461 Species of Genus Ceropegia

Ceropegia: A Love Affair with Lantern Flowers

My name is Ferb Vu, and I have a confession to make: I’m utterly captivated by Ceropegia. These fascinating plants, with their intricate flowers and unusual growth habits, have completely stolen my heart. Perhaps you know them by one of their more evocative common names – lantern flower, parasol flower, or even parachute flower. These names all hint at the unique beauty of Ceropegia blossoms, which truly resemble delicate, intricately crafted lanterns.

My fascination began innocently enough. I stumbled upon a Ceropegia woodii – the string of hearts – at a local plant shop. Its trailing stems, adorned with heart-shaped leaves, were irresistible. But it was the peculiar, cage-like flowers that truly intrigued me. They were unlike anything I’d ever seen before.

From that moment on, I was hooked. I delved into the world of Ceropegia, eager to learn everything I could about these botanical wonders. I discovered that the genus encompasses a vast array of species, each with its own distinct charm. Some, like Ceropegia sandersonii, boast large, bulbous flowers that resemble parachutes. Others, like Ceropegia ampliata, have elongated, tube-like flowers that are equally mesmerizing.  

A Diverse and Enchanting Genus

The diversity within the Ceropegia genus is astounding. Native to Africa, southern Asia, and Australia, these plants have adapted to a variety of environments, from arid deserts to lush forests. This has resulted in a remarkable range of growth habits and floral forms. Some species are climbers, using their tendrils to scramble up rocks and trees. Others are trailers, their stems cascading gracefully over the edges of pots or hanging baskets.  

Here are Ceropegia species:

