Tylecodon reticulatus

Tylecodon reticulatus is a winter-growing stem succulent in the Crassulaceae, found from southern Namibia through the Northern and Western Cape of South Africa (Namaqualand, the Little Karoo and elsewhere), on dry rocky hills and quartz-gravel flats with sandy loam in the Succulent Karoo. It was not considered threatened early in the 21st century. The squat trunk is about 6 cm thick and 3–38 cm tall, topped by a rounded crown, forming a dome about 30 cm (sometimes 60 cm) across. The light brown bark peels in papery strips. The leaves, crowded at the branch tips, are cylindrical to spindle-shaped, about 0.5–4 cm long, and range from bluish green to strongly pink-tinged. Its defining feature comes after flowering: the finely branched inflorescences persist and harden, building up year by year into a silvery, thorny net around the plant. This reticulum gives the species its name, and in Afrikaans it is called sifkop, "sieve head". The greenish-yellow tubular flowers, 6–8 mm long, open in winter. Two subspecies, phyllopodium and reticulatus, are recognised. It is poisonous to livestock. In Japan it is sold mainly by specialist nurseries, and seed is also available.

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The Tylecodon reticulatus lives Very slow-growing and long-lived (10–20 years from seed to maturity).

The Tylecodon reticulatus grows to Trunk about 6 cm thick and 3–38 cm tall; a dome about 30 cm (sometimes 60 cm) across.

The dust-like seeds weigh under 0.03 mg and are scattered by wind.

Dilute high-potassium feed in the growing season