Dan -- It's T. wallichii, Mesa garden seed #2993. (Steven still offers it in his catalogue.) I remember the seed was like dust and the seedlings emerged by what seemed the hundreds. Of course that was well back in the previous millennium.
Alex -- I'm giving serious thought to sometime in February unless a lot of rain falls soon. Then I might postpone a month or so to see some springtime flowering.
I'll show a pic of my T. wallachii when I get to it, but I was wondering if that was what you have there; where are the knobbies on the stem? Perhaps there is a variety that is without knob...
Yours is spiking, too! Mine shows no sign of a flower (sniff).
Did y'all know that, while all Tylecodons are poisonous, this one is thought to be the most poisonous of all? If you have one, wear gloves even when repotting.
This plant never did have those persistent "knobbies". I formerly had one other from the same seed batch which had them; of course it was the one to go away one cold and wet winter. The survivor is not excessively large but is a reliable bloomer. I find the foliage more relaxed than I might like. (December/January sun is not the brightest here.) Many thanks for the reminder of it's poisonous nature. I'm sure I knew that once upon a time. Luckily I've kept it high and far from brushing/nibbling kittens. I probably would never have known what happened and if I did I would never forgive myself. With the great informational records kept by digital cameras I might try to determine when it began spiking last year.
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