TALINUM calycinum
TALINUM calycinum
TALINUM calycinum
TALINUM calycinum
TALINUM calycinum
TALINUM calycinum

TALINUM calycinum

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Family : Portulacaceae
Habitat : Tanzania
Perennial plant, 15-25cm tall, with erect stems 3-5 (-10) cm long and 1-2.5cm in diameter, emerging from a rhizome. Semi-cylindrical glabrous leaves 2.5-7cm long by 1-2 (-3) mm in diameter with a pointed end, arranged in a very loose rosette along the stems.
Daytime flowering in late spring and summer (May-September in the northern hemisphere). The flowers open around noon and stay open until mid-afternoon. Inflorescence glabrous cyme-like, supple, with a peduncle 6-23cm long, with a small bract at each fork. Dark pink flowers 2-3cm in diameter, glabrous. Sepals green, scarious at margins, ovate to nearly round, 4.5-5.5mm by 5-6mm, often persisting during fruiting. 5 dark pink petals, broadly oval 10-15mm long and 5-9mm wide, mucronate. 25-45 stamens with pinkish filaments and yellow anthers, 1-1.5mm long. Stylish pistil 1.2cm long, pinkish, and stigma rounded at the end.
Fruits in spherical to ovoid capsules 6-7mm long and 4.5mm in diameter, dry and dehiscent. Black and smooth seeds 1-1.1mm in diameter.
Small 2 years old seedling in 5,5 cm pot. White flowers. Same as the first pic
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CULTURE :
Exposure : bright and sunny.
Temperature : minimum of 10°c (summer growth)
Soil : not too rich but mainly well drained. You can use a mix of pumice with your habitual potting soil
winter resting with loose of leaves in autumn
2015-12-22

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