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Adromischus bicolor is a small, clumping succulent from South Africa, grown for its grey-green leaves spotted with purple. It needs bright light for good colour and very dry soil between waterings.
Adromischus bicolor is a perennial, succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae. The species name bicolor refers to the light, grey-green leaves spotted with purple to purple-green spots. It is endemic to the Succulent Karoo of western South Africa, as well as the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Adromischus bicolor is a slow-growing plant. Indoors, it will take as much sun as it can get in order to make the purple pigments pop. If growing outdoors, some shade may be required during the hottest months. Water only when soil dries completely. It can tolerate short periods of frost if the soil is completely dry, otherwise it can rot. Adromischus require a period of cold temperatures, around 10 °C, in order to flower. Propagation is easily done by leaf.
Adromischus bicolor occurs in exposed rock crevices in eastern and western regions of South Africa. There are less than five known populations. Some variation in leaf shape occurs depending on the locality, and it is unclear if both groups are of the same species. It is the only species of the Adromischus section to grow endemically in the eastern Cape. It is one of thousands of species of succulent plants to occur in the Succulent Karoo.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adromischus bicolor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
