I did some digging when I couldn’t find any pictures of Ruschia schneideriana and apparently these were classified as Ruschia by Dinter when they were initially described in 1950, and it stayed that way until Hartmann published her 1998 paper that reclassified a bunch of the Ruschia and Lampranthus genus. Maybe it’s just me but I think it’s pretty interesting how the taxonomy of this family has evolved. We’re really lucky that so many skilled botanists have taken an interest in them.
Anyway, the adult leaves of this plant look really cool and I’m excited to see how they develop. I’ll probably prune some heavily to try and keep a compact habit and let others grow into shrubby shrubs.
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I did some digging when I couldn’t find any pictures of Ruschia schneideriana and apparently these were classified as Ruschia by Dinter when they were initially described in 1950, and it stayed that way until Hartmann published her 1998 paper that reclassified a bunch of the Ruschia and Lampranthus genus. Maybe it’s just me but I think it’s pretty interesting how the taxonomy of this family has evolved. We’re really lucky that so many skilled botanists have taken an interest in them.
Anyway, the adult leaves of this plant look really cool and I’m excited to see how they develop. I’ll probably prune some heavily to try and keep a compact habit and let others grow into shrubby shrubs.