Glottiphyllum oligocarpum | Tongue Plant
€10,60
🌱 Morphology
Small perennial succulent with a creeping and very compact habit, which can reach about 5–10 cm in height. It forms short, branched stems that end up forming mats. The leaves are arranged in two opposite rows; they are very fleshy, elongated, and tongue-shaped, glaucous gray in color and covered by a characteristic whitish waxy layer that can be wiped off by touch. The margins are rounded.
🌍 Distribution, habitat, and family
Species endemic to South Africa, distributed throughout the interior of the Cape provinces, especially in the Little Karoo and adjacent areas of the Great Karoo. It grows in arid zones on quartz outcrops and surfaces, as well as on stony ground associated with karroid scrub. It belongs to the Aizoaceae family. SANBI classifies it as Least Concern (LC).
❄️ Temperature
USDA Zone 9b–11b. It tolerates minimum temperatures of up to −4 ºC in dry conditions.
☀️ Lighting
It requires high light levels during active growth. It can be grown in full sun or in very bright partial shade, ensuring availability of more than 20 mol/m²/day of DLI PAR. During summer dormancy, it is advisable to protect it from excessive overheating, especially in small containers.
🌸 Flowering
It produces yellow flowers, up to about 2.2–4 cm in diameter, which may have reddish petal tips. It blooms mainly in September-October
💧 Growth cycle and watering
Summer dormancy. This is a species that grows mainly during the cool months, especially from late winter to spring. During the active period, water abundantly, allowing the substrate to dry out completely before the next watering. With the arrival of heat, its activity decreases, and watering must be significantly reduced, keeping it almost dry during dormancy. As growth begins again, watering should be resumed gradually.
🌿 Nutrition
During the active growth period, a fertilizer with a high content of assimilable calcium and potassium is recommended, such as Desert CHOICE® Aizoáceas, applied during watering and avoiding excessive nitrogen inputs.
🌱 Morphology
Small perennial succulent with a creeping and very compact habit, which can reach about 5–10 cm in height. It forms short, branched stems that end up forming mats. The leaves are arranged in two opposite rows; they are very fleshy, elongated, and tongue-shaped, glaucous gray in color and covered by a characteristic whitish waxy layer that can be wiped off by touch. The margins are rounded.
🌍 Distribution, habitat, and family
Species endemic to South Africa, distributed throughout the interior of the Cape provinces, especially in the Little Karoo and adjacent areas of the Great Karoo. It grows in arid zones on quartz outcrops and surfaces, as well as on stony ground associated with karroid scrub. It belongs to the Aizoaceae family. SANBI classifies it as Least Concern (LC).
❄️ Temperature
USDA Zone 9b–11b. It tolerates minimum temperatures of up to −4 ºC in dry conditions.
☀️ Lighting
It requires high light levels during active growth. It can be grown in full sun or in very bright partial shade, ensuring availability of more than 20 mol/m²/day of DLI PAR. During summer dormancy, it is advisable to protect it from excessive overheating, especially in small containers.
🌸 Flowering
It produces yellow flowers, up to about 2.2–4 cm in diameter, which may have reddish petal tips. In its natural range, it blooms mainly in September-October, roughly equivalent to March-April in Spain.
💧 Growth cycle and watering
Summer dormancy. This is a species that grows mainly during the cool months, especially from late winter to spring. During the active period, water abundantly, allowing the substrate to dry out completely before the next watering. With the arrival of heat, its activity decreases, and watering must be significantly reduced, keeping it almost dry during dormancy. As growth begins again, watering should be resumed gradually.
🌿 Nutrition
During the active growth period, a fertilizer with a high content of assimilable calcium and potassium is recommended, such as Desert CHOICE® Aizoáceas, applied during watering and avoiding excessive nitrogen inputs.
This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a technical square pot with the substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.
7 × 7 cm gourmet black pot.
7 × 7 cm gourmet black pot.
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