Species · genus Huernia · Apocynaceae
Red Dragon Flower
Huernia schneideriana A.Berger
Also known as: Little Owl Eyes
Cultivars of H. schneideriana
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under H. schneideriana yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
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Huernia schneideriana is a clumping succulent subshrub from Tanzania, with soft, toothed stems that store water and rot quickly if kept wet. Plant it in gritty, fast-draining mix and water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely, roughly every 10 to 21 days; stretch the interval in cooler or darker conditions. It tolerates bright light but prefers strong indirect light rather than harsh midday sun, which can scorch the stems.
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
Bright, indirect
≈ every 21 days
Low — average room
10–29 °C
Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix
Stem-segment cuttings left to callus, then rooted
Dilute cactus feed every 4-6 weeks in summer
Slow
Small star-shaped lifesaver flowers in bright light
Toxic to cats & dogs & humans
Apocynaceae family commonly contains cardiac glycosides and irritant latex This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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Add imagesSources: 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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