Pictured in a 80mm pot. You will receive the plant pictured. Grown from seed.
Scientific Name: Dorstenia gigas f. bullata
Plant Family: Moraceae
Growing Season: Summer
Native Habitat: Socotra
Overview/Description: Dorstenia gigas is a slow-growing caudiciform shrub, notable for its impressive trunk that can attain a diameter of up to 1.5m. Holding the distinction as the largest species within the Dorstenia genus, it requires immense patience for growers; taking many years before it starts to produce its distinctive flowers and seeds. Its native habitat of Socotra, an island renowned for its unique flora, further emphasizes the rarity and peculiarity of this plant.
Pictured in a 80mm pot. You will receive the plant pictured. Grown from seed.
Scientific Name: Dorstenia gigas f. bullata
Plant Family: Moraceae
Growing Season: Summer
Native Habitat: Socotra
Overview/Description: Dorstenia gigas is a slow-growing caudiciform shrub, notable for its impressive trunk that can attain a diameter of up to 1.5m. Holding the distinction as the largest species within the Dorstenia genus, it requires immense patience for growers; taking many years before it starts to produce its distinctive flowers and seeds. Its native habitat of Socotra, an island renowned for its unique flora, further emphasizes the rarity and peculiarity of this plant.