1. Ceropegia abyssinica Decne.
2. Ceropegia achtenii De Wild.
3. Ceropegia acicularis Kidyoo
4. Ceropegia adamsiana M.G.Gilbert
5. Ceropegia affinis Vatke
6. Ceropegia afra (Schltr.) Bruyns
7. Ceropegia africana R.Br.
8. Ceropegia ahmarensis Masinde
9. Ceropegia albipilosa (A.Lancaster ex Peckover) Bruyns
10. Ceropegia albisepta Jum. & H.Perrier
11. Ceropegia aloicola M.G.Gilbert
12. Ceropegia alpina (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
13. Ceropegia ambovombensis Rauh & Gerold
14. Ceropegia ampliata E.Mey.
15. Ceropegia ananthagiriensis (Paramesh, K.Prasad, Sadas. & A.V.B.Reddy) Anant Kumar
16. Ceropegia ananthapuramense (K.Prasad, A.Naray. & Meve) Kottaim.
17. Ceropegia anantii S.R.Yadav, Sardesai & S.P.Gaikwad
18. Ceropegia andamanica Sreek., Veenakumari & Prashanth
19. Ceropegia angustata Bruyns
20. Ceropegia angustifolia Wight
21. Ceropegia anjanerica Malpure, M.Y.Kamble & S.R.Yadav
22. Ceropegia annamacharyae (K.Prasad, Prasanna, Meve, Sankara Rao & Thulasaiah) Kottaim.
23. Ceropegia ansariana Murug. & A.A.Mao
24. Ceropegia antennifera Schltr.
25. Ceropegia aquamontana Peckover
26. Ceropegia arabica H.Huber
27. Ceropegia arenaria R.A.Dyer
28. Ceropegia arenarioides M.G.Gilbert
29. Ceropegia aridicola W.W.Sm.
30. Ceropegia aristolochioides Decne.
31. Ceropegia ariyittaparensis P.Biju, Josekutty & Augustine
32. Ceropegia armandii Rauh
33. Ceropegia arnotii (Baker) Bruyns
34. Ceropegia arnottiana Wight
35. Ceropegia attenuata Hook.
36. Ceropegia attenuatula Bruyns
37. Ceropegia australis (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
38. Ceropegia ballyana Bullock
39. Ceropegia banforae (J.-P.Lebrun & Stork) Bruyns
40. Ceropegia barbata R.A.Dyer
41. Ceropegia barberae (Harv. ex Hook.f.) Bruyns
42. Ceropegia barnesii E.A.Bruce & Chatterjee
43. Ceropegia beddomei Hook.f.
44. Ceropegia bhatii S.R.Yadav & Shendage
45. Ceropegia bhutanica H.Hara
46. Ceropegia bikitaensis (Peckover) Bruyns
47. Ceropegia blepharanthera (Hans Huber) Bruyns
48. Ceropegia boerhaaviifolia Deflers
49. Ceropegia bonafouxii K.Schum.
50. Ceropegia boonjarasii Kidyoo
51. Ceropegia bosseri Rauh & Buchloh
52. Ceropegia bourneae (Gamble) Bruyns
53. Ceropegia bowkeri Harv.
54. Ceropegia brachyceras Schltr.
55. Ceropegia bracteolata (Meve) Bruyns
56. Ceropegia breviflora (Schltr.) Bruyns
57. Ceropegia brevipedicellata (Turrill) Bruyns
58. Ceropegia brevitubulata Bedd.
59. Ceropegia browniana (S.Moore) Bruyns
60. Ceropegia bruceae (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
61. Ceropegia buchananii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
62. Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb.
63. Ceropegia buraoensis Bruyns
64. Ceropegia burchelliana Bruyns
65. Ceropegia calcicola Kidyoo
66. Ceropegia campanulata G.Don
67. Ceropegia campanuliformis Bruyns
68. Ceropegia cana (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
69. Ceropegia cancellata Rchb.
70. Ceropegia candelabrum L.
71. Ceropegia capensis Bruyns
72. Ceropegia carnosa E.Mey.
73. Ceropegia cataphyllaris Bullock
74. Ceropegia cathcartensis (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
75. Ceropegia chimanimaniensis M.G.Gilbert
76. Ceropegia chlorantha (Schltr.) Bruyns
77. Ceropegia chlorozona (E.A.Bruce) Bruyns
78. Ceropegia christenseniana Hand.-Mazz.
79. Ceropegia christianeae (Peckover) Bruyns
80. Ceropegia chuakulii Kidyoo
81. Ceropegia ciliata Wight
