Ceropegia Species

This plant is not for the faint of heart!
If you don't have any experience with more nondescript or rare genus in the family Ascl...Read Moreepiadaceae, do not waste the money or time. To make it more specific, if you don't have experience with Edithcolea grandis or Hoodia gordonii, those would be better places to start.
I bought a very small plant about the size of a dime several years ago from a nursery in Arizona. (I live in West Texas at about 4000ft elevation) It had been on my wishlist for a while and I decided to take the dive.
When I was researching this plant the only information available boils down to: Plant in mostly inorganic soils, water when actively growing, do NOT water in the winter months, do NOT over water, do NOT underwater, and do NOT allow for the plant to grow on bare soil or it'll rot.
Now, this REALLY didn't help me whatsoever when trying to figure out how to water, repot, or what type of soil I should have been using. However, I created a mix that was about 40% pea gravel, 40% perlite, 10% blasting sand, and 10% potting soil. Then top dressed with a healthy level of pea gravel making sure to keep the plant's base resting on top of the gravel. It's worked wonderfully for my little guy, as it tripled in size in the first year! Now it has stopped growing as quickly but it seems to be a moderate grower.
I've kept in under grow lights in an Eastern facing window and I water it about once or twice a month in the summer and stop watering when night temps begin to dip below 40*F. In the winter, I try to water it sparingly when I know day time temps hover in the 60's for several days.

I've had a lot of fun growing this plant! It's an instant conversation piece and a striking focal point in any collection!

I have made two seed plantings of this plant, each with five seeds. The first produced five seedlings in five days. Only two remain livin...Read Moreg. The second produced four seedlings in four days, all of which seem to be a bit more robust. The seedlings reach a diameter of about 1/4 inch very quickly and then slow down considerably.

If you like collection succulents that look like rocks, this one might be a good one for your collection... this pricey rare succulent fr...Read Moreom Somalia looks like a blob of pale, olive green knobby rock... doesn't do much else. No idea how cold tolerant it is, but suspect it's not. and probably rots easily, too. Have heard it rots if underwatered, too, making it particularly tricky to keep alive. Yet, stupidly, I bought one... will let you know when it dies and how it happened.

Many species of this genus, and frankly they all look alike to me... and I mean EXACTLY the same!