Avonia quinaria ssp. quinaria Crassulaceae Produces big white flowers on

Produces big white flowers on a long tube

Prone to sunburn in full hot sun

Astrophytum myriostigma Family: Cactaceae

Flowers are reddish and produced in the fall

Avonia quinaria ssp. quinaria Crassulaceae Produces big white flowers onAvonia quinaria ssp. quinaria An unusual and attractive miniature caudiciform from South Africa. The base of the plant is light brown with peeling bark. On top are numerous silver blue to green stems with scale like leaves. At the ends of the stock are pink flowers that can be bigger than the young plants themselves! These flowers open in the late afternoon or evening. In time the plant can reach 2 3" in diameter (very old plants can be even bigger).