82. Ceropegia ciliatior Bruyns
83. Ceropegia cimiciodora Oberm.
84. Ceropegia circinata (E.Mey.) Bruyns
85. Ceropegia citrina Kidyoo & A.Kidyoo
86. Ceropegia claviloba Werderm.
87. Ceropegia cochleata Kidyoo
88. Ceropegia coddii (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
89. Ceropegia codonantha (Bruyns) Bruyns
90. Ceropegia collaricorona Werderm.
91. Ceropegia concanensis Kambale, Chandore & S.R.Yadav
92. Ceropegia conrathii Schltr.
93. Ceropegia convolvuloides A.Rich.
94. Ceropegia copleyae E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally
95. Ceropegia cordata Lour.
96. Ceropegia cordifolia M.G.Gilbert
97. Ceropegia cordiloba Werderm.
98. Ceropegia crinita Peckover
99. Ceropegia cryptobarbata Heiduk
100. Ceropegia cufodontii Chiov.
101. Ceropegia cumingiana Decne.
102. Ceropegia cummingii (A.P.Dold) Bruyns
103. Ceropegia cupulata (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
104. Ceropegia cycniflora R.A.Dyer
105. Ceropegia cyperifolia Bruyns
106. Ceropegia damannii Stopp
107. Ceropegia daverichardsii Bruyns
108. Ceropegia debilis N.E.Br.
109. Ceropegia decaisneana Wight
110. Ceropegia decidua E.A.Bruce
111. Ceropegia decipientiflora Bruyns
112. Ceropegia deightonii Hutch. & Dalziel
113. Ceropegia delicata (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
114. Ceropegia denticulata K.Schum.
115. Ceropegia dichotoma Haw.
116. Ceropegia differens Bruyns
117. Ceropegia digitiformis Kidyoo
118. Ceropegia dimorpha Humbert
119. Ceropegia dinteri Schltr.
120. Ceropegia discoidea (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
121. Ceropegia distincta N.E.Br.
122. Ceropegia dolichophylla Schltr.
123. Ceropegia dorjei C.E.C.Fisch.
124. Ceropegia dryophila C.K.Schneid.
125. Ceropegia duplicata (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
126. Ceropegia dyeri (K.Balkwill, M.Balkwill & Cadman) Bruyns
127. Ceropegia edulissima Bruyns
128. Ceropegia elegans Wall.
129. Ceropegia elegantior Bruyns
130. Ceropegia elegantula (S.Moore) Bruyns
131. Ceropegia elenaduensis (Sathyan.) Bruyns
132. Ceropegia ellenbeckii K.Schum.
133. Ceropegia elliptica (A.Rich.) Bruyns
134. Ceropegia elongata (Schltr.) Bruyns
135. Ceropegia emdenpienaarii Bruyns
136. Ceropegia ensifolia Bedd.
137. Ceropegia eshanensis X.D.Ma & J.Y.Shen
138. Ceropegia evansii McCann
139. Ceropegia exigua (H.Huber) M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
140. Ceropegia exilis (Bullock) Bruyns
141. Ceropegia fantastica Sedgw.
142. Ceropegia festucifolia (E.A.Bruce) Bruyns
143. Ceropegia filicorona Masinde
144. Ceropegia filifolia (Schltr.) Bruyns
145. Ceropegia filiformis (Burch.) Schltr.
146. Ceropegia filipendula K.Schum.
147. Ceropegia fimbriata E.Mey.
148. Ceropegia fimbriifera Bedd.
149. Ceropegia flavida (Schltr.) M.G.Gilbert
150. Ceropegia floribunda N.E.Br.
151. Ceropegia floribundior Bruyns
152. Ceropegia foetidiflora Kidyoo
153. Ceropegia foliosa Bruyns
154. Ceropegia fortuita R.A.Dyer
155. Ceropegia franksiae (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
156. Ceropegia furcata Werderm.
157. Ceropegia fusca Bolle
158. Ceropegia fusiformis N.E.Br.
159. Ceropegia galeata H.Huber
160. Ceropegia gardneri Thwaites
161. Ceropegia gemmea (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
162. Ceropegia gerrardii (Harv.) Bruyns
163. Ceropegia gikyi Rauh & Gerold
164. Ceropegia gilboaensis Heiduk, N.R.Crouch & D.Styles
