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Accepted Scientific Name: Conophytum bilobum (Marloth) N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron. 1922, Ser. III. lxxii. 83.
Origin and Habitat: It is found in the western part of South Africa (Northern Cape, from Wallekraal in the Sandveld to Swartpoort near the Orange River and Little Namaqualand)
Habitat: Growing in a well drained soil with some water in winter and some sun.
Synonyms:
- Conophytum kubusbergense Tischer
Conophytum bilobum (Marloth) N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron. 1922, Ser. III. lxxii. 83.
Synonymy: 122
- Conophytum bilobum (Marloth) N.E.Br.
- Derenbergia biloba (Marloth) Schwantes
- Mesembryanthemum bilobum Marloth
- Conophytum absimile L. Bolus
- Conophytum absimile var. major L. Bolus
- Conophytum absimile f. majus L. Bolus
- Conophytum absimile f. umbrosum L. Bolus
- Conophytum aequale L. Bolus
- Conophytum albescens N.E.Br.
- Mesembryanthemum albescens (N.E.Br.) hort.
- Conophytum ampliatum L. Bolus
- Conophytum amplum L. Bolus
- Conophytum andausanum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum andausanum var. immaculatum L. Bolus
- Conophytum angustum L. Bolus
- Conophytum angustum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum anomalum L. Bolus
- Conophytum apiatum N.E.Br.
- Derenbergia apiata (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
- Mesembryanthemum apiatum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum apiculatum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum approximatum Lavis
- Conophytum auctum f. approximatum (Lavis) Rawé
- Conophytum asperulum L. Bolus
- Conophytum asperulum var. brevistylum L. Bolus
- Conophytum auctum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum australe L. Bolus
- Conophytum barkerae L. Bolus
- Conophytum beekenkampianum Tischer
- Conophytum brevisectum L. Bolus
- Conophytum cauliferum N.E.Br.
- Derenbergia caulifera (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
- Mesembryanthemum cauliferum (N.E.Br.) hort.
- Conophytum cauliferum var. lekkersingense L. Bolus
- Conophytum christiansenianum L. Bolus
- Conophytum citrinum L. Bolus
- Conophytum compressum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum conradii L. Bolus
- Conophytum convexum L. Bolus
- Conophytum cordatum Schick & Tischer
- Conophytum cordatum var. macrostigma L. Bolus
- Conophytum coriaceum L. Bolus
- Conophytum crassum L. Bolus
- Conophytum curtum L. Bolus
- Conophytum dennisii N.E.Br.
- Conophytum difforme L. Bolus
- Conophytum dilatatum Tischer
- Conophytum dissimile L. Bolus
- Conophytum distans L. Bolus
- Conophytum divaricatum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum diversum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum dolomiticum Tischer
- Conophytum ecarinatum L. Bolus
- Conophytum ecarinatum var. angustum L. Bolus
- Conophytum ecarinatum var. mutabile
- Conophytum excisum L. Bolus
- Conophytum exsertum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum furcatum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum geminum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum glaucum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum gonapense L. Bolus
- Conophytum gonapense var. numeesicum L. Bolus
- Conophytum grandiflorum L. Bolus
- Conophytum gregale N.E.Br.
- Conophytum igniflorum n.n.
- Conophytum inclusum L. Bolus
- Conophytum incurvum N.E.Br. & Tischer
- Conophytum incurvum var. leucanthum (Lavis) Tischer
- Conophytum indefinitum L. Bolus
- Conophytum insigne L. Bolus
- Conophytum klipbokbergense L. Bolus
- Conophytum kubusbergense Tischer
- Conophytum largum L. Bolus
- Conophytum latum L. Bolus
- Conophytum lavisianum L. Bolus
- Conophytum laxipetalum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum lekkersingense L. Bolus
- Conophytum leucanthum Lavis
- Conophytum leucanthum var. multipetalum L. Bolus
- Conophytum macrostigma (L. Bolus) Schwantes
- Conophytum markoetterae Schwantes
- Conophytum meyerae Schwantes
- Conophytum meyerae f. alatum Tischer
- Conophytum meyerae f. apiculatum (N.E.Br.) Tischer
- Conophytum meyerae f. asperulum (L. Bolus) H.Jacobsen
- Conophytum meyerae f. pole-evansii (N.E.Br.) Tischer
- Conophytum nelianum Schwantes
- Conophytum noisabisense L. Bolus
- Conophytum nutaboiense Tischer
- Conophytum obtusum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum obtusum var. amplum (L. Bolus) Rawé
- Conophytum ovatum L. Bolus
- Conophytum parvulum L. Bolus
- Conophytum philippii L. Bolus
- Conophytum piriforme L. Bolus
- Conophytum plenum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum pluriforme L. Bolus
- Conophytum pole-evansii N.E.Br.
- Conophytum proximum L. Bolus
- Conophytum proximum Schwantes
- Mesembryanthemum proximum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum recisum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum simile N.E.Br.
- Conophytum simplum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum sitzlerianum Schwantes
- Conophytum smithersii L. Bolus
- Conophytum sororium N.E.Br.
- Conophytum springbokense N.E.Br.
