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Succulents Partly documented

Ceropegia carnosa

A twining, fleshy-leaved Ceropegia of bush and thicket from the Eastern Cape through KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini to southern Mozambique. Grow it as a climbing succulent: bright filtered light, warm summers with water and a cooler, drier winter.

Ceropegia carnosa
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restClimber

Where it grows wild

Coastal and bushveld thicket and forest margins, twining through shrubs; generalised from the genus.

Records span 60–1272 m, but only 4 carry an elevation.

Cape ProvincesEswatiniKwaZulu-NatalMozambiqueNorthern Provinces

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.