Calibanus hookeri 5" caudex! Caudiciform Flowers are big and pink

Flowers are big and pink

though can be rot prone if kept too wet

It is a succulent and will rot if kept overly wet

Leaves stay colorful in high light but will turn greenish in lower light

These plants are new to cultivation but so far I've found them fairly simple to grow and not nearly as touchy as some of the better known African Brachystelma

Calibanus hookeri 5" caudex! Caudiciform Flowers are big and pinkCalibanus hookeri Family: Agavaceae. An strange caudiciform plant from Mexico. It is essentially a big tuft of grass growing from a woody caudex. The leaves are rough textured and bluish in color, especially as the plant matures. The larger the caudex gets the more individual tufts will form. Large, mature plants can have a caudex two feet or more in diameter with a hundred or more tufts of leaves. That takes many, many years and can be kept smaller