ANACAMPSEROS ALSTONII

It is found in Namibia and South Africa, growing in grit with little water and lots of sun. The leaves drops in the dry period, the caudex can grow to more than eight centimetres in diameter, given some decades. The flowers are white to pink, it's self-fertile, and it can only be reproduced by seeds.

The species name from the Greek word anakamptein, meaning 'to bend backwards' or 'restore', and Greek; eros; 'love'. The species name after captain Edward Graham Alston. The short lived flower by Vered A. Mann. Peter Brandt has had his for more than 30 years, I'm told. And how we are able to grow them. This is how the look in the wild!