- Conophytum strictum L. Bolus
- Conophytum strictum var. inaequale L. Bolus
- Conophytum stylosum (N.E.Br.) Tischer
- Mesembryanthemum stylosum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum subacutum L. Bolus
- Conophytum subcylindricum L. Bolus
- Conophytum subtenue L. Bolus
- Conophytum supremum L. Bolus
- Conophytum tectum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum tumidum N.E.Br.
- Conophytum tumidum var. asperulum L. Bolus
- Conophytum umdausense L. Bolus
- Conophytum variabile L. Bolus
- Conophytum vlakmynense L. Bolus
Conophytum bilobum subs. altum (L. Bolus) S.A.Hammer
Gen. Conophytum
Synonymy: 12
- Conophytum bilobum subs. altum (L. Bolus) S.A.Hammer
- Conophytum altum L. Bolus
- Conophytum altum var. plenum L. Bolus
- Conophytum apertum Tischer
- Conophytum connatum L. Bolus
- Conophytum corniferum Schick & Tischer
- Conophytum durnale N.E.Br.
- Conophytum gracile N.E.Br.
- Conophytum gracile var. majusculum L. Bolus
- Conophytum graciliramosum L. Bolus
- Conophytum luiseae Schwantes
- Conophytum luiseae var. papillatum L. Bolus
Conophytum bilobum subs. claviferens S.A.Hammer
Dumpling & His Wife: New Views of Gen. Conophytum 86 (2002).
Accepted name in llifle Database:
Conophytum bilobum var. elishae (N.E.Br.) S.A.Hammer
Dumpling & His Wife: New Views of Gen. Conophytum 85 (2002).
Synonymy: 4
- Conophytum bilobum var. elishae (N.E.Br.) S.A.Hammer
- Conophytum elishae N.E.Br.
- Derenbergia elishae (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
- Mesembryanthemum elishae N.E.Br.
Conophytum bilobum subs. gracilistylum (L. Bolus) S.A.Hammer
Gen. Conophytum 242, without basionym ref. 1993
Synonymy: 10
- Conophytum bilobum subs. gracilistylum (L. Bolus) S.A.Hammer
- Conophytum gracilistylum N.E.Br.
- Derenbergia gracilistyla (L. Bolus) Schwantes
- Mesembryanthemum gracilistylum L. Bolus
- Conophytum chauviniae (Schwantes) S.A.Hammer
- Conophytum bilobum subs. gracilistylum f. chauviniae (Schwantes)
- Conophytum gracilistylum f. chauviniae (Schwantes)
- Derenbergia chauviniae (Schwantes) Schwantes
- Mesembryanthemum augeiforme Schwantes
- Mesembryanthemum chauviniae Schwantes
Conophytum bilobum lacteum hort.
n. n., nov. comb. ined. [as: Conophytum lacteum L. Bolus 1967]
Synonymy: 2
- Conophytum bilobum lacteum hort.
- Conophytum lacteum L. Bolus
Conophytum bilobum var. linearilucidum (Lavis) S.A.Hammer
Dumpling & His Wife: New Views of Gen. Conophytum 85 (2002).
Synonymy: 2
- Conophytum bilobum var. linearilucidum (Lavis) S.A.Hammer
Conophytum bilobum var. muscosipapillatum (Lavis) S.A.Hammer
Dumpling & His Wife: New Views of Gen. Conophytum 85 (2002).
Synonymy: 2
- Conophytum bilobum var. muscosipapillatum (Lavis) S.A.Hammer
Description: Robust caespitose (groundcover) plant, stemless or with short stems with time.
Bodies (paired leaves): Thickness: 3 centimetres Height: 7 centimetres, Profile: The leaf-tips (lobes) are free and are 10 mm long and triangular in shape and keeled. Colours: The margins are green to red or deep purple in colour. The epidermis is glabrous to velvety or quite asperulous, it is whitish-green to glaucous to deep blue green or brownish pink in colour. The epidermis could be heavily spotted or completey smooth.
Flowers: Scentless up to 3 cm (The largest of the genus)
Blooming season: The flowers are autumnal (rarely in summer) and diurnal.
Remarks: This plant is one of the most widespread and morphologically variable taxon of the genus. Many of its morphological and geographical variant was early classified as different independent species, but nowadays all this plant are considered part of a multiform species, where each form is linked to others by populations of plants with intermediate characteristics.
Notes: Plants of the genus Conophytum are also known as 'living pebbles'. During the rest period (the summer months in Europe) a new body forms inside the old, gradually taking all the substances from it until all that remains is the skin, which dries and protects the young plant from the heat of the sun and excess evaporation of water. The resting Conophytum protected by this dry cover resembles a pebble and hence the name 'living pebble'. The growth period of most species is from August to March. The temperature should be about 10 to 12°C.
Cultivation and Propagation: It is easy to grow. These plants grow on winter rain and head for summer dormancy. They require little water; otherwise its epidermis breaks (resulting in unsightly scars). Water minimally in summer, (only when the plant starts shrivelling), but it will generally grow even in summer if given water. Water regularly in winter after the previous year's leaves have dried up. Requires good drainage. Keep cool and shaded in summer, it needs full sun or light shade. Hardy to -2°C. Ensure a very good ventilation. Avoid to repot frequently. This plant may stay in the same pot for many years.
Propagation:: It can be reproduced both by cuttings and seeds. Take the cutting from a grown-up mother plant. Each cutting must contain one or more heads along with a fraction of root.
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