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Edithcolea grandis (Persian carpet flower)
December 13, 2019
A succulent which will eventually grow a large flower, resembling a Persian carpet
As you might have guessed, this plant is named after Edith Cole (1857-1944), who collected the plant during a botanical expedition in northern Somalia. Its stem is eaten as a vegetable in Ethiopia and Somalia!
It's a rather difficult plant to keep in the living room: it needs a lot of light and is very prone to rotting if temperatures are too low. I decided to give it a go anyway; it can stay in my small but warm propagator!
It's a rather difficult plant to keep in the living room: it needs a lot of light and is very prone to rotting if temperatures are too low. I decided to give it a go anyway; it can stay in my small but warm propagator!
Sown: November 18, 2019
Five seeds
November 29, 2019 (~1 week old)
The first seedling emerged from the soil! On top of it you still see the seed skin and silver sand which is part of the sowing mixture.
It's still in the heated propagater, with grow lights.
January 10, 2020 (7 weeks)
It's already branching! You can still see the seed skin on the right. And do you see whats appearing on the left?? Another one is germinating!
April 26, 2020 (5 months)
Quarantaine nail for scale! Still small, but showing significant growth nonetheless.
November 23, 2020
Wow, so much growth over summer! It's still in a high humidity tiny greenhouse, under grow light. Maybe it's time to move it to a dryer space?
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