Dioscorea elephantipes - Hottentot Bread - Plants

Dioscorea elephantipes – Hottentot Bread – Plants

Name: Dioscorea elephantipes - Hottentot Bread - Plants
SKU: dioelepl
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.70 (9 reviews)

Rated 4.70 out of 5 based on 9 customer ratings

(9 customer reviews)

€6,95 – €12,95

Dioscorea elephantipes bulbs. You get a bulb with leaf if possible. This depends on the time of year and how actively the plant is growing.

Shipping Information
All plants and cuttings are shipped bare-root, without soil or their original nursery pot. Orders ship Monday-Friday each week. Please allow 1-3 business days for your order to be processed.

Questions and Answers
Please check our FAQ & Help page for planting and germination instructions and for questions about your order. NB: Plant colors may vary during the year depending on light, temperature and water.

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Dioscorea elephantipes (Testudinaria elephantipes), commonly known as Hottentot Bread or Elephant’s Foot. A nice caudex type plant that forms a wooden bulb over time. These plants can get extremely old and the wooden bulb can reach diameters of almost 1 meter.

The plant grows fine in regular Succulent soil. Plant the bulb 0,5 – 1 cm deep in the soil. Give it some shade (we grow these on the lower shelves in the greenhouse). It needs good watering when the plant is actively growing and showing leaves. This is usually in spring and autumn. Reduce waterings when the plant has dropped her leaves. Dioscorea elephantipes tends to drop her leaves in the dry hot summer months and in winter. Do not worry if the leaf stem breaks. It can form a new one.

Quantity	1 Bulb
Size	1-2 cm, 2-3 cm
Product Type	Plants
Family	Dioscoreaceae

9 reviews for Dioscorea elephantipes – Hottentot Bread – Plants

Rated 5 out of 5
Elisa – April 18, 2021
I got a beautiful tiny plant with a vine and three leaves! So happy 🙂
Rated 5 out of 5
Sabrina Brunner – December 11, 2020
Ordered two and received four healthy plants! And bigger than described – all of them at least 2cm, and one surely 3cm.
It took them quite a while to get established, but I’m also a newbie when it comes to codex plants… Now they are happily growing, developing new vines and plumping up that codex. 🙂
Rated 5 out of 5
Marta Moll – September 20, 2020
i´ve got 2 bulbs, they grow and grow and grow …
Rated 5 out of 5
silvia.piccola – September 14, 2020
Molto bella, arrivata in ottime condizioni.
Ottimo venditore. Complimenti molto soddisfatta.
Rated 5 out of 5
alliguarneri – July 10, 2020
I received 2 rooted bulbs, in perfect conditions, one of them had a vine but it dried out during the shipping! Not too bad as, after some acclimatization, they are now all starting to grow new vines! I find them a bit tricky to handle, with the dormant stage, but they are SO worthy
Rated 5 out of 5
Mateo Gomez – June 30, 2020
Super happy with my Dioscoreas and the service! They’re dormant at the moment, so I can’t wait to start seeing those beautiful vines start growing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Valentin Ambroise – June 9, 2020
I ordered 2 plants and received 2 gorgeous plantlets and 3 smaller “bulbs”. The leaves dried during transport but they should give new ones in a few days. Awesome!
Rated 5 out of 5
Michael Wagenaar – November 12, 2019
Super, drie ontvangen in goede staat. Blij mee!
Rated 5 out of 5
ginnginn – August 28, 2019
Bulbs were fresh and well-packed. They took a few days to acclimatise to their new surroundings, but now they’re very happy!