Brachystelma Thailand (new species?) Caudiciform sometimes with red highlights

sometimes with red highlights

Color is also better in cooler weather (that's normal for most Aloe hybrids)

The leaves are fluffy and fern like

Produces yellow flowers during the growing season

A nice caudiciform woody shrub or small tree with peeling bark

Brachystelma Thailand (new species?) Caudiciform sometimes with red highlightsBrachystelma sp. nov.? Family: Apocynaceae. A rare, possibly undescribed species from Thailand related to Stapeliads. The plant forms thin vining stems with very narrow leaves. It produces lots of tiny (<1cm), hairy dark brown to black flowers with a yellow center. It seems that in some plants the petals reflex all the way back while in others they open like a normal flower. Stems emerge from an underground tuber 1 2" diameter. Plants grow from late