Ceropegia stapeliiformis subsp. stapeliiformis

Twining or scrambling, geophytic succulent. Stems produced annually from fibrous root system; 0.5-1.5 m long, fleshy, ± 15 mm thick. Leaves absent or rudimentary, ovate to deltoid, basally cordate, up to 3 mm long. Flowers 1-several in terminal cymes; peduncles 2-20 mm long. Corolla cylindrical, up to 70 mm long, divided to almost halfway; tube with an ovoid inflation, 6-7 mm diam., expanding into a pubescent, funnel-like mouth, basally curly-hairy; lobes free, spreading and recurved, replicate, 20-35 mm long, white, margins and apical part violet-purple, greenish yellow or purple-brown. Corona: interstaminal corona lobes connate basally, dorso-ventrally flattened forming bowl-like structure, 2.0-2.5 mm high around gynostegial column; staminal corona lobes fused basally to interstaminal corona; lobes linear, erect and exserted above style-stigmahead to which they are connivent. Flowering time Nov.-Mar.