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Dorstenia bahiensis - video

Name: Dorstenia bahiensis
Uploaded: 2024-07-30T12:09:12-05:00
Description: The plant has strange looking receptacles. At maturity, seeds shoot ballistically from the mature flower/fruit heads, and they germinate readily whenever the land on soil or other moist substrate.

Mattress Button Plant
Family: Moraceae
Origin: Brazil
USDA Zone: 9-11?

Subtropical or temperate zone plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Dorstenia bahiensis
The plant has strange looking receptacles. At maturity, seeds shoot ballistically from the mature flower/fruit heads, and they germinate readily whenever the land on soil or other moist substrate.

Link to this plant:

https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/dorstenia_bahiensis.htm

4745 Dorstenia bahiensis - Mattress Button Plant

Dorstenia bahiensis is an interesting plant with strange looking receptacles. At maturity, seeds shoot ballistically from the mature flower/fruit heads, and they germinate readily whenever the land on soil or other moist substrate.

Recommended Fertilizer: SUNSHINE Megaflor - Bloom Nutrition Booster

This item is certified for shipping to California, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona.

Grown in

6"/1 gal pot

8 Plants in stock

$19.95

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