Ceropegia ampliata
Bushman's pipe
Ceropegia ampliata is a perennial twiner or scrambler with a succulent stem arising from a fleshy, tuberous root. It is best used as a container plant in any good quality, well-drained potting compost. Water sparingly and feed with a liquid soluble fertiliser just once a month. It is not frost hardy and needs a minimum temperature of 16C. It likes full-sun to semi-shade and is happy grown as a house plant. Just remember to place it outside when flowering.
Contributed by @fuma
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Light and free draining
Common name
Bushman's pipe
Latin name
Ceropegia ampliata
type
Flowering plant
family
Apocynaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
Ceropegia ampliata
Ceropegia ampliata is a perennial twiner or scrambler with a succulent stem arising from a fleshy, tuberous root. It is best used as a container plant in any good quality, well-drained potting compost. Water sparingly and feed with a liquid soluble fertiliser just once a month. It is not frost hardy and needs a minimum temperature of 16C. It likes full-sun to semi-shade and is happy grown as a house plant. Just remember to place it outside when flowering.
Propagation by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Late Summer
Eventually, even the healthiest of these plants will succumb to old age, and if you have more young plants to take its place, you will never have to be without. Cut the long stems into pieces with at least one leaf node on it, and taking a clump of about four or five stems, insert them into the center of a prepared pot of soil. The soil should be sterilized potting soil, preferably peat based, with the addition of about 50% perlite or pumice. You can use a rooting hormone such as Stimroot #2, or similar, and then cover the whole pot with a cloche or jam jar.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
It requires excellent drainage, should be watered only when dry, and should never stand in water. Excess water should be removed from plant saucer after watering. It can be grown outdoors only in subtropical and tropical areas, with a minimum temperature of 16C. Partial shading is useful when the plant is grown outdoors.