Buying Dioscorea elephantipes, small

Dioscoreas are waking up right now.

Description:
Dioscorea elephantipes, native to the dry interior of South Africa, aka Elephant's Foot, is a slow-growing and long-living succulent with tuber above ground level covered with layers of corky bark. The caudex can grow up to six feet in nature, resembling an elephant's foot. The stems grow in a climbing fashion. The leaves are heart-shaped. The flowers are dioecious, with male or female occurring on separate plants. They are pale greenish-yellow and normally appear in the winter. Male flowers are erect with spiny racemens. Female flowers are in spinescent, spreading spikes. The roots aren't deep, so plant it in a shallow pot filled with porous, well-drained potting soil. Water the plant around the edges of the pot and not directly on the tuber. Allow the soil to buying become nearly dry before watering again. Withhold fertilizer and water sparingly during the plant's dormant period when the vines turn yellow and die back. The plant often go dormant during the summer, but there is no set pattern or time schedule. If the vine dries up completely during dormancy, move the plant to a cool place and withhold water completely for about two weeks, then return it to the sunny location and resume normal care.

The Plant pictured is the one you will receive. This plant will be shipped bare root.

DISCLAIMER: We do our best to ship the plant as pictured. Sometimes the leaves, flowers, or branches will fall off or break off on the way to your destination through no fault on our part. Please message us about handling (for example: more cushioning, clipping the leaves, branches, stalk, flowers etc.) so that the specimen will be intact when it arrives to your destination. ***We ship Monday through Wednesday***

I've been growing and selling plants since 2010. We take extra care to pack your items well. We grow everything under 50% Shade, if your growing condition is full sun, you will need to slowly acclimate the plants into your growing environment.

All International Orders:
Please be advised all plants exported from the US require a phytosanitary certificate. The cost of phytosanitary certificate is not included in the price of the plant and will be added on as an additional fee. For most standard orders, phytosanitary certificates will cost $90 (under $1000, and under 20 plants, each plant to be under 18 in/45cm). For larger orders, (quantity, size, and cost) this amount will change. Please be aware that due to Covid restrictions, we cannot guarantee a timely delivery.
Buyers outside the European Union should know the Customs regulations of their own country. We do not take responsibility for any customs problems and confiscated plants.