Most succulents need to be watered twice a week during summers and only once in monsoon & winters. Varieties like Haworthias, Crassulas and Gasterias are well suited for low-light indoors and window-sills. If the leaves get too bulky, it is a sign of overwatering & if the leaves look shrivelled it is a sign of less watering.
As a general rule of thumb, all the ones with colourful leaves like Echeverias, Sedeveria and Graptopetalum like bright sunlight and semi shade in extreme summers. They cannot be kept indoors or in full shade. All succulents love morning sun.
You can fertilise your succulent once a month.
Watering tips : Make sure NOT to water on the plant itself. Water directly in the soil. You can use a cup or a glass to make sure the water does not spray on leaves. When watering, make sure water comes out of the drainage hole.
You can check our video on how to water succulents on : https://youtu.be/GnzodkMYcmg
Most succulents need to be watered twice a week during summers and only once in monsoon & winters. Varieties like Haworthias, Crassulas and Gasterias are well suited for low-light indoors and window-sills. If the leaves get too bulky, it is a sign of overwatering & if the leaves look shrivelled it is a sign of less watering.
As a general rule of thumb, all the ones with colourful leaves like Echeverias, Sedeveria and Graptopetalum like bright sunlight and semi shade in extreme summers. They cannot be kept indoors or in full shade. All succulents love morning sun.
You can fertilise your succulent once a month.
Watering tips : Make sure NOT to water on the plant itself. Water directly in the soil. You can use a cup or a glass to make sure the water does not spray on leaves. When watering, make sure water comes out of the drainage hole.
You can check our video on how to water succulents on : https://youtu.be/GnzodkMYcmg
Balcony
Use
Maroon
Flower Color
Non Fragrant
Fragrance
Winter
Flowering Season
Low
Maintenance
Outdoor Sun
Sunlight Requirement
Yes
With Pots
Small
Size
Twice A Week
Water Requirement
Caralluma Hexagona
Family
Asclepiadaceae
Native
Saudi Arabia, Yemen & Oman
Description
Caralluma hexagona is an upright or ascending, strongly branching, succulent. It forms dense mats or clumps to 20 cm tall, with subterranean runners. Grey-green or green, 3 - 5 cm long, 1.5 - 2 cm thick, bluntly 4-ribbed stems are present. Sepals finely dotted with red, 1-3 long, about 1 mm wide, deltoid or linear, acute. Corolla outside greenish-white, densely dotted with red, dots small, convex, inside greenish or cream-coloured, densely dotted with purplish-red, 2.2 cm in diameter, flat or campanulate. Corolla-tube, 4 x 6 mm long, enclosing or just basally encircling the corona. Corolla-lobes triangular, 8 mm long, margins slightly revolute, inside tuberculate, lobes apically hairy, hairs dark purple, seed 2 mm, simple, compressed, vibratile. Corona 6 mm in diameter.
Environment
Caralluma are relatively easy to grow. They should be treated as an outdoor plant as they will easily rot indoors and cannot flower without exposure to outdoor temperature fluctuations. They should be grown under cover so that watering can be controlled. The plant require ample amount of sunlight to promote flowering and maintain a well-shaped plant. Very shady positions will produce very poor flowering. Caralluma plants can survive high temperature in summer months so most growth is in spring and autumn, with flowering in autumn when the weather starts to cool down. They all need good drainage.
Landscape Uses
Makes an attractive landscape plant and or container patio plant where some height is needed, being an attractive accent plant, Suited for window sill.
