Dorstenia gigas HYLAEAICUM It was originally collected by

It was originally collected by Alvim Seidel at Pilao Arcado

it ranges from Florida to Brazil

digitate branches that are bright yellow on the upper half and bright red on the lower

It sold under that name for a few years until it’s true identity was found out

There are so many forms and honestly

Dorstenia gigas HYLAEAICUM It was originally collected byOne of the most unusual of caudiciform plants. A rarity endemic to Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean, off the coasts of Yemen and Somalia. The giant of the genus, to eight feet tall and two feet in diameter, with many branches and a swollen, smooth, greenish tan trunk. Deep green leaves, borne in whorls, are somewhat cupped and deeply veined. Star shaped fruit like flowers or hypanthodiums appear in clusters, it is an awesome plant! Not at all hard