Species · genus Ceropegia · Apocynaceae

String of Hearts

Ceropegia woodii Schltr.

Also known as: Hearts Entangled · Rosary Vine

Growth habit

climbing tuberous geophyte

Native range

Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

Reference · C. woodii

Cultivars of C. woodii

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under C. woodii yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Ceropegia woodii is a trailing, tuberous geophyte from southern Africa that stores water in its tubers and beaded stems, so it tolerates drought far better than wet roots. Give it bright indirect light and a gritty, fast-draining mix, and let the soil dry almost completely before watering. Water only when the top several centimetres are fully dry, roughly every 10 to 21 days, leaning toward the longer end in cooler or darker conditions.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

13–27 °C

Soil mix

Free-draining succulent mix with extra grit

Propagation

Root the aerial tubers or trailing stem cuttings

Fertilizing

Weak succulent feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Curious lantern-shaped flowers appear readily

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Apocynaceae family is associated with cardiac glycosides and milky latex that can be irritant or toxic. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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