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Prepodesma

Prepodesma is a monotypic genus with one species, Prepodesma orpenii, a small succulent of the ice-plant family (Aizoaceae) native to the northern Cape of South Africa. It is a specialist plant that needs bright sun and very sharp drainage, and is rarely grown outside botanical collections.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; keep it nearly dry in winter.
Soil
Very fast-draining gritty cactus or succulent mix.
Temperature
Likely 10–35 °C in its native habitat; protect from frost and keep above about 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate

About

Prepodesma is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. The only species is Prepodesma orpenii.

It is endemic to the northern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prepodesma 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.

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