''Larryleachia marlothii'' is a summer-flowering succulent plant native to

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and southern

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Description

Grey-green and sometimes brown, ''Larryleachia marlothii'' grows as a separate, cylindrical stem of up to 6 inches tall spiralled with 12–19 ribs of blunt

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. Flowers appear in the summer and feature a dark, spotted, 5-pointed

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and a distinct cross shape in the centre.

Cultivation

''Larryleachia marlothii'' can be grown as a graft on ''

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tuber Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing ...

s. It must be kept in a brightly lit location throughout the winter.

References

*''The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents'' by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte {{Taxonbar, from=Q6491357 marlothii Flora of Southern Africa Plants described in 1909 Taxa named by N. E. Brown