🌱 Morphology
Trailing cotyledon. A perennial shrubby succulent, highly branched, with soft and flexible stems that form dense trailing curtains up to 60 cm long. Young stems are whitish-green due to a fine powdery coating and have small glandular hairs that disappear with age. The leaves, opposite and very fleshy, measure approximately 18–25 × 10–15 mm, are elliptical to ovate, grey-green, and are also covered in a powdery coating. The apex ends in a small mucron and the margins may take on reddish tones.

🌍 Distribution, habitat and family
Family Crassulaceae. It is an extremely localized endemic of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, known from the cliffs of the Mbashe River, around Tsolorha, where it grows at an altitude of about 300–400 m. It is a true cremnophyte, specialized in living in the crevices of vertical rock faces, mainly on schist and on south-facing slopes. The habitat receives mainly summer rainfall.

❄️ Temperature / USDA Zone: 9b
It comes from an area with relatively mild winters and practically no frost. In cultivation, it can tolerate moderate drops in temperature if kept completely dry, but it is recommended to protect it from frost and from the combination of low temperatures and moisture at the roots.

☀️ Lighting
High light is recommended, with a target of 12–20 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹ of PAR DLI. Although it receives intense light in its habitat, it grows on south-facing walls and in partially sheltered situations. In cultivation, it should be gradually acclimated to direct sun, especially during the summer.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Winter dormancy. Its natural habitat has a predominantly summer rainfall regime. During the active period, it is recommended to provide abundant watering and let the substrate dry out completely before watering again. During the winter, watering should be spaced out considerably, avoiding keeping it permanently moist. Its roots are fibrous and are not specialized in storing water, so a very well-draining substrate is especially important.

🌸 Flowering
The inflorescences arise at the ends of the stems and are also trailing, reaching about 5–9 cm. Each one can bear up to four flowers. The flowers are bell-shaped, reddish-orange, about 4–4.5 cm long, with open lobes. Flowering occurs mainly in summer, and the flowers are pollinated by nectar-feeding birds, especially sunbirds.

🌿 Nutrition
During the growing period, Desert CHOICE® Succulents is recommended, avoiding excess nitrogen that could cause stems to become too tender and elongated. Before flowering, it can be supplemented with Desert CHOICE® Flowering.

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a technological square pot and with the substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.

In a 13 cm hanging pot