165. Ceropegia gilgiana Werderm.
166. Ceropegia glabra (Hook.f.) Bruyns
167. Ceropegia glabriflora (F.Muell.) Bruyns
168. Ceropegia glenensis (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
169. Ceropegia gondwanensis (Govekar, Kahalkar & Sardesai) Kottaim.
170. Ceropegia gracilidens Bruyns
171. Ceropegia gracilior Bruyns
172. Ceropegia gracillima (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
173. Ceropegia graminea K.Suwann. & Kidyoo
174. Ceropegia gypsophila Thulin
175. Ceropegia haygarthii Schltr.
176. Ceropegia heidukiae D.Styles & Meve
177. Ceropegia hermannii Rauh & Teissier
178. Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.
179. Ceropegia hirtella (Weim.) Bruyns
180. Ceropegia hofstaetteri Rauh
181. Ceropegia hookeri C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
182. Ceropegia huberi Ansari
183. Ceropegia humbertii H.Huber
184. Ceropegia huttonii (Harv.) Bruyns
185. Ceropegia illegitima H.Huber
186. Ceropegia imbricata E.A.Bruce & P.R.O.Bally
187. Ceropegia incana (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
188. Ceropegia inconspicuior Bruyns
189. Ceropegia inflata Hochst. ex Werderm.
190. Ceropegia inornata P.R.O.Bally ex Masinde
191. Ceropegia insignis R.A.Dyer
192. Ceropegia intermedia Wight
193. Ceropegia jainii Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk.
194. Ceropegia jilongensis X.D.Ma & J.Y.Shen
195. Ceropegia jinshaensis D.T.Liu & Z.K.Wu
196. Ceropegia johnsonii N.E.Br.
197. Ceropegia johnstonii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
198. Ceropegia juncea Roxb.
199. Ceropegia kaariyei Thulin
200. Ceropegia kachinensis Prain
201. Ceropegia keniensis Masinde
202. Ceropegia kenyana Bruyns
203. Ceropegia kerrii (Craib) Bruyns
204. Ceropegia kerzneri (Peckover) Bruyns
205. Ceropegia khasiana Murug., A.A.Mao, Meitei & Kambale
206. Ceropegia kituloana Bruyns
207. Ceropegia kituloensis Masinde & F.Albers
208. Ceropegia kolarensis (Arekal & T.M.Ramakrishna) Bruyns
209. Ceropegia konasita Masinde
210. Ceropegia kumaonensis Kamal Kishor, G.S.Rawat & Samant
211. Ceropegia kundelunguensis Malaisse
212. Ceropegia laevigata (Wight) Bruyns
213. Ceropegia laikipiensis Masinde
214. Ceropegia lancasteri (Boele) Bruyns
215. Ceropegia langkawiensis Rintz
216. Ceropegia lankana (Dassan. & Jayas.) Bruyns
217. Ceropegia laotica Rodda & Meve
218. Ceropegia lawii Hook.f.
219. Ceropegia ledermannii Schltr.
220. Ceropegia leptophylla Bruyns
221. Ceropegia leptotes M.G.Gilbert
222. Ceropegia leroyi Rauh & Marn.-Lap.
223. Ceropegia letestui (Pellegr.) Bruyns
224. Ceropegia lindenii Lavranos
225. Ceropegia linearis E.Mey.
226. Ceropegia linophyllum H.Huber
227. Ceropegia longicaudata Phonep. & Rodda
228. Ceropegia longifolia Wall.
229. Ceropegia longifoliata Bruyns
230. Ceropegia longirostris Thulin, M.G.Gilbert & Kaariye
231. Ceropegia loranthiflora K.Schum.
232. Ceropegia loureiroi G.Don
233. Ceropegia lubangoensis Bruyns
234. Ceropegia lucida Wall.
235. Ceropegia ludlowii H.Huber
236. Ceropegia lugardiae N.E.Br.
237. Ceropegia luteiflora Bruyns
238. Ceropegia luzhiensis X.D.Ma & J.Y.Shen
239. Ceropegia maccannii Ansari
240. Ceropegia macmasteri A.P.Dold
241. Ceropegia macrantha Wight
242. Ceropegia macropetala (Schltr.) Bruyns
243. Ceropegia maculata Bedd.
244. Ceropegia madagascariensis Decne.
245. Ceropegia madens Werderm.
246. Ceropegia mafekingensis (N.E.Br.) R.A.Dyer
247. Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari
248. Ceropegia mahajanii (Kambale & S.R.Yadav) Bruyns
249. Ceropegia mahendragiriensis (K.Prasad, Chorghe & Venu) Kottaim.
250. Ceropegia mairei (H.Lév.) H.Huber
251. Ceropegia maiuscula H.Huber
252. Ceropegia malawiensis (Peckover) M.G.Gilbert
253. Ceropegia malwanensis (S.R.Yadav & N.P.Singh) Bruyns
254. Ceropegia manderensis Masinde
255. Ceropegia mannarana P.Umam. & P.Daniel
256. Ceropegia manoharii Sujanapal, P.M.Salim, Anil Kumar & Sasidh.
257. Ceropegia maritae (Peckover) Bruyns
258. Ceropegia marronina Bruyns & Hanácek
259. Ceropegia matthewiana (Bruyns & Britto) Bruyns
260. Ceropegia mayottae H.Huber
261. Ceropegia media (H.Huber) Ansari
262. Ceropegia megamalayana (Karupp.) Kottaim.
263. Ceropegia megasepala (Peckover) Bruyns
264. Ceropegia meleagris H.Huber
265. Ceropegia mendesii Stopp
266. Ceropegia merrilliana Bruyns
267. Ceropegia metziana Miq.
268. Ceropegia meyeri Decne.
269. Ceropegia meyeri-johannis Engl.
270. Ceropegia meyeriana (Schltr.) Bruyns
271. Ceropegia micriflora Bruyns
272. Ceropegia microgaster M.G.Gilbert
273. Ceropegia minima (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
274. Ceropegia minor (E.A.Bruce) Bruyns
275. Ceropegia mirabilis H.Huber
276. Ceropegia modestantha Bruyns
277. Ceropegia mohanramii S.R.Yadav, M.N.Gavade & Sardesai
278. Ceropegia molaventi (Peckover & A.E.van Wyk) Bruyns
279. Ceropegia monteiroae Hook.f.
280. Ceropegia monticola W.W.Sm.
281. Ceropegia montiphila Bruyns
282. Ceropegia mucheveensis M.G.Gilbert
283. Ceropegia muliensis W.W.Sm.
284. Ceropegia multiflora Baker
285. Ceropegia muzingana Malaisse
286. Ceropegia mwinilungensis M.G.Gilbert
287. Ceropegia nallamalayana (K.Prasad & B.R.P.Rao) Kottaim.
288. Ceropegia namaquensis Bruyns
289. Ceropegia namibiensis Peckover
290. Ceropegia nampyana Manudev, Kambale & Pramod
291. Ceropegia namuliensis Bruyns
292. Ceropegia nana Collett & Hemsl.
293. Ceropegia nanior Bruyns
294. Ceropegia neo-omissa Bruyns
295. Ceropegia neoarachnoidea Bruyns
296. Ceropegia neocompta Bruyns
297. Ceropegia neofurcata Bruyns
298. Ceropegia nepalensis (Radcl.-Sm.) Bruyns
299. Ceropegia nephroloba (H.Huber) Bruyns
300. Ceropegia ngomensis (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
301. Ceropegia nigidiana (Raja Kullayisw., Sandhyar. & Pull.) Kottaim.
302. Ceropegia nigra N.E.Br.
303. Ceropegia nilotica Kotschy
304. Ceropegia noorjahaniae M.A.Ansari
305. Ceropegia nutans (Bruyns) Bruyns
306. Ceropegia obtusa Lour.
307. Ceropegia occidens Bruyns
308. Ceropegia occidentalis R.A.Dyer
309. Ceropegia occulta R.A.Dyer
310. Ceropegia oculata Hook.
311. Ceropegia odorata Nimmo ex Hook.f.
312. Ceropegia oiantha (Schltr.) Bruyns
313. Ceropegia omissa H.Huber
314. Ceropegia pachypodium (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
315. Ceropegia pachystelma Schltr.
316. Ceropegia panchganiensis Blatt. & McCann
317. Ceropegia paohsingensis Y.Tsiang & P.T.Li
318. Ceropegia papillata N.E.Br.
319. Ceropegia paricyma N.E.Br.
320. Ceropegia parviflora Trimen
321. Ceropegia parvior Bruyns
322. Ceropegia parvissima Bruyns
323. Ceropegia penchalakonensis (Rasingam, Chorghe, Meve, Sankara Rao & Prasanna) Kottaim.
324. Ceropegia perdita (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
325. Ceropegia petignatii Rauh
326. Ceropegia petrophila Bruyns
327. Ceropegia peulhorum A.Chev.
