Dang, that's WEIRD, but in a good way. Do you know the species name?

Julie, I got this from Mike at OOA. I wish I would have purchased more; he may have more in the spring. It's an un-named species as of yet. Mike had it listed as "sp nova".

Location ? My undertsanding is Madagasgar (southern) summer is our November to March With lighter to moderate rains on west side heavier rains toward the east

Very interesting flowers! i didnt know dorstenia flowers got so odd.
i also have an unidentified plant (an Astrophytum pachypodiums) named Sp. nova. i wonder where this name came from?

microthrix, Sp. for "species."

nova is "new" in Latin. (Also "unusual" -- but in this case I assume they were going for "new.")

The plant, according to Mike, is from northern Madagascar which gets a fair amount of rain. Yet, as you see, it has a large caudex for storing water...interesting.

Howard,

Heck yes on caudaciousness.

Zech,

It's also how most new species are referred to until they're formally described (adhering to a lot of rules and getting it published in a scientific journal of some type).

You'll also see 'aff.', which is affinis, which means 'like' or 'is similar to', followed by a described species.

This post was edited by cactusmcharris on Mon, Dec 9, 13 at 10:32

Thanks, Jeff. Maybe it's time for you to publish a compendium of your descriptive terms... they always bring a gigantic smile to my face!

Ahh, I see! it all makes sense now. thanks for the mini lesson guys!

I've just bought one... Any suggestions for care compared to dorstenia gigas?

I was going to say it doesn't much look like a succulent but with the second photo I can see the caudex. Very cool. I'd love a dorstenia sometime.

My only suggestion is water CAREFULLY! If it's growing, some water. If it's going dormant back off.

Which species did you purchase and from whom?
We would like a picture.

I just bought it from Mike @ OOA. $25

I also picked up a D. lavrani. I'll post pics of them all with my D. gigas soon!!

Matt

Dorstenia sp Nova from Out Of Africa

This post was edited by tuliper on Sun, Jan 18, 15 at 16:08

With a small D lavrani

This post was edited by tuliper on Mon, Jan 12, 15 at 18:34

Very interseting flowers. Thanks to the OP for the pics.