In frost-free areas, grow in sharply-drained soil in sun with the caudex in shade. Growing in a 6" pot, this is a spectacular specimen with great fissures and a perfect "Tortoise" look. The growth period … In the summer abundant, with the approach of winter watering is reduced. When the leaves turn yellow, the plant enters a period of rest, during which the plant is moisturize very rare. Watering is renewed with the appearance of new leaves in the spring. The length of shoots in room conditions is up to 70 cm and more than 2 m. In the summer: not lower than 77 ° F, in the winter 50-59 ° F. Medium, it is possible to grow in relatively dry air. 1674 Lone Oak Rd. When I came home , its caudex shrink, wrinkle and get soft. Withhold fertilizer and water sparingly during the plant's dormant period, when the vines turn yellow and die back. Dioscorea can be propagated by division of nodules, which is carried out in the spring, before the start of growth. Will make a great specimen. Yucca elephantipes, also known as yucca guatemalensis, spineless yucca or giant yucca, is a large succulent that grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11. 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