328. Ceropegia phuchongensis Kidyoo & K.Suwann.
329. Ceropegia plocamoides (Oliv.) Bruyns
330. Ceropegia poluniniana P.Bruyns
331. Ceropegia porphyrotricha W.W.Sm.
332. Ceropegia praelonga (S.Moore) Bruyns
333. Ceropegia praetermissa J.Raynal & A.Raynal
334. Ceropegia prostrata (E.A.Bruce) Bruyns
335. Ceropegia pruinosior Bruyns
336. Ceropegia pseudolugardiae Bruyns
337. Ceropegia pseudorhynchantha Bruyns
338. Ceropegia pubescens Wall.
339. Ceropegia pulchellior Bruyns
340. Ceropegia pullaiahiana Bruyns
341. Ceropegia pullaiahii Raja Kullayisw., Sandhyar. & Karupp.
342. Ceropegia punctifera Bruyns
343. Ceropegia purpurascens K.Schum.
344. Ceropegia pusilla Wight & Arn.
345. Ceropegia pygmaea Schinz
346. Ceropegia racemosa N.E.Br.
347. Ceropegia radicans Schltr.
348. Ceropegia ramosissima (Schltr.) Bruyns
349. Ceropegia rangacharii (Gamble) Kottaim.
350. Ceropegia rapinatiana (Britto & Bruyns) Bruyns
351. Ceropegia ravikumariana Kambale & Gnanasek.
352. Ceropegia recurvata M.G.Gilbert
353. Ceropegia recurviloba Bruyns
354. Ceropegia reflexa Hanácek
355. Ceropegia rehmannii (Schltr.) Bruyns
356. Ceropegia remota (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
357. Ceropegia rendallii N.E.Br.
358. Ceropegia rhynchantha Schltr.
359. Ceropegia richardsiae Masinde
360. Ceropegia ringens A.Rich.
361. Ceropegia ringoetii De Wild.
362. Ceropegia robinsonii M.G.Gilbert
363. Ceropegia robivelonae Rauh & Gerold
364. Ceropegia rollae Hemadri
365. Ceropegia rubella (E.Mey.) Bruyns
366. Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr.
367. Ceropegia rupicola Deflers
368. Ceropegia sabuliphila Bruyns
369. Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk.
370. Ceropegia saldanhae (Britto & Bruyns) Bruyns
371. Ceropegia salicifolia H.Huber
372. Ceropegia sandersoniana Bruyns
373. Ceropegia sandersonii Decne. ex Hook.f.
374. Ceropegia sankuruensis Schltr.
375. Ceropegia santapaui Wadhwa & Ansari
376. Ceropegia saxatilis Jum. & H.Perrier
377. Ceropegia scabra Jum. & H.Perrier
378. Ceropegia scabriflora N.E.Br.
379. Ceropegia schinziata Bruyns
380. Ceropegia schizoglossoides (Schltr.) Bruyns
381. Ceropegia schliebenii Markgr.
382. Ceropegia schoenlandiana (Schltr.) Bruyns
383. Ceropegia schultzei (Schltr.) Bruyns
384. Ceropegia schumanniana Swarupan. & Mangaly
385. Ceropegia sepium Deflers
386. Ceropegia seshachalamensis (K.Prasad & Prasanna) Kottaim.
387. Ceropegia setosa (Peckover) Bruyns
388. Ceropegia shrirangii (Kambale, Gholave & Sardesai) Kottaim.
389. Ceropegia simoneae Rauh
390. Ceropegia simplex (Schltr.) Bruyns
391. Ceropegia sinoerecta M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
392. Ceropegia sobolifera N.E.Br.
393. Ceropegia somalensis Chiov.
394. Ceropegia sootepensis Craib
395. Ceropegia spaniflora Bruyns
396. Ceropegia spathulata (Lindl.) Bruyns
397. Ceropegia spatuliloba M.G.Gilbert
398. Ceropegia speciosa H.Huber
399. Ceropegia spiralis Wight
400. Ceropegia stapeliiformis Haw.
401. Ceropegia stellata (E.A.Bruce & R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
402. Ceropegia stenantha K.Schum.
403. Ceropegia stenifolia Bruyns
404. Ceropegia stenoloba Hochst. ex Chiov.
405. Ceropegia stenophylla C.K.Schneid.
406. Ceropegia stentiae E.A.Bruce
407. Ceropegia striata Meve & Masinde
408. Ceropegia stylesii Heiduk
409. Ceropegia subaphylla K.Schum.
410. Ceropegia suddeei Kidyoo
411. Ceropegia sunhangiana P.R.Luo & T.Deng
