Species · genus Pleiospilos · Aizoaceae
Splitrock Quaggafig
Pleiospilos nelii Schwantes
Cultivars of P. nelii
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under P. nelii yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
Pleiospilos nelii is a highly succulent member of the Aizoaceae, forming a pair of thick, split leaves that store water like living stones. It wants gritty, sharply draining mineral soil and as much direct sun as you can give it. Water only when the leaves begin to soften or wrinkle and the mix is bone dry throughout — roughly every 2 to 4 weeks in growth, and far less in the heat of summer dormancy, since standing moisture rots it quickly.
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 14-28d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
Direct sun
≈ every 28 days
Low — average room
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This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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No reference gallery yet
A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
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