Orbea semota ssp. orientalis Caudiciform often dropping its leaves and

often dropping its leaves and going partially to fully dormant in summer

Keep dryer in the winter and in very hot summer weather

If yours greens up just give it more light and it should color up again

Moderately cold hardy to 20F

Orbea semota ssp. orientalis Caudiciform often dropping its leaves andOrbea semota ssp. orientalis Family: Apocynaceae (Asclepidaceae). An attractive Stapeliad with reddish brown flowers that have dangling fringe along the margins. People tend to shy away from Stapeliads because of their reputation for being rot prone, but actually they are simple to grow. Give lots of light, but protect from hot afternoon sun in summer. During the growing season they can be watered as much as any other succulent (i. e. regularly but