412. Ceropegia swarupa (Kishore & Goyder) Bruyns
413. Ceropegia swazica (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
414. Ceropegia swaziorum D.V.Field
415. Ceropegia tabularia (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
416. Ceropegia talbotii S.Moore
417. Ceropegia tanzaniensis Peckover
418. Ceropegia taprobanica H.Huber
419. Ceropegia tavalla (K.Schum.) Bruyns
420. Ceropegia tenella (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
421. Ceropegia teniana Hand.-Mazz.
422. Ceropegia tenuicaulis Kidyoo
423. Ceropegia tenuior Bruyns
424. Ceropegia tenuissifolia Bruyns
425. Ceropegia terebriformis Bester
426. Ceropegia thailandica Meve
427. Ceropegia thaithongiae Kidyoo
428. Ceropegia theronii (Bruyns) Bruyns
429. Ceropegia thorelii Costantin
430. Ceropegia thorutii Kidyoo
431. Ceropegia thunbergii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
432. Ceropegia thwaitesii Hook.
433. Ceropegia tihamana Chaudhary & Lavranos
434. Ceropegia togoensis (Schltr.) M.G.Gilbert
435. Ceropegia tomentosa Schltr.
436. Ceropegia tourana A.Chev.
437. Ceropegia tribounii Kidyoo
438. Ceropegia trichantha Hemsl.
439. Ceropegia tundavalensis Bruyns
440. Ceropegia turricula E.A.Bruce
441. Ceropegia ugeni C.E.C.Fisch.
442. Ceropegia umbraticola K.Schum.
443. Ceropegia vahrmeijeri (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
444. Ceropegia vanderystii De Wild.
445. Ceropegia variegata Decne.
446. Ceropegia vartakii (Kambale & S.R.Yadav) Bruyns
447. Ceropegia vemanae (A.M.Reddy, M.V.S.Babu & K.Prasad) Kottaim.
448. Ceropegia verticillata Masinde
449. Ceropegia vietnamensis Nguyen-Phi & Luu
450. Ceropegia villosa (Schltr.) Bruyns
451. Ceropegia vincifolia Hook.
452. Ceropegia volubicaulis Bruyns
453. Ceropegia volubilis N.E.Br.
454. Ceropegia wallichii Wight
455. Ceropegia waterbergensis (Peckover) Bruyns
456. Ceropegia woodii Schltr.
457. Ceropegia yampwapwa Masinde
458. Ceropegia yemenensis Meve & Mangelsdorff
459. Ceropegia yorubana Schltr.
460. Ceropegia zambesiaca Masinde & Meve
461. Ceropegia zeyheri Schltr.

More Than Just Pretty Faces

But Ceropegia are more than just pretty faces. They are also fascinating examples of plant adaptation. Their unique floral structures are designed to attract and trap specific pollinators, often flies. The flowers emit scents that mimic the smell of decaying flesh, luring flies into their intricate chambers. Once inside, the flies become covered in pollen, ensuring the continuation of the species.  

This ingenious pollination strategy is just one of the many reasons I find Ceropegia so captivating. They are a testament to the ingenuity and resilience of nature. They remind me that even in the harshest environments, beauty and complexity can thrive.

A Growing Passion

My journey with Ceropegia has just begun, but I’m already deeply invested in these extraordinary plants. I’ve started my own collection, carefully nurturing each specimen and eagerly awaiting the emergence of their unique blooms. I’ve also become an avid propagator, sharing my passion with others by giving away cuttings and seedlings.

Ceropegia have enriched my life in countless ways. They’ve brought me joy, sparked my curiosity, and connected me with a community of fellow plant enthusiasts. They are a constant source of wonder and inspiration, and I can’t wait to see what other secrets they reveal to me in the years to come.