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Glottiphyllum nelii is a small, shiny-leaved succulent from the arid Great Karoo of South Africa, grown mainly by collectors of mesembs. Give it bright light, sharp drainage and very sparing water.
Glottiphyllum nelii is a species of succulent plant, in the family Aizoaceae. It is indigenous to the arid Great Karoo region, South Africa.
This species occurs in shaley-loamy soils - often in the shelter of bushes - in an east–west belt, north of the Swartberg Mountain range, in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa.
Fleshy Tonguefig · Tormented Tonguefig · Fig Marigold · Twisted Tonguefig · Pointy Tonguefig · Grand Tonguefig · Loquacious Tonguefig · Long Tonguefig · Glottiphyllum neilii · Glottiphyllum oligocarpum · Glottiphyllum peersii · Royal Tonguefig
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glottiphyllum nelii 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.
