Dioscorea elephantipes Crassulaceae it is less rot prone

it is less rot prone than the normal form or the species

Stays fairly small (6" or less) and clumps in time

but give it good filtered light

Give good light

It reminds me of the red lights on an airport runway

Dioscorea elephantipes Crassulaceae it is less rot proneDioscorea elephantipes Family: Dioscoreaceae. A nice vining caudiciform from South Africa. The caudex is brown and smooth when young but in time becomes cracked and takes on a tortoise shell appearance. Well grown plants in the ground can develop a caudex 3' diameter or larger! But in a pot a reasonable expectation is 6" 1' diameter when mature. Can grow year round but is more of a cool season grower and often goes dormant in summer. Water regularly