Tylecodon paniculatus - Butter tree firebrandt Big buttons with nice magenta

Big buttons with nice magenta flowers

In habitat this can form large clusters of up to 25 cm

Packet of 200 seeds (harvested October 2020)

Always a very popular lithops

They are a little bit more difficult then Lithops and require more heat to germinate

Tylecodon paniculatus - Butter tree firebrandt Big buttons with nice magentaThe Butter tree is a stocky caudiciform from the dry western parts of South Africa and Namibia. Tylecodon paniculatus makes a good pot plant and also looks good in a Bonsai dish. They are mostly wintergrowers and shed their leaves during the hot and dry summer months. The flowers are red orange and appear on long stalks during summer. Best sown at temperatures between 18 26 *Celsius. Seeds take between 6 30 days to germinate (depending on conditions)